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Free Motion Quilting with no presser foot. Can all machine free motion quilt?

I have this industrial machine at my mum’s house and I have always wondered whether I could free motion quilt on it. It has a large throat space and the speed is marvelous.
 
Absolutely love it for straight-line stitching, but I do wonder if I can free motion quilt on it.
 
I know that any machine could actually free motion quilt, because it is all about getting the needle up and down, and being able to move the quilt.
 
So, I hunted for a suitable foot for this machine to be able free motion quilt on the machine but I couldn’t find one that suits. 
Hence, I decided to go ahead without any presser foot.
 
Quilting without long arm machine

How do you quilt without a free motion quilting foot

Of course, you can always just do straight line quilting. This Juki Industrial machine I’m using can quilt a straight line without the walking foot. It has a very steady feeding system. I may reduce the foot pressure to allow the quilt sandwich to pass without puckering.

But, you can actually free motion quilt too without a foot and that is what I’m going to share in this post and video below.

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