Brother PC-420PRW manual Basic Stitching, Basting, Basic stitching

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

Basic Stitching

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

		Stitch		Stitch Width		Stitch Length		Presser
Stitch Name	Pattern		Application	[mm (inch.)]		[mm (inch.)]
		Key						Foot
				Auto	Manual	Auto	Manual
Basting	6	–	Temporarily securing	0.0	0.0–7.0	–	–
stitch				(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
Straight				(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
			baseline/reverse stitching)
stitch (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)
			reinforcement stitching)					J
Straight
stitch	3		Basic stitching and sewing			2.5	0.2–5.0
(center			gathers or pintucks (center	–	–
						(3/32)	(1/64–3/16)
needle			baseline/reverse stitching)
position)
Triple	4		Reinforcing seams and sewing	0.0	0.0–7.0	2.5	1.5–4.0
stretch
			stretch fabrics	(0)	(0–1/4)	(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)
stitch

CONTENTS GETTING READY SEWING BASICS

Basting

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

1Attach zigzag foot “J”.

J

•For details, refer to “Replacing the presser foot” (page 37).

2Select stitch 6 .

•For details, refer to “Selecting stitching” (page 68).

3Start• Forsewing.details, refer to “Starting to sew” (page 49).

Basic stitching

1Baste or pin together the fabric pieces.

2Attach zigzag foot “J”.

J

•For details, refer to “Replacing the presser foot” (page 37).

3Select a stitch.

•For details, refer to “Selecting stitching” (page 68).

4Lower the needle into the fabric at the beginning of the stitching.

UTILITY STITCHES APPENDIX

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INDEX

15 mm (3/16 inch)

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