So, purchased that one and tested it out on my 'practice quilt'.
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| Open Toe Sensormatic Freemotion Foot |
That worked alright, however I am not used to this foot at all. I had some problems with changing direction, in that I seemed to hover on the spot for a moment. This does not usually happen with my Sringloaded foot and may be just an issue around not being used to this set up at all. Also had some issues with stopping and starting. The foot seems to hold the fabric in place and I cannot move it slightly forward, so always ended up with a stitch on the spot when taking off again.
On the positive side the visibility was really good and I did some stippling with it as well and found it really good for that as you can 'hover' across the surface at higher speed. This works really well.
May need more practice on this one, as it behaves quite different compared to the Springloaded foot.
Well, and then I bought this little contraption:
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| Freemotion Echo Quilting Foot |
...an echo quilting foot (used with Sensormatic function). Now this is truly amazing. As you can see the visibility is great and you have two circle markings, one at 1/4 inch and the other one at 3/8 inch. In order to attach this, the shank needs to be removed (did not even know you could do that) and this gets attached with a little screw.
Had some fun with this
This would have been very handy for the Wonky block quilt to stitch the double lines of the Zentangle design across the quilt.
I really like this foot as I could clearly see the lines that I was following via the markings - the visibility is really good as it allows you to see all of the surrounding area. Also tried it out on the Circuit Board design - very useful in keeping your distances approximately the same (which then hopefully detracts from the wonky stitching).
Very impressed with my purchases.
Until next time
Karin
