Sewing Stretch Fabrics And Elastic Tape; Stretch Stitching; Elastic Attaching - Brother CS-80 Operation Manual

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Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape

Stretch fabrics can be sewn and elastic tape can be attached.
Stitch Name
Pattern
Stretch
Stretch fabrics
stitch
3-point
Attaching elastic
zigzag stitch
Observe the corresponding precautions when performing each of the following stitching operations.

Stretch stitching

1
Attach zigzag foot "J".
• For details, refer to " Replacing the presser
foot" (page 35).
2
Select stitch
.
• For details, refer to " Selecting stitching"
(page 58).
3
Sew the fabric without stretching it.
Application
J
Stitch Width
Stitch Length
[mm (inch.)]
[mm (inch.)]
Auto
Manual
Auto
1.0
1.0– 3.0
2.5
(1/16)
(1/16– 1/8)
(3/32)
5.0
1.5– 7.0
1.0
(3/16)
(1/16– 1/4)
(1/16)

Elastic attaching

When elastic tape is attached to the cuff or waist of a
piece of clothing, the finished dimensions will be that
of the stretched elastic tape. Therefore, it is necessary
that a suitable length of the elastic tape be used.
1
Pin the elastic tape to the wrong side of the
fabric.
Pin the elastic tape to the fabric at a few points
to make sure that the tape is uniformly
positioned on the fabric.
1
2
1 Elastic tape
2 Pin
2
Attach zigzag foot "J".
J
• For details, refer to " Replacing the presser
foot" (page 35).

Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape

Presser
Foot
Manual
1.0– 4.0
(1/16– 3/16)
J
0.2– 4.0
(1/64– 3/16)
3
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