Couching Designs - Janome Continental M17 Instruction Book

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Couching Designs

Enjoy embellishing your work with yarns.
Use couching foot PC-1 or PC-2 for the couching
designs.
• For weight 3 yarn (light), use couching foot PC-1.
• For weight 4 yarn (medium) use couching foot PC-2.
NOTE:
• Use weight 3 yarn (light) or weight 4 yarn (medium)
for the couching design project.
• Do not sew on hard string.
• Test sew to check the sewing results.
• Do not use the single color sewing key for the
couching designs.
• Use the same color thread for the bobbin and the
needle thread as the yarns for best results.
z Select one of the couching designs.
x In the Ready to Sew window, press the embroidery
foot key.
Select couching foot PC-1 for weight 3 yarn (light).
Select couching foot PC-2 for weight 4 yarn (medium).
The presser foot height and sewing speed will be
automatically adjusted to suit the selected couching
design sewing.
If the yarn layers become too thick, press the adjust
key and adjust the presser foot manually (refer to page
53).
q Embroidery foot key
w Adjust key
NOTE:
• Be sure to select the proper embroidery foot when
sewing couching designs.
• The sewing speed will be automatically adjusted to
500spm even if the maximum sewing speed is set
to more than 500 spm for safety reasons. You can
change the sewing speed from 400 spm to 500 spm.
• Adjust the sewing speed to slow speed for better
sewing results.
CAUTION:
Press the lockout key to lock the machine when
attaching/removing the presser foot, yarn guide, and
threading the threads and yarns to the machine.
c Attach the selected couching foot to the machine.
To attach the couching foot, refer to page 17.
v Turn the handwheel toward you. Be sure that the needle
passes through the center of the couching foot.
Hold the thread with both hands. Slide the thread
under the plate, and slip it into the presser foot hole.
e Presser foot hole
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