Brother CS-8150 manual Basic Stitching, Basting, Basic stitching

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

Basic Stitching

Straight stitches are used for sewing plain seams. Five stitches are available for basic stitching.

			Stitch Width		Stitch Length		Presser
Stitch Name	Pattern	Application	[mm (inch.)]		[mm (inch.)]
							Foot
			Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
Basting	6	Temporarily securing	0.0	0.0–7.0	–	–
stitch			(0)	(0–1/4)
	1	Basic stitching and sewing gathers or	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0
		pintucks (left baseline/reverse
Straight			(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
		stitching)
stitch (left
needle		Basic stitching and sewing gathers or
position)	2		0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0
		pintucks (left baseline/reinforcement
			(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
		stitching)					J
Straight
stitch	3	Basic stitching and sewing gathers or			2.5	0.2–5.0
(center		pintucks (center baseline/reverse	–	–
					(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
needle		stitching)
position)
Triple	4	Reinforcing seams and sewing stretch	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	1.5–4.0
stretch
		fabrics	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)
stitch

CONTENTS GETTING READY SEWING BASICS

Basting

Sew basting with a stitch length of 5 mm (3/16 inch).

1Attach zigzag foot “J”.

J

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

2Select stitch 6 .

•For details, refer to “Selecting stitching” (page 66).

3Start• Forsewing.details, refer to “Starting to sew” (page 51).

Basic stitching

1Baste or pin together the fabric pieces.

2Attach zigzag foot “J”.

J

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

3Select a stitch.

•For details, refer to “Selecting stitching” (page 66).

4Lower the needle into the fabric at the beginning of the stitching.

UTILITY STITCHES APPENDIX

1

INDEX

15 mm (3/16 inch)

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