walking foot

learn to use a walking foot for straight line quilting like grids, in the ditch and outline quilting.

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• foot

[kifurban]

Great tutorial. Do I leave feed dog up or down wen using walking foot? :)

[Sewmuchquilting]

@kifurban yes your feed dogs are up when you use the walking foot.

[phx2cun]

GREAT explanation of what a walking foot it, what its used for, and how it works!

I'm not a quilter but I do want to know/understand each accessory that came with my sewing machine and I had absolutely NO idea what a walking foot was. Now I do!

[Sewmuchquilting]

@phx2cun I am glad you found my information helpful. Use your walking foot anytime you are sewing multiple layers of fabric together to keep them moving evenly. I especially like to use it when I sew fleece! Even 2 layers of fleece move much better with a walking foot, as they don't stretch or slip around as much.

Chris

[grammardog]

Thank you so much! You helped me figure out what I was doing wrong getting my foot hooked up to my machine.

[Sewmuchquilting]

@grammardog Glad it helped!

[dollyhouse]

so, can this be used on curves as well? or is it just harder to do curves with a walking foot? I have to do lots of curves on my project but I need a walking foot cause I use lots of knits and stretchy fabric. Thanks.

[Sewmuchquilting]

SilverMine,

I am glad you found this helpful and your question doesn't sound stupid. How would one know unless someone tells them. Good luck with your quilting.

[SilverMine]

Thank you so much for this video. I just bought a walking foot on line and it came with no instructions. This may sound stupid but I didn't even know if I kept my bottom feed dogs up or down. Again thank you.

[DanaWood100]

From someone who's only quilted one time, and that was a long time ago, this was the perfect video to refresh me. Thanks for mentioning when to use the feed dog, and when and why to use the walking foot.