Start Serging - Baby Lock BL4-428 Instruction Booklet

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START
SERGING
When sewing
on your
Baby Lock
serger
you
may
leave
the
presser
foot
in the
"down"
position for
most sewing applications. Begin
by
placing fabric under the
tip of
the presser
foot.
As you
step on
the foot control, the
feed
dogs
will
move the fabric under the
foot. (Figure
21l'
At
the
end
of
a
seam, do
not
raise the presser
foot.
Continue sewing
off the
fabric
until
a
3"
(8cm)
thread chain
has
formed, then clip the thread.
(Figure
22) You should only
need
to
raise
and lower the
presser
foot when sewing with thick, spongy or
lofty
fabrics or when
precise
positioning
is required.
For
conventional seaming.
the
needle should enter
the fabric
5/8"
(1.5cm) from
the cut
edge.
Your
serger
has a
guide
printed
on the
front
cover
to
help
you
feed
the fabric accurately
into
the
machine. (Figure
23) The
orange
line
is
5/8" (1.Scm)
from the
left-hand needle. The
yellow line 518" (1.Scm)
from the
right-hand
needle.
Figure
21
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ight
5/8
R
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To clear
stitch
f
ingers.
1.
Raise
the
presser
foot
and the needles
to
highest
position.
2.
Pull
a
little
slack
in the two
needle threads
just
above
the eye.
(Figure 24)
3. Gently pull
thread chain
from
behind the presser
foot untíl
threads slip
off
the
stitch fingers. (Figure
25)
As
you
sew
you will quickly
discover
that
maneuvering
the fabric
is
a
little differentfrom
conventional
sewing. This
is caused
by the way
stitches
form
around the
stitch fingers.
Learning
to
clear the stitch fingers
will
make
serger sewing
easier.
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