Useful Skills; Starting To Sew; Sewing Corners; Sewing Curves - VERITAS Rachel Instruction Manual

Useful skills

Various ways to achieve better results for your sewing projects are described below. Refer to
these tips when sewing your project.
A trial piece of fabric should be sewn because, depending on the type of fabric and stitching
being sewn, the desired results may not be achieved.
For the trial sewing, use a piece of fabric and thread that are the same as those used for your
project and check the thread tension.
Since the results differ depending on the type of stitching and the number of layers of fabric
sewn, perform the trial sewing under the same conditions that will be used with your project.

Starting to sew

Raise the presser foot and place the
fabric under the foot.
Lower the needle into the fabric.
Lower the presser foot and smooth the
threads toward the back. Depress the
foot control.

Sewing corners

1. Stop the sewing machine when you
reach a corner.
2. Lower the needle into the fabric.
3. Raise the presser foot.
4. Use the needle as a pivot and turn
the fabric.
5. Lower the presser foot and resume
sewing.

Sewing curves

Slightly change the sewing direction to
sew around the curve.
When sewing along a curve while using
a zigzag stitch, select a shorter stitch
length in order to obtain a finer stitch.
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