Serging With Fabric; Clearing The Stitch Width Fingers - Baby Lock Celebrate BLS1 Instruction And Reference Manual

Serging with Fabric

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Clearing the Stitch Width Fingers

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With the needle and upper looper threads under the foot and
to the back, lower the presser foot. While holding the threads
in your left hand, press down on the foot controller gently to
begin a thread chain before serging fabric. (fig. A)
You can leave the presser foot down for most serging
applications. Just place the fabric at the toe of the presser
foot. As you step on the foot controller, the feed dogs will
begin moving the fabric toward the needle. (fig. B) You need
to raise and lower the foot only when working with thick,
spongy or lofty fabrics, or when precise positioning is
required.
Be careful not to push or pull the fabric. The Celebrate will
feed it evenly without help. At the end of a seam, just sew off
the fabric edge and continue serging to create a 5" - 6" thread
chain. Cut the thread chain with the thread cutter on the left
side cover. (fig. C)
As you sew, you will discover that maneuvering the fabric is
different from conventional sewing, because the threads form
around the stitch width fingers. (fig. A)
To clear the stitch fingers, simply raise the presser foot, which
releases all threads. Raise the needle(s). Then pull the
threads gently from behind the foot. (fig. B) The stitches are
now released from the fingers. (fig. C)
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