Sewing Thin Fabrics; Sewing Stretch Fabrics; Stitching Cylindrical Pieces; Thread Tension - Brother JX2517 Operation Manual

SEWING BASICS — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Sewing thin fabrics

When sewing thin fabrics, the stitching may become
misaligned or the fabric may not feed correctly. If this
occurs, place thin paper or stabilizer material under the
fabric and sew it together with the fabric. When you
have finished sewing, tear off any excess paper.
1 Stabilizer material or paper

Sewing stretch fabrics

First, baste the pieces of fabric together, and then sew
without stretching the fabric.
1 Basting
Stitching cylindrical
pieces
Removing the flat bed attachment makes it easier to sew
cylindrical pieces such as cuffs and pant legs, or hard-
to-reach areas.
Slide the flat bed attachment to the left to
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release it.
1 Flat bed attachment
With the flat bed attachment removed,
free-arm sewing is possible.
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The tension of the thread will affect the quality of your
stitches. You may need to adjust it when you change
fabric or thread.
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■ Correct tension
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Note
● When you are finished with free-arm
sewing, install the flat bed attachment back
in its original position.
Slide the part that you wish to sew onto
the arm, and then sew from the top.

Thread tension

Memo
● We recommend that you do a test sample
on scrap of a fabric before you start to sew.
Correct tension is important as too much or too little
tension will weaken your seams or cause puckers
on your fabric.
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1 Surface of fabric
2 Back of fabric
3 Upper thread
4 Lower thread