Kenmore 1791 manual Stretch, RICK-RACK STR Etch, Used most often for Top-stitching

THE STRETCH

STITCHES YOU USE MOST ARE BUiLT-IN

So many ways to sew today's knits! You have a wide variety of zigzag stitches_ simpiy set Stitch Selector (22) as indicated in each "recipe"_ All other machine settings are the same for each of the stitches. With all these, use the zigzag presser foot or Q FOOT TM and appropriate needleplate,

31

Your basic settings are illustrated immediately below. The only changes you need consider are variations in stitch width w as you become ex- pert, you may wish stitches to show, either short- er or longer. Don'tforget, the Stitch Modifier 30), lower right, is inside Stitch Length Control (3t).

Rick-Rack Stretch Smocking Stretch

RI_CK-RACK STR ETCH

Used most often for

top-stitching

ADJUSTING STRETCH STITCH BALANCE

Stitch modifier should be in neutral (notched) position for most materials. Depending upon the type of fabric

used, you may need to adjust this control to match forward stitches of

stretch sewing with reverse motion stitches. If the stitches are too open,

turn the control slightly clockwise; if the stitches overlap, turn the control counter-clockwise.

0		ii
	WIDTH -- USUALLY AT 4
DIAL YOUR STITCH
FOR SE]-FING ON
INDICATOR (20)
LENGTH	MODIFIER	--	SET AT
SETAT24-6	NEUTRAL	INOTCHED)
	POSITION	(SEE	AT LEFT)

Stitch Selector _{

Rick-rackstretch stitches are useful also on lapped or

abutted seams where you lap one edge of a seam over another with seamlines meeting in the center.