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Darning
Set the Machine
Stitch
selector
Top thread tension
control 1 to 4
No presser
tOO[
Stitch length
Any number
{not necessary
tO adiust)
Darning
pJate
Here's How
1.
2.
3,
4,
5.
6.
NOTE:
Put
the darmng
plate
over
the needle
plate
(see p. 27),
Remove
presser
foot,
stretch
fabnc
between
embroidery
hoops
with
hole centered.
Draw
the
bobbin
thread
up
through
the
fabric
by holding
the top thread
and taking
one
stitch
at the
spot
where
vou
wish
to
start
darntng.
Lower
the
presser
bar
and
sew
at a slow
speed.
Move
the fabric
back and forth
slowly
until
you
have covered
the darmng
area,
Turn
the fabric
and
sew
another
layer
of
stitching
over the first
laver,
If
your
fabric
is
thin
or
badfv
damaged,
use a separate
piece of fabric
under
the hole to reinforce
it,
7.
When you finish
darmng,
remove
the darning
plate.
28
Straight Stretch
Set the Machine
Stltc_
selector
Stitch
(eng th
Top
thread
tension
control
2 [o 6
_j_m_/.._L_
Straight _oot
Zigzag toot
The Stitch
and Its Uses
This
stitch
m the
stretch
variatEon
of
the
straight
stitch,
especially
develop.
ed for knits
and
stretch
fabrics,
This
stitch
can
also
be
used
for
topstitching
on aH fabrics.
Stretch
stitching
was developed
to be used on stretch
fabrics
and
knits.
!t can be used
on other
fabrics
as well,
it works
well on
curved
seams
and
on
any
garments
that will receive
a great
deal
of
strmn
{ie.
chi|dren's
clothes),
The
stretch
stitch
does
not
actually
stretch
as it
is being
sewn,
but
is
stitched
In
a
forward
and
back
motion
(sometimes
called
a
"reverse-
action"
stitch),
so that
Jt will
g_ve when
the
fabric
stretches
mstead
of breaking.
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