Brother 885-U24, Computerized Sewing Machine Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape, Stretch stitching, Elastic attaching

UTILITY STITCHES ———————————————————————————————————————————

Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape

Stretch fabrics can be sewn and elastic tape can be attached.

	Pattern	Numeric		Stitch Width		Stitch Length		Presser
Stitch Name		Key	Application	[mm (inch)]		[mm (inch)]
								Foot
				Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
Stretch stitch	05		Stretch fabrics	1.0	1.0–3.0	2.5	1.0–4.0
				(1/16)	(1/16–1/8)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)
2-point	09	–		5.0	1.5–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0
zigzag stitch				(3/16)	(1/16–1/4)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)
			Attaching elastic
								J
3-point	10			5.0	1.5–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0
zigzag stitch				(3/16)	(1/16–1/4)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)
Elastic-	34		Attaching elastic to	4.0	0.0–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0
attaching		–
			stretch fabrics	(3/16)	(0–1/4)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)
stitch

Observe the corresponding precautions when performing each of the following stitching operations.

Stretch stitching

aAttach zigzag foot “J”.

J

•For details, refer to “Replacing the presser foot” (page 41).

bSelect stitch 05 .

•For details, refer to “Selecting stitching” (page 72).

cSew the fabric without stretching it.

Elastic attaching

When elastic tape is attached to the cuff or waist of a piece of clothing, the finished dimensions will be that of the stretched elastic tape. therefore, it is necessary that a suitable length of the elastic tape be used.

aPinfabric.the elastic tape to the wrong side of the Pin the elastic tape to the fabric at a few points to make sure that the tape is uniformly positioned on the fabric.

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aElastic tape

bPin

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