Use The Darning Plate - Janome mystyle 16 User Manual

SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES
Straight Stitches (Continued)
Use the Darning Plate a Topstitching
Darning plate Set the Machine
Stitch width
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Top thread tension Stitch length
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Here's How
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Keep the edge of the fabric next
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1 . Position the darning plate with the pins on the bottom.
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2. Fit the darning plate pins into the needle plate holes at the
5/8" mark. The feed dogs will show through the darning plate The Stitch and Its Uses
holes.
Topstitching emphasizes the lines of
Use the darning plate in the following ways:
your garment and keeps seams and
edges flat and crisp.
Darning (see page 27),
Button Sewing (see page 32).
Accent suits or blouses with one or
two rows of topstitching around the
outer edges of cuffs, lapels or collars.
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