Mae, I'm not sure what you mean by "applique' foot." My machine came with a clear open toe foot that they suggest for satin stitch. If you are using it to stitch fabric shapes in place with a satin or decorative stitch, any foot like that will work. The darning foot is used for doing free-motion quilting (and darning, too, of course!)

Donna

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I have a trouble with machine applique too. I bought a new machine Brother Computerised CS100t with 10 stitch functions. I want to make a baby quilt and make my own appliques. I was testing it without batting, just with 2 pieces of cloth. The zig-zag stitch worked fine with open toe transparent foot. When it comes to applique the curves, I turn the cloth as I go on stitching.But the cloth is geting gathered up under the stitch and it looks bad. The bottom fabric gets wrinkled up due to this.

Any idea how to solve this? Can I remove the dog feed? Should I use free-motion quilt or walker foot for this?

Thanks

I do one stitch at a time, stop with needle down, lift the presser foot, move/swivel the fabric, lower the presser foot and rotate the wheel by hand. Repeat as needed. I only do this for short runs - don't have the patience for long stretches.