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Home » Fix Your Foot Control

Fix Your Foot Control

April 10, 2015 by Nanny 22 Comments

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Hi!

What sort of floor covering do you have in your sewing area?  Do you have timber floors or nice slippery tiles or vinyl?  Does your sewing machine foot control slip away from you all the time?

Well I am going to show you how to fix your foot control!

Have you seen this before?  You can find it in the cheap shops and it is so useful! It is non-slip matting that I have used it in the motorhome but today I am going to use it in my sewing room.

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The bottom of my foot control is flat and has two patches of rubbery stuff that has lost its gripping ability.

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So cut a piece from the matting to fit the base of the foot controller.

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Apply glue to bottom of your foot control and add the non-slip matting.

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Taa daa!  Now that baby won’t be going anywhere it’s not supposed to.

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I hope this helps you fix your foot control wanderings!

 

Until next time

Nanny xx

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  1. Lorraine Schreiweis says

    April 10, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    What an awesome idea. Will have to work this magic on the bottom of my wandering Sewing Foot. Thanks Nanny

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    • nannycra says

      April 10, 2015 at 8:08 pm

      Thanks Lorraine! It really works a treat! 🙂

      Reply
  2. VL says

    April 14, 2015 at 7:39 am

    Worked perfectly! Thanks so much for this idea! 😀

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    • nannycra says

      April 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm

      You are so welcome VL! Thank you for taking the time to tell me! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Pam @Threading My Way says

    April 19, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    One of my foot controls slips all over the place. This easy solution sounds like just the thing to bring it under control. Thanks, Margie.
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    • nannycra says

      April 19, 2015 at 6:37 pm

      Quick, easy and it works Pam!! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Agy says

    April 20, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    That’s so smart! We have tiles at home so this would be a perfect way to keep my foot pedal in its place. 🙂
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    • nannycra says

      April 20, 2015 at 1:12 pm

      Thanks Agy! I am sure it will work for you too! 🙂

      Reply
  5. FarZain says

    April 20, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    What an amazing idea!! Such an easy fix for an irritating issue. I thought I was the one with a bad feet 🙂

    Thank you so much for sharing this. Getting it done as soon as possible 🙂

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    • nannycra says

      April 20, 2015 at 9:18 pm

      Thanks Farzain – it really is so easy and it is working a treat on mine!! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Annette Henneau says

    July 9, 2015 at 2:15 am

    So glad I saw this. I’ve been using the gripping mat as shown, but didn’t carry the idea further. So logical to glue it to fit rather than struggling to place it properly on the floor every time I move. Thank you.

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    • nannycra says

      July 9, 2015 at 10:01 am

      You are welcome Annette and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment for me! 🙂

      Reply
  7. anne lowry says

    July 14, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    I have just discovered your blog today. Congratulations on a very informative and interesting blog. Thanks for the tip – what a simple idea and something I have on hand and it will fix the problem. No more sore leg/hip from stretching to the foot control! Thanks Nanny

    Reply
    • nannycra says

      July 14, 2015 at 7:26 pm

      Welcome Anne! Thank you so much and thanks for taking the time to say hello – I really appreciate it! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Margaret eaton says

    August 24, 2015 at 3:42 am

    Hi I’m a new to your craft page I’m really glad I came across it your tip for rune way foot peddle on the machine is what I have used but on a bigger scale iv been using the whole mat 12×12 and it work really well so I didn’t think to cut it down. So as they say great minds think alike

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    • Nanny says

      August 24, 2015 at 5:42 pm

      Hi Margaret and welcome! Maybe it has something to do with our name? Thank you for taking the time to say hello – I love to get some comments! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Cris says

    February 26, 2016 at 7:48 am

    I can’t thank you enough! Another problem solved.

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    • Nanny says

      February 26, 2016 at 12:24 pm

      Thank you Cris – glad I could help! 🙂

      Reply
  10. christine says

    April 4, 2017 at 1:26 am

    Great idea thank you very much.

    Reply
    • Nanny says

      April 4, 2017 at 6:50 pm

      Thank you Christine! I love it – so simple but so effective!

      Reply

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