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

Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape

Stretch fabrics can be sewn and elastic tape can be attached.

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

 

 

Stitch

 

Stitch Width

Stitch Length

Presser

Stitch Name

Pattern

Application

[mm (inch.)]

[mm (inch.)]

 

 

 

Key

 

Auto

Manual

Auto

Manual

Foot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stretch stitch

5

 

Stretch fabrics

1.0

1.0–3.0

2.5

1.0–4.0

 

 

 

 

(1/16)

(1/16–1/8)

(3/32)

(1/16–3/16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GETTING

2-point

9

 

5.0

1.5–7.0

1.0

0.2–4.0

 

zigzag stitch

 

 

(3/16)

(1/16–1/4)

(1/16)

(1/64–3/16)

 

 

 

 

 

3-point

10

 

Attaching elastic

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

5.0

1.5–7.0

1.0

0.2–4.0

 

READY

zigzag stitch

 

 

 

(3/16)

(1/16–1/4)

(1/16)

(1/64–3/16)

 

Elastic-

28

 

Attaching elastic to

4.0

0.0–7.0

1.0

0.2–4.0

 

 

 

 

attaching

 

 

 

stretch fabrics

(3/16)

(0–1/4)

(1/16)

(1/64–3/16)

 

 

stitch

 

 

 

SEWING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Observe the corresponding precautions when performing each of the following stitching operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stretch stitching

 

Elastic attaching

 

 

BASICS

a

Attach zigzag foot "J".

 

When elastic tape is attached to the cuff or waist of a

 

 

 

 

piece of clothing, the finished dimensions will be that

 

 

 

 

J

 

of the stretched elastic tape. therefore, it is necessary

UTILITY

 

 

 

 

that a suitable length of the elastic tape be used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin the elastic tape to the wrong side of the

 

 

 

 

 

afabric.

 

 

 

STITCHES

 

• For details, refer to "Replacing the presser

Pin the elastic tape to the fabric at a few points

 

foot" (page 37).

 

 

to make sure that the tape is uniformly

 

bSelect stitch 5 .

 

 

positioned on the fabric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For details, refer to "Selecting stitching" (page 66).

cSew the fabric without stretching it.

1

APPENDIX

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

a Elastic tape

 

 

b Pin

 

 

 

INDEX

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Brother NX 600 operation manual Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape, Stretch stitching Elastic attaching

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