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Hemmer
(Hem width approx.
(Available as Extras)
Gathering foot
Attach the hemmer in place of the ordinary presser foot, raising the presser foot bar
for the purpose.
Fig. 21
Fold the edge of the material over to the desired
hem width and pass the fabric into the spiral-
type guide tongue of the raised hemmer as
far as the needle, then lower the hemmer.
When sewing, lightly guide the prefolded edge
(Fig. 21). If too much fabric enters the hem¬
mer, the seam will become bulgy and uneven;
if too little the hem will not be folded in
sufficiently.
Fig. 21 •
Put the material to be gathered under the gather¬
ing foot, that is to say not in the transverse slot.
Lower the gathering foot by means of the presser
foot lever and insert the piece of material, which
must remain quite flat, in the transverse slot as
far as it will go. To increase the amount of gather¬
ing or gauging on the bottom material hold the
top material back - the more it is held back the
greater the amount of gathering.
If only one layer of material has to be gathered
place the material beneath the gathering foot and
lower it. The material is gathered more or less as
the length of stitch is made greater or smaller.
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