I have been looking at that very machine myself, because it is supposed to work without the foot pedal! The box says that you can disconnect the foot pedal and just use the start/stop button...I was trying to get info on free motion quilting...wondering if it would work as a stitch regulator if you dropped the feed dogs?
That machine also has a built in stipple stitch, and I would love to have that!
Congrats on your machine...Donna