Iris, I have the foot that glides over the quilt for my Janome 6600
and I don't like it either. The hopping foot give a little bit of
control as the needle comes down and thru the fabric and the gliding
foot will allow you to move the quilt when the needle is down or
almost down, Seems like a set-up for big troubles.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.


On Nov 19, 11:19*am, "IEZ" wrote:
"Polly Esther" wrote in message

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The best foot for free-motion quilting? *There's just not a 'one-size fits
all' for that question. *Actually, I don't think 'one-size fits all'
anything ever fit any body.
* *My favorite is a metal circle with a spring on its shank(?) . *I
by-pass the one with the opening in the front (sort of looks like a
horseshoe). *Now and then it would poke its open toe into a stitch and
cause a little mayhem. Bernina gave us one that is a clear plastic sort of
rectangle; it sits ignored.
* *At first, I used what I think was called a Big Foot. *Broke a couple
before I realized that I didn't like them anyway. *The light would reflect
from it and bounce into my eyes which was rather annoying and it hid where
I'd been and where I was going. *IMHO - of course. *Polly

Oh, I so agree about the ones with the so-called clearview plastic feet.
They are not clearview! *I cannot see what I'm doing because of the
reflections. *The small circular ones are the best. *And I like the hopping
variety over the one that came with the Janome Horizon. *It doesn't hop..
You adjust it to rest lightly on the quilt. *This is fine for whole-cloth
quilts, but if you have seams, you are either always adjusting the foot, or
it is hanging up.

Iris