Brother Computerized Sewing and Quilting Machine operation manual Utility Stitches

aChapter 3

Utility Stitches

SELECTING A UTILITY STITCH	52
■ Stitch Selection Screens	52
Selecting a Stitch	53
■ Using the Mirror Image Key	53
Saving Stitch Settings	53
Using the Sewing Type Selection Key	54
SEWING THE STITCHES	56
Quilting	56
■ Piecing	58
■ Piecing Using the 1/4" Quilting Foot
with Guide	58
■ Quilting	59
■ Using the Quilting Guide	60
■ Appliqués	60
■ Quilting with Satin Stitches	61
■ Free-motion Quilting	62
■ Echo Quilting	64
Straight Stitches	66
■ Changing the Needle Position
(Left or Middle Needle Position Stitches Only) ....	68
■ Needle Plate and Needle Plate Cover Marks	68
■ Basting	68
Darts Seams	69
Gathering	70
Flat Fell Seams	70
Pintucks	71
Zigzag Stitches	72
■ Overcasting	72
■ Appliqués	72
■ Patchwork (Crazy Quilts)	73
■ Sewing Curves	73
■ Using the Cord Guide Bobbin Cover	73
Elastic Zigzag Stitches	74
■ Tape/Elastic Attaching	74
■ Overcasting	74
Overcasting	75
■ Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”	75
■ Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”	76
■ Overcasting Using the Optional Side Cutter	77
■ When Sewing Straight Stitches While
Using the Optional Side Cutter	78
Blind Hem Stitches	79
■ If the Needle Does Not Catch the Fold	80
■ If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Fold	80
Appliqués	80
■ Sewing Sharp Curves	81
Shell Tuck Stitching	81
Scalloping	81

Top Stitching	82
Smocking	82
Fagoting	83
Tape or Elastic Attaching	84
Heirloom Stitching	85
■ Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)	85
■ Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1))	85
■ Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2))	86
Buttonhole Stitches	87
■ Sewing Stretch Fabrics	90

■Buttons That Do Not Fit into the Button Holder

Plate	90
■ Darning	91
Bar Tacks	92
■ Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics	93
Button Sewing	94
■ Attaching a 4-Hole Button	95
■ Attaching a Button with a Shank	95
Eyelets	95
Multi-Directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and
Zigzag Stitch)	96
Zipper Insertion	97
■ Centered Zipper	97
■ Side Zipper	98