Brother HE 120 Useful Sewing Tips, Trial sewing, Changing the sewing direction, Sewing curves

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SEWING BASICS ————————————————————————————————————————————

Useful Sewing Tips

Various ways to achieve better results for your sewing projects are described below. Refer to these tips when sewing your project.

Trial sewing

After you have set up the machine with the thread and needle appropriate for the type of fabric being sewn, the machine automatically sets the thread tension and stitch length and width for the stitch that is selected. However, a trial piece of fabric should be sewn since, depending on the type of fabric and stitching being sewn, the desired results may not be achieved.

For the trial sewing, use a piece of fabric and thread that are the same as those used for your project, and check the thread tension and stitch length and width. Since the results differ depending on the type of stitching and the number of layers of fabric sewn, perform the trial sewing under the same conditions that will be used with your project.

Changing the sewing direction

aWhen the stitching reaches a corner, stop the sewing machine.

Leave the needle lowered (in the fabric). If the needle remained up when the machine stopped

sewing, press (Needle position button) to lower the needle.

bRaisefabric.the presser foot lever, and then turn the Turn the fabric using the needle as a pivot.

Sewing curves

Stop sewing, and then slightly change the sewing direction to sew around the curve. For details on sewing with an even seam allowance, refer to "Sewing an even seam allowance" (page 64).

When sewing along a curve while using a zigzag stitch, select a shorter stitch length in order to obtain a finer stitch.

cLowersewing.the presser foot lever and continue

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