Brother HE 120 operation manual Basic Stitching, Basting, Basic stitching

Baste or pin together the fabric pieces.

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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 stitch	6	Temporarily securing	0.0	0.0–7.0	–	–
			(0)	(0–1/4)
	1	Basic stitching and sewing	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0
		gathers or pintucks (left baseline/
Straight stitch			(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
		reverse stitching)
(left needle
		Basic stitching and sewing
position)	2		0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0
		gathers or pintucks (left baseline/
			(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)	J
		reinforcement stitching)
Straight stitch		Basic stitching and sewing			2.5	0.2–5.0
(center	3
		gathers or pintucks (center	–	–
needle					(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
		baseline/reverse stitching)
position)
Triple stretch	4	Reinforcing seams and sewing	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	1.5–4.0
stitch		stretch fabrics	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)

Basting

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

aAttach zigzag foot "J".

J

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

bSelect stitch 6 .

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

cStart sewing.

• For details, refer to "Starting to sew" (page 49).

Basic stitching

a

bAttach zigzag foot "J".

J

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

cSelect a stitch.

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

dLower the needle into the fabric at the beginning of the stitching.

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