What stitches can I use with a walking foot?
Yes, you can use your walking foot for more than straight stitching. A zig-zag stitch should be just fine because all the movement in the stitch pattern is forward. In fact many of the decorative stitches on your sewing machine are just fine to use with your even feed foot installed.
Can you reverse stitch with a walking foot?
When not to use a walking foot.
REVERSE SEWING: The foot isn’t designed for use in reverse. foot assists in forward movement and won’t allow the fabric to move side to side. SOME DECORATIVE STITCHES: Wide decorative stitches require side to side fabric motion, which is inhibited by the walking foot.
Can you do a wavy stitch with a walking foot?
Organic Wavy Line Quilting: Organic Wavy Line Quilting can be performed from edge to edge using your walking foot. The amount of space you leave between the lines will determine what the end result will look like and how dense your quilting will be. The looser the quilting, the less stiff the quilt, the more drape.
Do I need a walking foot to machine quilt?
The walking foot helps us turn our sewing machine into a quilting machine. The feed dogs work together, as one, grabbing and pulling the layers of your quilt through the machine. Without a walking foot, the standard presser foot would be pushing your quilt’s top layer towards you because of the bulk.