Where is it?

I'm sorry I can't help you with a substitute foot, as I'm a new quilter, but I can sympathize with the missing foot. I just did the same thing with my quarter inch quilt foot. Gone, gone.... spent hours hunting for it when it should have been in it's own little storage compartment in the machine. I finally had to order one from eBay, which was way cheaper than the factory store. I'm sure you'll get some excellent answers in a bit. Donna

I love my walking foot for stitch in the ditch. I have a Babylock Grace. It was kind of pricey but I was in awe at what a great job it did for stitch in the ditch and cross hatching.

Karen > I was all set to finish a table runner with some stitch-in-the-ditch

This reminds me of a Dennis the Menace cartoon that I've kept. Dennis is explaining that you hold puppies up high so you can look at the bottoms of their feet to tell if they are boys or girls. Well. Hold your SM feet up and inspect their bottoms. There's a foot for SMs that has a ridge on the center of its bottom and a groove on either side. With Bernina, that foot is #3 and is mainly for buttonholes. It also works well for STID. I don't know if it is a boy or a girl. Polly

"Karen" I love my walking foot for stitch in the ditch. I have a

Thanks, Polly, I'll check my feet from the bottom!! (This sounds like a new Yoga pose!)

I don't know when my foot fetish began but I have always been intrigued by the difference a foot can make. Those little tools are mighty important and equally expensive. A good reason to always, always put them where they are safe if out of use for only a minute or so. It's not like we'd have to go hungry to replace one but they don't exactly sell them at the grocery store. A special caution if you have a Viking or similar set of feet. It would be so easy to clear the deck and toss one. Polly

"Alice in PA" Thanks, Polly, I'll check my feet from the bottom!! (This sounds like a new

I believe the BL Quest is a low shank machine and can use a generic low shank zipper foot. For ditch quilting I like to use either the overlock foot or the edge-joiner foot - it's a foot. I run the part that sticks out down the ditch.

Linda PATCHogue, NY Queen of Boxtops

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:03:55 -0500, Alice in PA wrote (in article ):

Maybe your walking foot? Or an open toe foot?

I'm sure that's what I did. I'm so mad at myself! I'll have to pick up another one, because I do use it frequently.

I'll have to check to see if I have either one of these. The machine came with 15 feet, and I've purchased two more, so I must have "something" I can use. Thanks.

My "walking foot" is built in, and I can use it with an open-toe foot! I can see that I need to do some experimenting. Thanks for the idea.

On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:07:44 -0500, Alice in PA wrote (in article ):

You're welcome.

Maureen