What is a Walking Foot?
A walking foot, additionally called a quilting foot, is an extra part on a sewing machine with feed dogs to control at least two layers of texture equally through your machine. It feeds the backing, batting and quilt top through the machine equally, and can be utilized to stitch delicate bends or to machine sew in the ditch. A walking foot likewise functions admirably for:
- Straight-line quilting
- Including a quilt binding
- Quilting with minky or other smooth or knit textures
- Sewing plaids
Essentially, the walking foot gives a holding point from the top of the texture which facilitates with the grasp of the feed dogs in the bed of your sewing machine. As the base feed dogs pull– or feed– the texture under the needle so that even lines are made, the walking foot is holding and pulling the texture through from the top.
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