Brother N5V Stitch Settings, Utility stitches, Appendix, Left Straight stitch Center, Zigzag

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Stitch Settings

Applications, stitch lengths and widths and whether the twin needle can be used are listed for utility stitches in the following table.

Utility stitches

Stitch Name

Left

Straight

stitch

Center

Triple stretch stitch

Stretch

stitch

Basting

stitch

Zigzag	Center
stitch	Right

2-point

zigzag stitch

3-point

zigzag stitch

Overcasting

stitch

Pattern

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

PresserFoot		Stitch Width		Stitch Length		TwinNeedle	Reverse/
		Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
	Application	[mm (inch)]		[mm (inch)]
							Reinforcement
	Basic stitching, sewing						Stitching
		0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0	Yes
J							Reverse
	gathers or pintucks, etc.	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)	(J)
	Basic stitching and	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0	Yes
J	sewing gathers or						Reinforcement
	pintucks	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)	(J)
	Attaching zippers, basic	3.5	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2–5.0	Yes
J/I	stitching, sewing gathers						Reverse
		(1/8)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)	(J)
	or pintucks, etc.
	Attaching sleeves,
J	sewing inseams, sewing	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	1.5–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	stretch fabrics and	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)	(J)
	decorative stitching
J	Sewing stretch fabrics	1.0	1.0–3.0	2.5	1.0–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	and decorative stitching	(1/16)	(1/16–1/8)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)	(J)
J	Temporarily securing	0.0	0.0–7.0	–	–	No	Reinforcement
		(0)	(0–1/4)
J	Overcasting and	3.5	0.0–7.0	1.4	0.0–4.0	Yes	Reverse
	attaching appliqués	(1/8)	(0–1/4)	(1/16)	(0–3/16)	(J)
J	Beginning sewing from	3.5	2.5–5.0	1.4	0.3–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	the right needle position	(1/8)	(3/32–3/16)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)	(J)
	Overcasting on medium
J	weight or stretch fabrics,	5.0	1.5–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	attaching elastic,	(3/16)	(1/16–1/4)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)	(J)
	darning, etc.
	Overcasting on medium
J	weight or stretch fabrics,	5.0	1.5–7.0	1.0	0.2–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	attaching elastic,	(3/16)	(1/16–1/4)	(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)	(J)
	darning, etc.
G	Overcasting on thin or	3.5	2.5–5.0	2.0	1.0–4.0	No	Reinforcement
	medium weight fabrics	(1/8)	(3/32–3/16)	(1/16)	(1/16–3/16)
G	Overcasting on thick	5.0	2.5–5.0	2.5	1.0–4.0	No	Reinforcement
	fabrics	(3/16)	(3/32–3/16)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)
	Preventing fraying in	5.0	3.5–5.0	2.5	1.0–4.0
G	thick fabrics and fabrics					No	Reinforcement
		(3/16)	(1/8–3/16)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)
	that fray easily
J	Overcasting on stretch	5.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.5–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	fabrics	(3/16)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/32–3/16)	(J)
J	Overcasting on thick or	5.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.5–4.0	Yes	Reinforcement
	stretch fabrics	(3/16)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/32–3/16)	(J)

Programmed

Thread-Cutting

Reverse +

thread-cutting

Reinforcement +

thread-cutting

Reverse +

thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reverse +

thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Reinforcement + thread-cutting

Walking Foot

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

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