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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, if the hopping foot is set too high, skipped stitches can result.
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 so it is not over fabric.
Then use the
hand wheel
to drop the
needle bar to the lowest position.
Hand Wheel
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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 gauge to
increase room underneath the hopping foot.
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Hopping Foot
Hopping Foot
Screw