Comments on: Bernina Aurora 440 QE: Walking Foot

By: Betsy

Betsy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:33:02 +0000

Great instructions and MARVELOUs pictures.
If I see pics not as marvelous as yours I enlarge them on my computer and it is wonderful how helpful a huge picture, bigger than life, Picture will help!!!!!!!! Thanks for having this web site.

By: Maia B

Maia B — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:46:28 +0000

I feel as you do, the Bernina walking foot and I get along beautifully, have from the start. But I was laughing out loud reading this and I now have a link to send folks when they can’t figure their walking foot out. Thanks!

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:30:17 +0000

I didn’t know that walking feet came with all that stuff. I thought you just got the walking foot and that was it; just clip it on your sewing machine and go. I live and learn.

Anyway, I thought I should let you know that the fuzzy thread you are using is bad for your sewing machine. The fibres come off in the machine and I think they can upset the tension.

Gutermann Sew-all is the best thread I have used. It’s better than Coats sew-all thread which leaves my buttonhole foot with a thin layer of fibres. I still have supply of non-Gutermann thread but I use it mainly for basting or hand-sewing until I run out of it – then I’ll get some basting thread.

By: Candice

Candice — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:21:54 +0000

Thank you for your very clear instructions of how to attach the walking foot!! I have been using mine incorrectly but now have it on the right way. I bought my wf a couple of years ago new but there were not any instructions with it! Many thanks for your help:)

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:51:23 +0000

I have been sewing since I was ten (and that was over 50 years ago!) and I can’t believe I didn’t have a walking foot until just 18 months ago. It would have made making some of my projects SO much easier. And, like you, I looked at the contents of the box when I first opened it and wondered, “What now?” I managed to figure it out…trial and error, but I heartily concur in recommending a walking foot to anyone serious about sewing. And let’s face it, anyone with a Bernina is a serious sewer to one degree or another!

By: dianne

dianne — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:20:15 +0000

I too enjoyed your instructions.I was about to buy a walking foot and had no idea what kind to buy.They are quite pricey. Now I have decided to buy a variety of feet including the darning foot.I love dogs too, looks like you and Banjo have a little love going too. My Poohki is 14 years old and the love of y life.Dianne

By: AudreyGab

AudreyGab — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:29:18 +0000

I just sent your link to a blogger called ¨the slapdash sewist¨ because she asked for help. I found your explanation fantastic, it worked for me, so maybe it does for her too. Thank you.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:25:24 +0000

Thank you so much!! I thought I broke my walking foot and I was going to buy another one! I saw your pictures and compared it to mine and saw there was nothing the matter with it! I think I must have forgotten to put the arm on!! I’m shocked that I forgot. Thank you again

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:22:16 +0000

Excellent I had no idea what to do with the arm and the pictures in the instruction book is way to small! I don’t want to take it off know that i have it on and am sewing. Great visual really good thanks a bunch!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:21:14 +0000

I am confused about the walking foot. Does it enable you to use the stretch stitches on the machine to sew fabrics like lycra without the material fluting? Do you then get nice smooth seams from the right side, like an overlocker leaves?