Brother HE 120 Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape, Stretch stitching, Elastic attaching

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

Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape

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

			Stitch Width		Stitch Length		Presser
Stitch Name	Pattern	Application	[mm (inch.)]		[mm (inch.)]
							Foot
			Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
Stretch stitch	5	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	9		5.0	1.5–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0
zigzag stitch		Attaching elastic	(3/16)	(1/16–1/4)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)
							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-	28	Attaching elastic to stretch	4.0	0.0–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0
attaching
		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 40).

bSelect stitch 5 .

•For details, refer to "Selecting stitching" (page 47).

cSew the fabric without stretching it.

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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.

1

2

aElastic tape b Pin

bAttach zigzag foot "J".

J

•For details, refer to "Replacing the presser foot" (page 40).