need ideas to keep my foot pedal from traveling
#11
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 4,434
A few ideas for you. I like this one.
https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/pe...ntrol-pad.aspx
I like this one and it would be easy to make.
https://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutor...at/2015/05/08/
This is the one I have and it works well.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/NEEZ-EZ-S...lder/348205769
https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/pe...ntrol-pad.aspx
I like this one and it would be easy to make.
https://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutor...at/2015/05/08/
This is the one I have and it works well.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/NEEZ-EZ-S...lder/348205769
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
Posts: 6,182
My vintage pedal I kept backwards, the case of the machine was back under the table and the foot pedal pushed to it.
I haven't developed the proper technique for my Bernina pedal, you would think it is so big and heavy that it wouldn't move but I have wood floors and it does, or maybe I kick it but I don't know how it gets where it does on its own... (hmm... maybe I hit it when I push my chair in under the desk) It has a feature where you can stop with needle up or down by a foot pedal tap and needs to be oriented correctly. I think I'll try some rug mat stuff. Yesterday I went over the floor with my strong magnet and picked up a pound or so of pins, bobbins, safety pins, and more. It didn't look (or feel) so bad, but the truth showed.
Not foot pedal related, but when my vintage foot broke and Bernie was in the shop I was using a very low end Brother machine and I finally resorted to using blue tape and taping it to the table top, over the bed of the machine. The foot pedal was bad, but sewing was like chasing a loose dog the way the machine would move.
I haven't developed the proper technique for my Bernina pedal, you would think it is so big and heavy that it wouldn't move but I have wood floors and it does, or maybe I kick it but I don't know how it gets where it does on its own... (hmm... maybe I hit it when I push my chair in under the desk) It has a feature where you can stop with needle up or down by a foot pedal tap and needs to be oriented correctly. I think I'll try some rug mat stuff. Yesterday I went over the floor with my strong magnet and picked up a pound or so of pins, bobbins, safety pins, and more. It didn't look (or feel) so bad, but the truth showed.
Not foot pedal related, but when my vintage foot broke and Bernie was in the shop I was using a very low end Brother machine and I finally resorted to using blue tape and taping it to the table top, over the bed of the machine. The foot pedal was bad, but sewing was like chasing a loose dog the way the machine would move.
#17
I have a long heavy metal trivet in front of my pedal that sits up to the edge of the wall and the pedal rest against it. My pedal does not move. Just shows, however, just how crowded my sewing room is.