BJ SewKkrazzy

A walking foot is also essential when working with velvets!

serenitybygrace

I am working on my first quilt and, of course, I am relatively ignorant. However, I went on to eBay and found a walking foot for my Singer Stylist 538. I have been able to put a particular machine's name into the search box on e-Bay and had machines and parts of that particular model come up. I am sure that wouldn't work on just any machine at any given time, however, you can always look through the Singers - although that might be a long search.

grannypat7925

Sometimes called an even feed foot.

grandjan

They sometimes call it an "even-feed foot".

Retired Nurse

Sometimes they are called "dangerous." Yesterday my DH walked into the room, I turned to look at him and yup..got my finger between the walking foot and the rest of the needle apparatus. Nice moon shaped cut. Lesson learned: Take your foot off the foot control before you turn around to talk to someone.

Zappycat

OUCH!! I once managed to sew through my finger. It was a long time ago and I'm still not sure how I managed it,but I made sure it NEVER happened again!

Zappycat

Thank you all for your info and links. Its hard to believe that I have sewn since I was in high school and have never used either of these feet! A whole new adventure coming up!! : ) Thanks!

tmjennings

A walking foot is great to use when sewing binding onto the quilt. It holds the quilt straight. I did not use mine for a long time but after using it once, I now do not do without it.

Holice

Get the walking foot. You will be better satisfied with your quilting. Same for darning foot.
Some say you don't need them but less frustration is worth getting them.

LAB55

I bought one about 26 years ago that worked with my Simplicity machine & my kenmore. I needed it for sewing a leather vest. I believe it is a generic one.