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    Old 07-03-2013, 06:52 PM
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    Originally Posted by Tartan
    My Bernina foot has nice rubber gripper pads that stay put on my carpet. Have you tried putting the rubber waffle stuff that you use on kitchen shelves under your foot? How about a rubber bathtub mat with the suction cups on top of the carpet?
    I use the waffly stuff and it works for me.
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    Old 07-03-2013, 06:57 PM
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    Originally Posted by mrs. fitz
    Right now I don't use a foot pedal on my Brother but years ago I read this tip, tried it and it worked -- turn the foot pedal around (back to front). So simple but it really did work for me. Hope it does for you.
    This method makes me lose control of the single stitch function that I have with the FC. Otherwise, if not needed, would work fine.
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    Old 07-04-2013, 03:57 AM
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    Originally Posted by mrs. fitz
    Right now I don't use a foot pedal on my Brother but years ago I read this tip, tried it and it worked -- turn the foot pedal around (back to front). So simple but it really did work for me. Hope it does for you.
    I haven't tried this but Leah Day suggests turning the foot pedal around to get better control of the speed when you are doing FMQ.
    I use one of those rubber mesh things like you line kitchen cupboards with and it works pretty well. I have to adjust the foot position now and then but it is better than not having anything at all.
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    Connecting threads has a "pedal mat" on sale for $7.95. Works great for me
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    Old 07-04-2013, 05:33 AM
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    I use the rubber gripper pads that you put under scatter rugs to keep them from slipping.
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    I use my stop/start button instead. It never moves!
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    Old 07-04-2013, 06:41 AM
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    I solved my problem with my foot pedal on hardwood flooring. I took 4 command strips, tacked two together on each end of my foot pedal and then by removing the last paper to expose the tacky part I laid it on the floor where I want the pedal to stay. Works great. Wow, what will I do without constantly chasing that foot pedal around?
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    Martelli has a great product. I have wood flooring and even the rubber waffle on a roll doesn't keep it in one place for long.
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    Someone posted sometime back about putting your foot pedal on a mouse pad. What I found at the dollar store was a rubberized mouse pad works great for me on carpet.
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    Originally Posted by IshtarsMom
    Double back tape...I'm just a tape girl...use it for everything...double back, duct, masking, painters, you name it..I use it.. Because of bad ankles I turned my pedal backwards and put a 2x4 to rest my foot on...gives me greater control on speed too. Think maybe aging makes us look for more ways to adapt to our ever changing bodies...
    Someone in the vintage sewing machine thread mentioned one time that the Featherweight machine pedals were designed to be used with your heel doing the pushing. Not all pedals will be comfortable this way, but it's worth a try.
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