Overlocker Techniques: Securing Seams - Bernina Overlocker L 890 Workbook

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OVERLOCKER TECHNIQUES: SECURING SEAMS

Firm fabric, 10" x 10"
80/12 ELX705
4 Spools Serger Thread (B, R, G, Y)
4-Thread Overlock Stitch #1
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B E R N I N A O V E R L O C K E R W O R K B O O K
Thread the overlocker for a 4-thread overlock stitch using
thread colors to match the color-coded threading path on
the machine.
1. Select Stitch #1 and follow the steps in Guided Mode
or make the noted manual settings in Expert Mode.
2.
Sew a 2"-3" thread chain without fabric.
3. Fold fabric in half to 3" x "6" and place under the
presser foot.
4.
Take 2-3 stitches on the fabric. Lower the needles into the
fabric. Raise the presser foot, and with your left hand gently
pull the thread chain around and in front of the needles to
the knife.
5.
Lower the presser foot and sew over the thread chain
approximately 1", and then trim the thread chain with
the knife.
6.
Continue stitching. At the end of the fabric, sew just
off the edge of the fabric. Carefully pull the threads off
the stitch finger by placing the Rolled Hem Selection
Lever in the "R" position temporarily.
7. Raise the presser foot and carefully turn the fabric over
so that the lower looper side of the previously stitched
seam will be overstitched.
8. Place the fabric under the presser foot so that the first
stitch will enter the fabric when you begin stitching.
9.
Engage the stitch finger by placing the Rolled Hem
Selection Lever back in the "N" position..
10.
Sew for about 1", overstitching the previous stitching.
Guide the fabric so as not to cut the previous stitching.
11. Raise the toe of the presser foot and rotate the fabric
90° clockwise.
12. Stitch off the edge of the fabric.
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