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Hemming With The Twin Needle - Pfaff FreeStyle Instruction Book

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Utility stitches and practical
sewing
Hemming with the twin needle
Use the twin needle to make beatiful
topstitch seams.
Using the twin needle you can add a
professional touch to hems on stretch
materials such as Tshirts, knitted articles
or cycling shorts both quickly and easily.
Twin needles are available in different
widths. The traditional width for
topstitching is 4 mm. To prevent the
needle from striking the needle plate, you
must make sure that you select the center
needle position
(',.
• First fold and iron the width of fabric
desired for the hem.
• Then topstitch the hem from the right
side.
• Finally, cut the protruding hem edge
back to the seam.
Use only
a stretch needle when sewing
lretch material!
Tip:
On difficult materials such as ribbed
lnit
wear
it is advisable to baste the hem
lie/ore tops/itching it.
On page 11 you will find a description of
tiuw to thread the twin needle.
Smocking effect with elastic threads
Fine, light fabrics such as Batist, rayon
and silk are particularly suitable for
beautiful smocking work. For smocking
work with the elastic thread, you should
use an additional bobbin case and wind
the bobbin by hand with the elastic
thread. As the elastic thread is much
stronger than the normal bobbin thread,
the tension of the bobbin case must be
set at very low.
Don't forget, the higher the bobbin thread
tension, the more intense the gathering
effect.
• Sew a test seam to determine the level
of gather.
• Mark the first tine on the right side of
the fabric and sew along it.
• Each additional seam can be sewn at a
presser foot's width from the first row.
• When sewing several seams next to
one another, you must stretch the
fabric to its original length when sewing
the subsequent seams. Otherwise, the
gather will be irregular.
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• Knot the threads at the beginning and
end of the seam on the reverse side.

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