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Hemming
Machine Setting: A
=
0 or 2 to 3 (optional)
B
=
The hemmer foot is indispensable if you want to sew a uniform hem. You
can hem with straight or zigzag stitches, depending on the type of fabric
you are using.
Fold over edge of fabric about
1/8"
to facilitate insertion into the hemmer
foot. Place fabric under hemmer foot so that the needle stitches in the
material about
1/2"
short of its rear edge and close to the folded edge.
Sew backwards as far as the rear fabric edge. Take the work out of the
machine by pulling
it
forward. Don't trim the threads (sketch 1).
Draw the fabric into the scroll of the hemmer by pulling both threads back
wards. Inserting the fabric into the scroll like this will ensure a neat hem
right from the beginning. Feed fabric so that the hem edge is in line with
the left edge of the hemmer scroll. Don't crowd fabric into the scroll, but
keep scroll well filled with fabric at all times (see ill, at top).
'4 Avoid ugly ends by slowing down feeding. To do this, press the fabric
against the needle plate on the left side of the foot before you come to the
end of the hem (see ill, at bottoni).
If you want to hem several edges, hem first edge to within about
1/2"
of
corner, cut away remaining portion of hem, as shown in sketch 2. Then
hem the second edge, as instructed above.
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Before you hem the last edge, cut away about
1/4"
of the hem sewn first,
as illustrated in sketch 3.
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