Darts Seams - Baby Lock espire BLSR Instruction And Reference Manual

SEWING THE STITCHES
h
After reinstalling the needle plate cover,
select one of the following straight stitches.
1
Memo
When using the straight stitch needle plate, all straight
stitches become middle needle position stitches. You
cannot change the needle position using the width
display.
• Selecting other stitches will cause an error message
to be displayed.
• Be sure to turn the handwheel slowly in your
direction before sewing and make sure that the
needle is not contacting the straight stitch foot and
straight stitch needle plate.
i
Attach the straight stitch foot.
j
Start sewing.
* After sewing, make sure to remove the straight stitch
needle plate and the straight stitch foot, and reinstall
the regular needle plate, the needle plate cover and
the presser foot "J".
Memo
To prevent puckering on fine fabrics, use a fine
needle, size 75/11, and a short stitch length. For
heavier fabrics, use a heavier needle, size 90/14, and
longer stitches.
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CAUTION

Darts Seams

a
Press , and then attach presser foot "J".
b
Press the "Reverse/Reinforcement Stitch"
button to sew reverse stitches at the
beginning of the stitching, and then sew from
the wide end to the narrow end without
stretching the fabric.
* If the automatic reverse/reinforcement stitching
setting is selected before sewing, reverse stitches
will be sewn at the beginning of the stitching.
a Basting
c
Without sewing reverse stitches at the end of
the stitching, pull out 50 mm (approx. 1-15/
16 inches) of the threads, cut them, and then
tie the two ends together.
d
Insert the ends of the thread into the dart
with a sewing needle.
e
Iron the dart to one side.
a