Darning | Straight Stretch |
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Set the Machine
Stitch selector
Top thread tension | Stitch length | |
control 1 to 4 | Any | number |
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Set the Machine
Stltc_ selector
Stitch (eng th
Top thread tension
No presser
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Darning pJate
Here's How
1.Put the darmng plate over the needle plate (see p. 27),
2.Remove presser foot, stretch fabnc between
embroidery hoops with hole centered.
3, Draw the bobbin thread up through the fabric by holding the top thread and taking one stitch at the spot where vou wish to start darntng.
4, Lower the presser bar and sew at a slow speed.
5.Move the fabric back and forth slowly until you have covered the darmng area,
6.Turn the fabric and sew another layer of stitching over the first laver,
NOTE: If your fabric is thin or badfv damaged, use a separate piece of fabric under the hole to reinforce it,
7.When you finish darmng, remove the darning plate.
control 2 [o 6 | _j_m_/.._L_ |
Straight _oot Zigzag toot
The Stitch and Its Uses |
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This | stitch | m | the | stretch | variatEon | of | |
the | straight | stitch, | especially | develop. | |||
ed for knits | and | stretch | fabrics, |
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This | stitch | can | also | be | used | for | |
topstitching | on | aH fabrics. |
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Stretch stitching was developed to be used on stretch fabrics and
knits. !t can be used on other fabrics as well, it works well on
curved seams and on any garments that will receive a great
deal of strmn {ie. chidren's clothes),
The stretch stitch does not
actually stretch as it is being
sewn, but is stitched In a
forward and back motion
(sometimes called a "reverse-
action" stitch), so that Jt will g_ve when the fabric stretches mstead of breaking.
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