Brother HE 120 Sewing an even seam, Allowance, Aligning the fabric with the guide foot

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

Sewing an even seam	■ Aligning the fabric with the guide foot
	Sew while keeping the right edge of the fabric
allowance	aligned with a desired position of markings on the

guide foot.

To sew an even seam, start sewing so that the seam allowance is to the right of the presser foot, and the edge of the fabric is aligned with either the right edge of the presser foot or a marking on the needle plate.

■Aligning the fabric with the presser foot

Sew while keeping the right edge of the presser foot a fixed distance from the edge of the fabric.

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2

aSeam

b Presser foot

■Aligning the fabric with a needle plate marking The markings on the needle plate show the distance from the needle position of a seam sewn with the straight stitch (left needle position). Sew while keeping the edge of the fabric aligned with a marking in the needle plate. The distance between the markings in the upper scale is

1/8 inch (3 mm) and the distance between the markings in the grid is 5 mm (3/16 inch).

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1	4
2	3
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aSeam

bPresser foot c Centimeters d Inches

e Needle plate

f 16 mm (5/8 inch)

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