Even Feed / Walking Foot; How To Attach The Even / Feed Walking Foot; How To Stitch In The Ditch; How To Channel Quilt With Quilting Bar - Singer S18 Instruction Manual

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Even Feed / Walking Foot

Quilting the pieced top, batting and backing are often done
by stitching in the ditch with the even feed / walking foot.
The open toe on this foot offers an unrestricted view when
stitching in the seams of quilts.
How to attach even feed / walking foot
Remove the presser foot holder.
Attach the even feed / walking foot to the presser bar.
Position the arm lever of the foot resting on the needle
clamp screw. Tighten the thumb screw with screwdriver.
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How to Stitch in the Ditch

Position needle in the seam line of the pieced top. Stitch
down the seamline.

How to Channel Quilt with Quilting Bar

Channel quilting is sewing parallel rows of stitches while
quilting multiple layers of fabric. The even feed / walking
foot with the quilting bar attached helps sew straight and
evenly spaced rows on the quilt.
Machine Setting
Stitch pattern:
Thread tension: 2-6
Presser foot:
Foot pressure:
How to attach quilting bar to Even feed / Walking foot:
Push the quilting bar down into the slot on the plastic cover
on the back of the even feed/walking foot.
Move the quilting bar to the right to set the spacing of
seam.
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How to align rows while stitching
Mark the first row of stitching on the fabric using a fabric
marking tool appropriate for the fabric being sewn. Turn
the quilting bar up and away from the fabric. Stitch on the
marked line.
Start next row by lowering the quilting bar onto the first row
stitched. Sew while keeping the bar on that previous row of
stitching.
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1 Thumb screw
2 Arm lever
3 Presser bar
11 Mode 2
Even feed/Walking foot and quilting bar
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4 Quilting bar for even feed / walking foot