Turning Outside Corners; Turning Inside Corners - Baby Lock Victory BLS3 Instruction And Reference Manual

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Turning Outside Corners

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Turning Inside Corners

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1. Stitch along one edge until you reach the corner. Take
one stitch off the edge of the fabric. (fig. A) (As you
approach the edge, you may want to stop and manually
turn the handwheel towards you.)
2. Raise the needle(s) to the highest position.
3. Clear the stitch fingers, and rotate the fabric to
A A
reposition the needle at the previous row of stitching.
(fig. B) Gently pull up on all threads to remove slack and
resume stitching. (fig. C)
Note: A loose thread loop at the corner is caused by too
much slack in the needle thread when clearing the stitch
fingers. Try again, turning corners takes a little practice!
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C C
1. Reinforce loosely woven fabrics at the corner with
staystitching on the conventional sewing machine.
Clip to the corner. (fig. A)
2. Align the fabric edge with the blade, and stitch un-
til the blade reaches the corner, not the needles.
Don't cut into the corner. (fig. B)
3. Lower the needle(s) to anchor the fabric.
A A
4. Raise the presser foot and straighten out the fabric,
forming a pleat at the corner. (fig. C)
5. Be sure the marked stitching line is straight, then
continue serging the remaining edge. When done
correctly, the pleat will disappear after stitching.
(fig. D)
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