mike'sgirl

You can find a walking foot for about 12.00. I think it's an investment that you would be wise to make. Jmho, Gina

2blackcats

Check out Amazon.com for a walking foot. Very good prices. The walking foot helps feed all the layers and will be well worth the investment.

vivientan

A walking foot is a luxury imo, cos we all know it's not cheap. But definitely not impossible to sew straight lines using a regular foot. Sometimes I'm too lazy to change foots in between different sewing projects and I've used a regular foot to sew on my quilt sandwich. Gives the same results too!

BellaBoo

Buy the best walking foot for your machine. You won't regret the cost but you will regret the wasted money buying a low quality one. The low quality generic ones I have used will not feed evenly, are flimsy and break. Look on Ebay or at online sewing machine parts shops.

This book is just for quilting with a walking foot. It's the best I've found: One Line at a Time by Charoltte Warr Andersen[h=3][/h]

brenwalt

I have a walking foot but I don't use it any more. I have better luck using a darning foot, set stitch length to "zero" and just "free motion" the straight line quilting. Love this method and probably won't ever use my walking foot again! Takes a little practice to achieve even stitch length but it is quite easy. Once you get the "feel" and the "rhythm" - you'll love it!

lclang

You will be much happier if you DO use a walking foot. The walking foot has teeth on it and guides the top fabric through the machine at the same rate as the feed dogs guide the bottom fabric. You will have much better luck avoiding wrinkles and bunches on the back and you won't have extra fabric on the top layer when you get to the end of a long seam. They are worth the cost!

canuckninepatch

Personally, I would invest in the walking foot - sounds like the walking foot for your machine isn't very expensive - I think you won't be happy with the quilting done without one. It's just not worth trying to save the $20. - $25.

Quiltlady330

This is an important point. Your perfectly pieced work will look puckered and not so well done
if you skip this step. It takes a bit longer but the finished look is so worth it.

MarthaT

Without a walking foot, you need to decrease the pressure on your presser foot so it doesn't wrinkle up the top fabric as it goes through. Make the pressure enough that the feed dogs do pull your quilt through, but not enough to smash it all too tightly. This works well for straight stitching like stitch in the ditch. If you plan to do a lot of machine quilting in the future, I would shop for a good walking foot.

quiltinghere

I think a walking foot is essential... I use one whenever I'm sewing more than 2 layers...basically when sewing binding on and finishing the binding by hand. There is such a big difference in the quality.

Save some money some how (skip a few desserts or pop, keep car trips to a bare minimum for a month) and buy a walking foot. Your 'little Brother sewing machine' maybe basic enough that it could adapt well to a basic walking foot. I understand some of the higher priced machines require a walking foot that's pretty expensive though.

I think Walmart sells them...or at least they use to. When you get your money saved, buy one there, try it and see if you like/can tell the difference. If you cannot, return it.

Good luck
Nan