Brother 1034d User Manual page 11

Fabric Flowers
Stitch narrow rolled edge
Right needle 4.0
Upper looper 4.0
Lower looper 7.5
Differential 0.7
Knife 6.0
Thread
#40
Removable
stitch finger
off
Fabric
soh, very
lightweight woven
Stitch length 2.0 - 3.0
Foot all purpose
Stitch Variations - Heirloom
10
Have you ever noticed those beautiful flowers or chiffon ruffles on many
formal dresses? Your rolled edge and some 20# or 50# fishing line is all
you need!
One key to beautiful ruffles and flowers is to use fabric cut on the bias.
1. Set your serger for a narrow rolled edge.
2. Cut a 3" bias strip of fabric (a bias cut on a 45" fabric is about
56 -58" long).
3. Place the spool of fishing line at the front or right side of your machine
where it will be convenient for you.
4. Feed the end of the fishing line through the small ho le in the front of
t he toe of the standard foot of your serger. Then bring it back toward
the rear of the foot, making sure that the line is very close to the fabric
bed. Allow about 12" of extra line to remain on this end of the line
behind the serger. Turn your serger's handwheel and secure the line
down with two or three stitches. Note that you will have to guide the
line a litt le as you go to make sure the knife doesn't cut it while you are
sewing .
5. Pl ace one long edge of bias strip under the presser foot and begin to
serge feed ing the fishing line as you go. The rol led edge stitch will
encase the fishing line and your edge .
6. W hen you come to the end of your fabric, measure an additional 12" of
line from the toe and cut the line. Unthread the 12" from the hole on
the foot, ra ise the presser foot, and bring the line under the foot and off
to the left side out of the way of the needle and the knife . Serge off
and clip your serger chain .
7. Gently smooth the fabr ic over the line allowing the extra line to be
pul led up into the flower's edge .
8. Return your serger to a balanced four-thread stitch, and follow the soft
gather instructions to finish the opposite edge . Finish by further gather-
ing the edge and for m ing your flower using a hand needle and thread .
Using some of the Stitches that you have learned, now you can create beau -
tifu l heirloom stitches quickly and easily, with a few setup changes.
The stit ches in t he photo to the rig ht are simp ly rol led edge and fl atlock
variations are a very good example of vertical pin tucking .