Brother N5V, NX-450 operation manual Basic Stitching, Basting, Utility Stitches

UTILITY STITCHES ———————————————————————————————————————————

Basic Stitching

Straight stitches are used for sewing plain seams. Five stitches are available for basic stitching.

	Pattern	Numeric		Stitch Width		Stitch Length		Presser
Stitch Name		Key	Application	[mm (inch)]		[mm (inch)]
								Foot
				Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
Basting stitch	06	–	Temporarily securing	0.0	0.0–7.0	–	–
				(0)	(0–1/4)
	01		Basic stitching and
			sewing gathers or	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2-5.0
			pintucks (left baseline/	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
Straight stitch			reverse stitching)
(left needle			Basic stitching and
position)	02	–	sewing gathers or	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2-5.0
			pintucks (left baseline/
				(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)	J
			reinforcement
			stitching)
Straight stitch			Basic stitching and
	03		sewing gathers or
(center				3.5	0.0–7.0	2.5	0.2-5.0
			pintucks (center
needle				(1/8)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
			baseline/reverse
position)
			stitching)
Triple stretch	04		Reinforcing seams	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	1.5–4.0
			and sewing stretch
stitch				(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)
			fabrics
Basting				cStart sewing.
				• For details, refer to “Starting to sew” (page 52).

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

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aAttach zigzag foot “J”.

J a 5 mm (3/16 inch)

•For details, refer to “Replacing the presser foot” (page 41).

bSelect stitch 06 .

•For details, refer to “Selecting stitching” (page 72).

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