3 UTILITY STITCHES

The various stitches and their applications are described in this chapter.

Stitch Setting Chart

68

Utility stitches

68

Other stitches

72

Selecting Stitching

75

Stitch types

75

Selecting stitching

75

Saving stitch settings

77

Overcasting Stitches

79

Sewing overcasting stitches

 

using overcasting foot “G”

79

Sewing overcasting stitches

 

using zigzag foot “J”

80

Sewing overcasting stitches

 

using the side cutter

81

Basic Stitching

83

Basting

83

Basic stitching

83

Blind Hem Stitching

85

Buttonhole Stitching/Button Sewing....

87

Buttonhole sewing

88

Button sewing

92

Zipper Insertion

94

Inserting a centered zipper

94

Inserting a side zipper

96

Zipper/piping Insertion

99

Inserting a centered zipper

99

Inserting a piping

100

Sewing Stretch Fabrics and

 

Elastic Tape

101

Stretch stitching

101

Elastic attaching

101

Appliqué, Patchwork and

 

Quilt Stitching

103

Appliqué stitching

104

Patchwork (crazy quilt) stitching..105

Piecing

105

Quilting

107

Free-motion quilting

108

Satin stitching using the sewing

 

speed controller

109

Reinforcement Stitching

111

Triple stretch stitching

111

Bar tack stitching

111

Darning

113

Eyelet Stitching

115

Horizontal Stitching

116

Decorative Stitching

118

Fagoting

119

Scallop stitching

120

Smocking

120

Shell tuck stitching

121

Joining

122

Heirloom stitching

123

Sewing the Various Built-in

 

Decorative Patterns

126

Sewing beautiful patterns

126

Sewing patterns

126

Changing the pattern size

127

Changing the stitch density

127

Changing the length

 

for satin stitches

128

Shifting patterns

129

Combining patterns

130

Storing patterns

133

Realigning the pattern

134

Designing a Pattern

 

(My Custom Stitch)

137

Drawing a sketch of the pattern ...

137

Entering the pattern data

138

Examples of designs

140

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Brother NV1200 Stitch Setting Chart Utility stitches, Using overcasting foot G, Using zigzag foot J, Elastic Tape, Piecing