Blind Stitch Foot, Overcasting Foot - Singer 6199 Instruction Manual

Elastic Blind stitch for soft, stretchable fabrics.
Regular blind stitch for normal woven fabrics.
The Blind Stitch Foot is primarily used for
creating nearly invisible hems on curtains,
trousers, skirts, etc.
Machine Preparation
• Install the Blind Stitch Foot
• Select Stitch: 04 or 07
• Tension set at 5
Sewing Instructions
1. With matching thread finish the raw
edge. On fine fabric turn up and press
a small 1/2" or less hem.
On medium to heavyweight fabrics
overcast the fabric's raw edge.
2. Now fold the fabric as with the wrong
side up.
Note: It takes practice to sew blind hems. Do a test sew first.
This foot delivers a consistent and accurate
overcasting stitch for a serged effect using
your sewing machine. Thread is locked
around the edge of fabric, aligned with the
edge, to prevent fabric from raveling.
Machine Preparation
• Install the Overcasting Foot
• Select: No. 8 (Stitch Width 5.0)
• Or Select: No. 10 or 14(Stitch Width 5.0-7.0)
• Tension set at 5
Sewing Instructions
Press fabric against the guide plate of the overcasting foot so that needle falls near the
edge of seam.
a. No.03 (Width=5.0) is used for preventing ravelling of fabrics.
b-c. No. 10 and 14 can sew overcasting and regular stitches at the same time. Therefore
it is convenient for sewing fabrics that ravel easily and also for sewing stretchy
fabrics.
Caution: To prevent accidents, Overcasting foot should be used for sewing
patterns 03, 10 and 14 only. Do not change the stitch width narrower than
5.0 and do not change the stitch mode or lengthen the stitch. Doing so may
cause the needle to hit the presser foot and break.
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BLIND STITCH FOOT
3. Place the fabric under the foot. Turn
the handwheel towards you (counter-
clockwise) by hand until the needle
swings fully to the left. It should pierce
the fold of the fabric. If it does not,
adjust the guide (B) on the Blindhem
Foot (A) so that the needle just pierces
the fabric fold and the guide just rest
against the fold. Sew slowly, guiding
the fabric carefully along the edge of
the guide.
4. When completed, the stitching is
almost invisible on the right side of the
fabric.
OVERCASTING FOOT
A
A
B