Useful Skills; Sewing Corners; Sewing Curves - Alfa Network Next 100 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 and stitch length and width.
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.
v Sewing corners
Stop the sewing machine when you reach a
corner.
Lower the needle into the fabric. Raise the
presser foot. Use the needle as a pivot and
turn the fabric.
Lower the presser foot and resume sewing.
v 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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