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Sewing the Various Built-in Decorative Patterns

Besides utility stitches, you can sew decorative stitches, satin stitches and cross stitches. All are sewn with monogramming foot "N".

Sewing beautiful patterns

In order to sew the patterns correctly, the following must be considered.

■Fabric

Before sewing stretch or thin fabrics or fabrics with a coarse weave, affix stabilizer material to the wrong side of the fabric or place a thin sheet of paper, such as tracing paper, under the fabric. Since material puckering or bunched stitches may occur when satin stitches are sewn, be sure to affix stabilizer material to the fabric.

■Needles and threads

When sewing thin, mediumweight or stretch fabrics, use the ball point needle. When sewing thick fabrics, use a 90/14 home sewing machine needle. In addition, #50 to #60 thread should be used.

■Trial sewing

Depending on the type and thickness of the fabric being sewn and whether or not stabilizer material is used, the desired result may not be achieved.

Be sure to sew a trial piece of fabric before sewing your project. In addition, while sewing, be sure to guide the fabric with your hands in order to prevent the fabric from slipping.

Sewing patterns

a Attach monogramming foot "N".

•For details, refer to "Replacing the presser foot" (page 43).

b Select a stitch.

•For details, refer to steps a through g of "Selecting stitching" (page 51).

c Start sewing.

￿The stitching is sewn in the direction indicated by the arrow.

d Sew reinforcement stitches.

Memo

￿When sewing a pattern, it is useful to first set the automatic reverse/reinforcement stitching setting. For details, refer to "Automatic sewing reverse/reinforcement stitches" (page 64).

￿When sewing alphanumeric characters, the machine automatically sews reinforcement stitches for each character.

e When you are finished sewing, use scissors to trim off any excess threads at the beginning of the stitching and between the patterns.

Memo

￿For details on adjusting the stitch width and length, refer to "Adjusting the stitch width" (page 61) and "Adjusting the stitch length" (page 62).

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