Walking Foot- Very Handy

Today's post is all about the walking foot. If you ever machine sew think materials. have the need to sandwich material together or do straight line quilting this addon is a must have. Let me tell you how it works. 

The walking foot attaches to the presser foot bar like most regular feet. It has a holder that hooks over the presser foot bar and is then secured by the presser foot holder screw. Additionally it has a lever with a "U" shaped notch the slides over the needle clamp screw shaft as you can see at the top of the second picture. By the lever attaching in this way, this is what makes this wonderful foot work. Let me explain how.

As the needle moves up and down so does the lever that is attached to it. Inside the body of the walking foot there are mechanisms that connect to the foots "upper feed dog". This creates a moving feed system that holds and moves fabric between the presser foot's upper feed dog and the machine's feed dogs. As the needle raises, the walking foots feed dog goes down to press the fabric against the sewing machines feed dog. The motion of the walking foots feed dog is elliptical, so as the sewing machine pushes the material back to position for the next stitch so does the walkings foot. This allows the material to move evenly as you sew.

I hope you enjoyed this post about the Walking Foot. If you would like to see it in action check out my video HERE. 

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