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Walking foot

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, walking foot means: Sewing-machine attachment or mechanism that helps move upper fabric layers with the lower layers.

In Turkish: yürüyen ayak

How it is used

Useful for layered materials; confirm compatibility with the sewing machine and the construction task.

Example sentences

  1. A walking foot reduced the shifting between the two quilted layers.

    Moving upper and lower layers together helps maintain alignment.

  2. The workshop fitted a walking foot before sewing the thick bag straps.

    The feeding arrangement is selected to suit a difficult layered material.

Common collocations

  • walking foot machine
  • walking foot attachment
  • seamThe line where two or more pieces of fabric are joined together, usually by sewing, such as the side seam or shoulder seam of a garment.
  • stitchA single loop of thread made by a needle in sewing, or a particular type of stitching such as lockstitch, chainstitch or coverstitch.

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