The foot snaps on to the foot holder by lowering it onto the bar. That is the only attaching point. Because the OV foot has a screw on the back, the back is heavier than the front, so it may hang down when raised. However it should sew flat when lowered. What you describe seems normal, but if you think there is something wrong you should see your dealer to confirm it's correct.

I had my 15000 updated when the 3.0 update became available.  Also had it serviced at the same time.  I have noticed that when I first power up the machine it seems like it has to “warm” up to go full speed.  This morning was no different, I was in the middle of a seem and it suddenly ramped up to full speed.  Anyone else experiencing this?  Or, does it maybe need to be serviced again?  Don’t want to take it in if it is a effect of the update.

I had my 15000 updated when the 3.0 update became available.  Also had it serviced at the same time.  I have noticed that when I first power up the machine it seems like it has to “warm” up to go full speed.  This morning was no different, I was in the middle of a seem and it suddenly ramped up to full speed.  Anyone else experiencing this?  Or, does it maybe need to be serviced again?  Don’t want to take it in if it is a effect of the update.

Well I didn't expect the transfer to be as fast as it was, but here we are in our new home. My apologies for not informing you in advance. This group should work about the same as the one on Yahoo, but there are a few differences:

• As you have noted, it is no longer the "Janome12000" group. I've named it Onlinesewing-janome, partly for shameless and blatant self-promotion, and partly to make it more open to more Janome models.
• I've modified the old Janome12000 group on Yahoo so that all posts can still be viewed, but no new ones will be allowed. Do all your posting here.
• Right now we're using the "free" version of Groups. There are some advantages to using a paid version and I may pop for that later, depending on how it goes.
• Posts from existing users are no longer moderated. It has been many months since I had to delete a post that was spam or malware, so I'm going to run "bare" for the moment. Following this group as well as several on Facebook is very time-consuming. Eliminating that step may help.
• This site has been modeled after the Yahoo groups, but a number of irritations have been fixed. I'm liking it so far, and hope you will too.

As always, thanks so much for your support.

This message in the Patchwork mode is designed to allow you to sew multiple seams of the same length. After the first seam is sewn this same/different message will come up asking you which you would like to select. By touching "same" the machine will automatically sew the same number of stitches and stop. If you choose " different" the memory of the previous seam will be erased allowing you to sew whatever the required length is. This can be helpful or annoying !  Instead I go to the " quilt" section of the stitch selection panels and choose stitch number 2 which reduces the stitch length and also moves the needle to the right for the 1/4 " seam allowance. Hope this helps. Sue