Best FMQ foot for a 301?
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Best FMQ foot for a 301?
I want to buy a darning/embroidery foot for my 301. There are a few options I have seen online. Does anyone care to recommend one? I don't have lots of sewing money to spend, so I want to make sure I make the best choice that I can.
Here are some options:
One from sew classic
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Singer-S...F60417-FMD.htm
Amazon, Big foot by Lynn Graves
http://www.amazon.com/Graves-Free-mo...145068&sr=8-18
Singer slant shank from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Singer-Slant-s...145001&sr=8-14
Here are some options:
One from sew classic
http://shop.sew-classic.com/Singer-S...F60417-FMD.htm
Amazon, Big foot by Lynn Graves
http://www.amazon.com/Graves-Free-mo...145068&sr=8-18
Singer slant shank from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Singer-Slant-s...145001&sr=8-14
#2
I don't know about the others, but the Big Foot has been my FMQ foot for quite some time, and I love it. Would really prefer an all metal one (since the Big Foot was to replace a cheap FMQ off brand foot that snapped--literally!), but the Big Foot is great. Have you done FMQ before? The BF can be a little intimidating because it makes a lot of noise, but it really helps to time your movement with the quilt top.
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Two of the three you have posted do not have an opening for the thread. That would drive me crazy. Here is my favorite. It's gone up since I bought mine, but the shipping is still free. When I took a FMQ class at a Janome dealer, the instructor liked my foot better than any they sold or her personal Bernina one.
http://www.april1930s.com/html/slant...y___darni.html
http://www.april1930s.com/html/slant...y___darni.html
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I have not! Why does it make so much noise? Is that typical of this type of foot? I ask because my house is tiny, so if I am sewing everyone can hear. I don't want to add to the noise if I can help it.
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Two of the three you have posted do not have an opening for the thread. That would drive me crazy. Here is my favorite. It's gone up since I bought mine, but the shipping is still free. When I took a FMQ class at a Janome dealer, the instructor liked my foot better than any they sold or her personal Bernina one.
http://www.april1930s.com/html/slant...y___darni.html
http://www.april1930s.com/html/slant...y___darni.html
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Hope that made sense!
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I have the one you linked from Amazon(actually, I have two of them). And it's very noisy too. I've tried removing the first thread guide and cutter to see if it helps with the noise and it doesn't. It works fine. I DON'T like openings in the FMQ feet as they tend to catch on things. I much prefer a closed foot.
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It looks the same to me and I've had a year's worth of up close and personal activity with that foot. When I was looking, I don't think sew-classic had this one. It is not quiet, but I live alone and the dogs don't mind.
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