Blind Hemming
Set the Machine
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Top thread tension |
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control _ to 4 | Stitch length |
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_Zigzag |
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Set the Machine
Stitch selector
Top thread | tension |
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Contro_ "i[o | 4 | Stitch length |
Heavy
Weight
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There | are two | blind | hem | stitches | on | your | machine. | The regular blind hem is used for woven fabrics. The stretch blind hem Is |
wider | and will | "gwe" | and | is used | for | knit | and stretch | fabrics, |
1.Finish the raw edge of your hem any way you desire. {See Overcasting, p,30_)
2.Measure, turn up your hem and pino
NOTE: | For light weight fabrics, you may need a double fold. |
3.Fold the material (wrong side out) on the edge to be stitched, as shown, leaving t/8" {regular blind hem) to 1/4" (stretch blind hem) of the finished hem edge showing.
4.Place garment under presser foot m such a manner that straight stitches wi!l be sewn on extended edge. The zigzag stitch should iust catch the fold of the garment_
5.After hemming, press both sides of the finished hem. The right side of the garment will show only the blind stitches.
NOTE: | The stretch blind hem stitch also can be used for Lace Work. (See P.3i4) |
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