Dooneygone

Yes, it did work okay for most of the quilt I was SID. Then it started clacking away and breaking needles. What seems to be the problem is that the cheapo plastic that they put on things, well, a chunk of that broke off. Glad I wasn't in the middle. It was not a Kenmore, but I had brought the machine in to a quilt/sewing shop and they fitted it to the machine originally. I am now ordering a Kenmore walking foot which looks in the picture that it has metal "holders" instead of plastic.

Dooneygone

I am learning to free motion now, and if my new quilting foot acts up, I will do just free motion. Thanks for that piece of info. I never thought of that.

hobbykat1955

Husqvarna Walking foot is mostly metal...never had any probelms with it...have it over 4 yrs...pricey though but if you go on ebay you can find them cheaper then in the shops usually 1/2 the price

Tsanchez

They break on me all the time. I use the Brother bobbins but I do have an idea why they break on me all the time. All except one the other day, breaks on me after I have wound the bobbin and I'm taking the bobbin off off the little post you put it on to wind it. (Sorry, I have a terrible memory and I can't think of what you call that thing). It acts like it is stuck on the post thing or really tight. So when I pull on it to get it off, it breaks. Now once the other day it broke in the middle while I was winding it. I just don't have any luck with the plastic ones. I have used the metal bobbins since I was in home economics in high school. My mom used the metal ones also.

Tsanchez

Thank you Hobbycat. I will check them out one of these days. Right now, mostly what I like to do when quilting is free motion. I'm learning to use templates now.

Dooneygone

Thanks for the info. I went to your Web page and you are soooo talented! I ordered the Kenmore walking foot and should get it in a few days. In the meantime, I started practising free motion. I need much more practice.

I am a new quilter and I am on my second quilt----the one I am working on is a NASCAR quilt for hubby.

My question is: Can you do the SID using a free motion. I did pretty good on a straight line but do I even need to do that? Can you just secure the quilt and do free motion to quilt it and not even do SID? Pauline ...Traverse City, MI

Tsanchez

Yeah, I've checked everything. It only breaks when I am winding it. I don't have any problems when sewing.

Tsanchez

I have been thinking about those prewound bobbins but I used so many different colors other than black and white. I think it's that post that you put the bobbin on when winding. It just seems to tight.

Tsanchez

I really like doing the free motion myself. I love learning new things so I am teaching myself the decorative stitching using templates. I have to learn to stay on the lines lol.

Tsanchez

What I usually do is when I sandwich the top, batting, and backing, I use safety pins about 5 inches apart to secure the quilt so that I can sew it and the layers won't shift. I find that works great for me.