Favourite foot?

Er... the darning foot! There's a Big Foot version too, but I prefer
the smaller one. The Pfaff has its special "mezzanine" position where
the tension discs are engaged but the foot doesn't come all the way
down except at the moment of forming the stitch. So my advice is maybe
to slow down. Or depending on your quilting plan, maybe you could use
the normal foot, no free motion, and do a grid that takes you over the
lumpy bits. then fill in with FM.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:29:55 -0800, Sandy Foster
wrote:

In article ,
Lizzy Taylor wrote:

I'm in the middle of free motion quilting a top with lots of bumpy seams
on my domestic sewing machine and struggling because my (darn) darning
foot is catching on the bumps. What is your favourite foot for FMQ that
glides over the bumps?

Lizzy

Lizzy, have you tried less presser-foot pressure? That could help get
over the bumps, too. I use an open-toed foot for FMQ, and it works well
for me.

On 27/03/2013 09:55, Roberta wrote:
Er... the darning foot! There's a Big Foot version too, but I prefer
the smaller one. The Pfaff has its special "mezzanine" position where
the tension discs are engaged but the foot doesn't come all the way
down except at the moment of forming the stitch. So my advice is maybe
to slow down. Or depending on your quilting plan, maybe you could use
the normal foot, no free motion, and do a grid that takes you over the
lumpy bits. then fill in with FM.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:29:55 -0800, Sandy Foster
wrote:

In article ,
Lizzy Taylor wrote:

I'm in the middle of free motion quilting a top with lots of bumpy seams
on my domestic sewing machine and struggling because my (darn) darning
foot is catching on the bumps. What is your favourite foot for FMQ that
glides over the bumps?

Lizzy

Lizzy, have you tried less presser-foot pressure? That could help get
over the bumps, too. I use an open-toed foot for FMQ, and it works well
for me.

Hi Roberta,

I did splash out on a Big Foot and it has made so much difference! A
wonderful invention and I love it. I haven't quite finished the project
in question as quilting is taking a bit of a back seat at the moment as
DS2 had another round of orthopaedic surgery and is now staying with my
MIL for his 6 weeks of non-weightbearing on crutches as she has better
ground floor facilities and easier stairs, so I am shuttling between 2
house, luckily only one mile apart. On top of that DH has accepted a
job offer in the US and now is the time to declutter (except the stash)
in preparation for whenever the big move takes place.

So busy, busy, but not much quilting.

Lizzy

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