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Old November 13th 11, 08:29 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Trish Brown
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Default The thing I hate the most about quilting is .......

KT in Mich wrote:
The blankety-blank foot pedal that just will NOT stay where I put it on
the floor. Have tried everything short of nailing or glueing it. I have
both carpeting and one of those desk floor mats under the table. If I
use that drawer-liner stuff, it puckers/gathers/bunches all up. If I use
one of those long thingy-dingy-special mats that go under the foot, it
either slips on the plastic mat or creeps on the carpet. Am now looking
for a very, very heavy brick to put at the back of it so it can't go
further than my foot can reach. Do you have a solution??????

KT. in MI


I rigged mine up beneath my sewing table so I could use it as a
knee-lever instead. It's *so* much better that way!

You could get a bit of plywood and attach strips of moulding or whatever
to 'trap' the foot pedal and keep it still. Mind you, attaching the
plywood to the floor could become a problem of its own, but I'd be
screwing it to the ground just to be sure.

Best of luck - I know exactly how annoying the creeping foot pedal can be!

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Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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