Singer 1030 Instruction page 64

stitch centering
• stitch: stitch desired
• Stitch width; to suit application or fabric
• Stitch length: to suit application or fabric
• Zig-zag plate
• Special purpose foot
• Speed: MIN * •
When sewing, it is important to oorrectly
guide the stitches on your fabric to achieve
centered stitching. A iine of stitching is cen
tered when it iies eveniy on an imaginary iine
on the fabric. To ciearly see what stitch cen
tering is, and to practice even stitch guidance
and machine controi, try the test beiow.
Use a iight coior upper and lower thread for
this test. This will demonstrate to you how a
correctly centered line of stitching lies on a
given line.
• Attach special purpose foot.
Notice that foot is transparent plastic for bet
ter visibility and has vertical black line in the
center to guide stitch placement on fabric.
• Select pattern desired.
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• Draw a vertical line on a sheet of paper or
use graph paper, if available.
• Place paper under presser foot with drawn
line centered under black vertical guideline
of special purpose foot.
• Lower needle by turning hand wheel toward
you, and position it on drawn line of paper.
• Lower presser foot.
• Carefully sew along the drawn line on the
paper, using black vertical guideline of foot
to guide stitching. Do not watch needle.
• After you have sewn along the drawn iine,
carefully remove paper from under presser
foot.
If you have correctly guided the paper while
sewing, the stitched line will be centered.
Notice that the stitching lies evenly on the
drawn line.
Try a paper sampler using a variety of stitches
to practice stitch centering.
To assure centered stitching on the fabrics
you sew, use a guideline marked with tailor's
chalk.
Centered Stitching on Sampier
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