Garment Construction Stitches - Kenmore 158.1813 Instruction Manual

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION STITCHES
Set your machine just as shown in the
illustration in order to straight stitch .
It is important that each dial has the
following settings .
SETTINGS
Special Stitch Dial - WPMO= =
Stitch Length Control - 12 to 6
Stitch Width Control - Red "S
Special Stitch Variegator - Red Dot
Use straight stitch foot and straight stitch
hole on multi purpose needle plate .
You will find in garment construction that you are doing two types of
sewing - temporary and permanent .
1 . Temporary stitching - Usually the longest stitch possible and often done
on a single layer of fabric . The various types of temporary stitching are :
Basting
Stay stitching
Guide line marking
2 . Permanent stitching - This is the actual stitching that holds the garment
together . Much of this stitching is visible on the outside of the garment
and therefore must be good looking .
You must remember to lengthen the stitch for heavier fabrics, multiple
layers of fabric and thicker seams . Some of these seams are :
Common two layer seams
Curved two layer seams
Top stitched three layer seams
Top stitched four layer seams