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    Old 03-30-2014, 07:25 PM
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    Question What do you use to keep your foot pedal from moving around?

    I bought a pedal mat from somewhere and it's a complete piece of junk. Not only does the pedal slide around on the mat, the mat slides around on the floor. Is there something better?

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    Old 03-30-2014, 07:29 PM
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    I just use masking tape to tape it to the floor. It works just fine.
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    Old 03-30-2014, 07:50 PM
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    If you have carpet, put a strip of Velcro on the bottom, the side with the hooks.
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    I use a piece of the shelf liner , that rubber kind on my wood floor and it help.
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    I read somewhere to put a rubber band around it and it would keep it from sliding; I tried it and it helped but didn't stop it completely.
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    I press it up against a leg of a table or shelf liner non slip on base.or sandpaper glued on base if possible.
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    Old 03-30-2014, 11:31 PM
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    I just realized I put presser foot in the subject line when I meant foot pedal. Oops. I wonder if a mod can fix that for me.
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    I don't think I have a solution for you, but this may help someone else.

    I had a similar problem - except that my pedal kept getting stuck under my Horn cabinet as I pressed it, so when I got to the end of a seam, it wouldn't stop!

    I tried all sorts of things - wedging books and blocks of wood in the gap etc. - until I eventually hit on the idea of a metal L-shaped book end (a plastic one may work, but more likely to break). I simply placed the pedal on the larger side of the book end and it rests against the frame of my cabinet, but is too tall to slide under - hooray!
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    Old 03-31-2014, 12:27 AM
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    Originally Posted by Jo C
    I just use masking tape to tape it to the floor. It works just fine.
    You tape your foot pedal to the floor?

    Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
    If you have carpet, put a strip of Velcro on the bottom, the side with the hooks.
    I have tile. BUT maybe a throw rug with a rubber backing would help.

    Thanks everyone for the ideas!!
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    I use an old computer mouse pad and that helps, moves some but only have to reposition it once a day instead of every hour
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