Brother 885-V12 4. APPENDIX, 3. UTILITY STITCHES

Useful Sewing Tips ............................................................................................................	48
Trial sewing ....................................................................................................................................................	48
Changing the sewing direction .......................................................................................................................	48
Sewing curves ................................................................................................................................................	48
Sewing thick fabrics .......................................................................................................................................	48
Sewing thin fabrics .........................................................................................................................................	49
Sewing stretch fabrics ....................................................................................................................................	49
Pulling up the bobbin thread ..........................................................................................................................	50
3. UTILITY STITCHES ........................................................................................	51
Overcasting .......................................................................................................................	51
Sewing overcasting stitches using zigzag foot “J” ..........................................................................................	52
Sewing overcasting stitches using overcasting foot “G” .................................................................................	52
Basic Stitching ...................................................................................................................	53
Blind Hem Stitching ..........................................................................................................	54
Buttonhole Stitching ..........................................................................................................	56
Button sewing .................................................................................................................................................	61
Zipper Insertion .................................................................................................................	63
Inserting a centered zipper .............................................................................................................................	63
Inserting a side zipper ....................................................................................................................................	64
Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape ............................................................................	67
Stretch stitching ..............................................................................................................................................	67
Elastic attaching .............................................................................................................................................	67
Appliqué, Patchwork and Quilt Stitching ..........................................................................	69
Appliqué stitching ...........................................................................................................................................	70
Patchwork (crazy quilt) stitching .....................................................................................................................	70
Piecing ...........................................................................................................................................................	71
Quilting ...........................................................................................................................................................	71
Free-motion quilting .......................................................................................................................................	72
Reinforcement Stitching ....................................................................................................	74
Triple stretch stitching ....................................................................................................................................	74
Bar tack stitching ............................................................................................................................................	75
Decorative stitching ..........................................................................................................	77
Fagoting .........................................................................................................................................................	78
Scallop stitching .............................................................................................................................................	78
Smocking .......................................................................................................................................................	79
Shell tuck stitching .........................................................................................................................................	79
Joining ............................................................................................................................................................	80
Heirloom stitching ...........................................................................................................................................	80
Using the side cutter (optional) ......................................................................................................................	83
4. APPENDIX .....................................................................................................	87
Stitch settings ....................................................................................................................	87
Utility stitches .................................................................................................................................................	87
Maintenance ......................................................................................................................	91
Cleaning the machine surface ........................................................................................................................	91
Cleaning the race ...........................................................................................................................................	91
Removing the needle plate ............................................................................................................................	92
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................	93
Error messages ...................................................................................................................	97
Operation beep .................................................................................................................	98
Canceling the operation beep ........................................................................................................................	98
Index .................................................................................................................................	99

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