neilw

Yes, sews just fine and goes over seams. I have done as you suggested in the past raising the needle just a little, and then raise the foot, and that does give me some clearance to turn the work. I am always a little dubious of doing this as I must have lifted it to far in the past and ended up with a rats nest underneath as it messed up the lower stitch - I must have lifted to far and pulled to much on the loop. Thanks for confirming that this is normal, not an adjustment, and that the inside foot is always down - even when manually trying to raise it. Neil

I have recently started sewing with an older Singer. This is one of my first sewing projects and on various online videos I see the instruction to bury the needle, lift the presser foot and rotate the material - for things like turning at square corners. On my machine when the needle is fully down the center foot is still pressing down on the fabric and you cannot move the fabric, even when I raise the manual lift lever. Is this a feature of the compound walking foot, or is there an adjustment that will allow the center foot to be raised with the needle fully down. Thanks in advance Neil