Does Janome have a ruler foot?

The 1/4” Ruler Foot was specifically designed to use for ruler work using Janome quilting rulers. The 1/4” cup height moves smoothly alongside the quilting ruler without allowing the ruler to slide over or under. With this foot, the needle drops a 1/4 inch away from the ruler to create the quilting line.

How thick are Westalee rulers?

Please note that while the low and medium shank ruler foot from Westalee comes with 3mm thick templates, many of our Westalee rulers and templates are only stocked in 4.5 mm thickness. Thicker rulers are easier to grip and keep in the proper place.

What are Westalee rulers?

Designed by Leonie West in Australia, the Westalee Designs 1/2″ Ruler Foot is designed to enable quilters using a domestic sewing machine to quilt with rulers and templates to create beautiful quilting designs.

Is Janome high or low shank?

The Janome 6600 and 7700 machines are high shank machines that benefit from the 4.5 mm templates as their accufeed system can interfere with the thicker rulers behind the foot.

Is Janome 6500 low shank?

Low shank free motion quilting foot.

How do I know if my sewing machine is low shank or high shank?

To determine your machine’s shank size:

  1. Lower the presser foot completely flat.
  2. Using a ruler, measure from the base of the foot to the center of the presser foot thumb screw.
  3. If the shank is 075″ or 0.5″ or below, you have a low shank sewing machine.
  4. For shanks measuring 1″ and more, it’s a high shank machine.

Can you use long arm rulers on a domestic machine?

If they are made for domestics, they have things sticking up from them to grasp them but get in the way of the quilt and/or hit the machine causing skips. Your rulers are compact and fit well in the hand and work extremely well on domestic machines.

What is a ruler foot?

Yep, a ruler foot is just a type of darning foot so that makes this another form of free motion quilting. That means you can quilt with rulers a bit, set your ruler aside and wiggle around with Stippling, then pick up your ruler again and get back to quilting straight lines, which is exactly what I did in the video.

Where are Westalee rulers made?

Who are Westalee Design? Westalee Design’s Ruler Foot for Domestic Sewing Machines has found its way into homes around the world. It was manufactured and distributed in Australia and also manufactured and distributed in the USA by Sew Steady.

Are Janome feet interchangeable?

JANOME/NEW HOME High shank models can use most feet unless otherwise indicated. For front loading bobbin models with a removable bobbin case, your machine uses feet in the Generic category.