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Parts & Tools Needed:
Adjusting the Hopping Foot
Height Adjustment
When quilting with thick fabric or batting layers, the hopping foot may press down on the quilt
too tightly and begin to drag. Alternatively, setting the hopping foot too high, can result in skipped
stitches. The hopping foot can be raised or lowered to correct these problems. To adjust the hopping
foot height, take the following steps:
Hopping Foot
Height Tool
3 mm
T-handle Allen
Wrench 3 mm
4. Re-tighten the
hopping foot screw
.
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Maintaining the Machine
1.
Move the machine off the fabric. Use the
hand wheel
to drop the needle bar to the
lowest position.
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2. With the 3 mm Allen wrench, loosen the
hopping foot screw
.
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Hopping Foot
Screw
3.
Slide the
hopping foot height tool (shown
in blue) underneath the hopping foot,
around the needle.
Note: The height tool prepares the machine
for standard sized quilt batting and two
layers of fabric. For thicker quilts, stack
sheets of printing paper over the tool to
increase room underneath the hopping foot.
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Hopping Foot
Hand Wheel
Hopping Foot
Screw
