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Decorative 3ewing and embroidery
techniques
Floral embroidery
F or this flower arrangement, only a dense
zigzag stitch was used in combination
with the variable stitch width and the
various needle positions.
• Place stabilizer under the fabric.
• Draw the contures of a flower motif
with a self-erasing textile pen.
• Set needle thread tension to
"buttonhole', select zigzag stitch E, set
stitch length to "buttonhole'.
•
Flowers:
Select center needle position
E'Z
and embroider individual petals. Adjust
the stitch width with the width dial
(24) during sewing according to the
contures of the flower.
• Leaves:
Select right needle position
CJ
and
embroider half of the leaf. Vary the
stitch width using the width dial (24>.
Turn the handwheel towards you after
finishing the first half of the leaf until
the needle is positioned in the material.
•
[urn the material 180 degrees and
ioiibroider the other half of the leaf.
Embroidering corners
By changing the stitch width during
sewing of dense zigzag stitches you can
embroider corners with 45 degree angles.
• Set needle thread tension to
"buttonhole", zigzag stitch E, set stitch
length to 'buttonhole" and stitch width
5 mm.
• Select right needle position
EZ
and
embroider a straight line.
•
Embroider corner:
After the needle has penetrated the
material to the right, reduce the stitch
width using the width dial (24) by 0.5
mm to 4.5 mm. Sew a stitch.
• Reduce the width once again by 0.5
mm and sew a stitch. Continue in this
manner until the stitch width is 0.5 mm.
• Turn the handwheel towards you until
the needle penetrates the material.
Turn the material 90 degrees and sew
a stitch.
•
Increase the width by 0.5 mm to 1 .0
mm. Sew one stitch.
•
Increase the width by 0.5 mm again
and sew one stitch. Continue in
this manner until the initial width is
achieved, Now embroider a straight
line.
If the corner is to continue in the opposite
direction, use the outermost left needle
position
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