What is a feed dog??

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06-09-2010, 07:59 AM

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Thank you everyone. I don't know how I ever made a quilt before you all came into my life. You all don't know how much I appreciate you.

I really honestly for the life of me don't know how on this earth you got along without me all these years. :lol:

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06-09-2010, 09:27 AM

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As far as I know you do F with a FMQ foot, not a walking foot.

06-09-2010, 09:43 AM

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But it doesn't say anything about how to drop the feed dog. Oh well guess I will just cover them.

Even my GrandQuilter doesn't drop the dogs and uses a cover plate instead. It works just fine.

06-09-2010, 10:29 AM

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Hey cjo,

Now when you use the walking foot, the dogs need to stay up because you want to transport all the layers at the same time. So for any straight-line or grid quilting, the dogs stay in place. Hope this helps.

Right. For FMQ you'll need a darning foot or as some call it a hopping foot.

I was taught years ago that when my machine feed dogs didn't drop down, to tape an index card over the feed dogs with a little slit in the middle for where the needle will go in or out.

06-09-2010, 10:34 AM

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Thank goodness you mentioned putting a slit for the needle. I have got some other feet somewhere I will pull them out and see what they are. Thank you all.