Brother SEWING STRETCH FABRICS AND ELASTIC TAPE, Stretch stitching, Elastic attaching

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SEWING STRETCH FABRICS AND ELASTIC TAPE

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

					Pattern No.				Stitch Width
		PresserFoot							[mm (inch.)]
	Pattern
Stitch Name								Application
			stitches70	model	stitches60 model	stitches50 model	stitches40 model
									Auto	Manual
								Sewing stretch fabrics	1.0	1.0–3.0
Stretch stitch		J	03		03	03	03
								and decorative stitching	(1/16)	(1/16–1/8)
								Overcasting on medium
3-point		J	05		05	05	05	weight or stretch fabrics,	5.0	1.5–7.0
zigzag stitch								attaching elastic, darn-	(3/16)	(1/16–1/4)
								ing, etc.
*Rfc.: Reinforcement					**Select	a stitch width of 5.0 mm (3/16 inch) or less.

CAUTION

Stitch Length		Twin Needle	Walking Foot
[mm (inch.)]
Auto	Manual
2.5	1.0–4.0	Yes	No
(3/32)	(1/16–3/16)	( J )
1.0	0.2–4.0	**
		Yes	No
(1/16)	(1/64–3/16)
		( J )

Stitching

Reinforcement

Reverse/

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Rfc.

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Rfc.

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●Be sure to turn off the main power before replacing the presser foot. Otherwise, injuries may occur if the foot controller or (start/stop button) is accidentally pressed and the machine starts sewing.

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

Stretch stitching

aAttach zigzag foot “J”.

bSelect stitch .

cSew the fabric without stretching it.

Elastic attaching

When elastic tape is attached to the cuff or waist of a piece of clothing, the finished dimensions will be that of the stretched elastic tape. Therefore, it is necessary that a suitable length of the elastic tape be used.

aPinfabric.the elastic tape to the wrong side of the Pin the elastic tape to the fabric at a few points to make sure that the tape is uniformly positioned on the fabric.

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2

aElastic tape

bPin

bAttach zigzag foot “J”.

cSelect stitch .

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