Singer 8007; 8019; 8002 Instruction Book page 35

Plain Stretch Seams
*
Pattern Group III (Green)----
*
Stitch Width.
1
I I I
I
* Needle Position
i.
W]
I.
Sth Length
(Green/Blue/Pink)
* Special Purpose Presser Foot
* Zig-Zag Needle Plate
When you use the straight stretch stitch for
2. Stitch and guide the fabric as you do for
stress seams or to seam knit stretch, and
plain seams stitched with the regular
elasticized fabric, stretch and strength are
straight stitch, letting the machine make
built into the seam as it isbeing sewn. Besure
the back-and-forth stitches that give
to insert a ball-point (yellow band) needle,
stretch to the seam. If the fabric has an
Catalog 2045. in the machine it you are stitch-
unusual amount of elasticity. it should be
ing a synthetic knit fabric,
guided and supported as instructed on
1. Make a test with a sample of your fabric so
page 31.
that you can adjust thread tension and
3. After stitching, press seam as when using
stitch balance correctly (see page 24),
the regular straight stitch.
Lingerie Seams
* Pattern Group:
I
Yellow
"
Stitch
Width,
F-11
I I
" Needle Position
L [11 _1
§
" Stitch Length: To suit fabric
* Zig-Zag Presser Foot
" Zig-Zag Needle Plate
To make a lingerie seam both durable and
flexible, use a zig-zag stitch. This treatment is
particularly suitable for bias seams
1. Straight-stitch the seam (with stitch width
selector at
)! on the wrong side.
2. Press both seam allowances in the same
direction.
3. From the right side, top-stitch with zig-zag
pattern, letting the needle alternately
enter the seam line and seam thickness,
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