Singer Merritt 2404 Instruction Book page 65

Monograms
Manydecorative stitch patternscan be usedfor rnon-
ograms and motifs-to add a personal touch to a
blouse collar, for example, or for initialing household
linens. Vou can buy designs or create them yourself
to suit the stitch pattern you wish to use.
Very simple straight-line monograms can be made
with the plaín zig-zag stitch, or youcan create a motif
by arranging individual pattern units to form a designo
Refer to page 38 for informationon setting selectors
for zig-zag and decorativestitching..
When you use a decorative stitch pattern to form a
motif, you will want to start at the beginning of the
arrowhead, crescent or whatever pattern you have
selected.
Finding Beginning
O,
Pattem Unit
1. On a scrap ot material, stitch until you come to the
endof a completepatternunit,as indicated
A.
Now
you are ready to start stitching at the beginning of
the next unit.
2. Raise presser toot and remove scrap.
• 3. Position motif under needle, lower the presserfoot
and stítch.
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