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Not a sewer just an engineer, but I would guess the thread tension is too high causing it to gather the material. Play with the tread and foot tension till it doesn't gather the material.
Sounds like the tension is too tight. If it is light-weight fabric, you may need to loosen the tension some to keep it from puckering or add some stabilizer to add some bulk to the fabric, ie add some washaway stabilizer to the fabric seam when stitching, or even a sheet of paper will help.
If you go on the manufacturers web site, you will possibly find the part number of the gathering foot and then you can Google it to find stockists who might post one to you.
Try loosening both top and bottom tension. while longer stitches are easier, it can be done on shorter stitches as well. A bennifit to shorter stitches is the gathers will be smaller and easier to work with! Remember to reset the bobbin tension before sewing again.
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