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i don't know of any machines that can't free motion quilt. you will need to either drop the feed dogs or buy an attachment to cover them, then buy a quilting foot that fits your machine .
Yes, you can do free motion sewing and quilting with the Janome Decor Excel 5018. Look on the back of the sewing machine behind the needle and bobbin case section. At the bottom of the free-arm section of the machine, more or less in line with the needle bar, is the feed dog position switch. Move the switch towards the motor of the sewing machine to lower the feed dogs. Move it away from the motor to raise the feed dogs. For pictures, see the manual for the Janome Excel 5018, available from Janome here: https://www.janome.com/siteassets/support/manuals/retired/other-models/inst-book-5018-ennose.pdf . Look at page 2 (item 22), page 6 and page 22. (These are pages 8, 16 and 48 of the PDF.) This is a retired machine for Janome and the manual is listed among those here: https://www.janome.com/support/retired-machine-manuals/ .
I hope this helps. Note: you will have to adjust the tension carefully before starting your quilting.The darning foot, https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/janome-darning-foot-200349000.aspx , will help you see where you are sewing better than any of the included accessory presser feet.
You can also contact a Janome dealer. If the machine does not drop the feed dogs, there should be a special plate accessory to cover them in order to do darning or free motion quilting.
Perhaps this is the accessory you need: http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/cover-plate-elna-janome-necchi-825018035.aspx
from sewingpartsonline.com, but it is marked as being for Elna 664. They don't have your model listed on their website.
You could email them and ask if its compatible with your model or just look at the part and see if it looks the same to you?
Other option is to contact Elna head Office in your country and ask them for price and availability; often this is best course of action as any sewing machine dealer will probably need to order in the part anyway. Visit www.elna.com, then go to your country, then "Contact Us" page to find their contact details.
Hope this helps you get the overlocker going again.
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