Heirloom Stitching - Brother 888-L01 Operation Manual

Decorative Stitching

Heirloom stitching

When sewing with the wing needle, the needle holes are
enlarged, creating a lace-like decorative stitch. This is used to
decorate hems and tablecloths on thin or medium weight
fabrics in addition to plain weave fabrics.
a Install the wing needle.
• Use a 130/705H 100/16 wing needle.
• For details on installing a needle, refer to "Replacing
the Needle" in the "Basic operations" section.
• The needle threader cannot be used with the wing
needle, otherwise the machine may be damaged.
Manually pass the thread through the eye of the
needle from the front to the back.
For details, refer to "Threading the needle manually
(without using the needle threader)" in the "Basic
operations" section.
Attach monogramming foot "N".
b
c Select a stitch.
The stitches that can be used are ,
or .
• When sewing with the wing needle, select a stitch
width of 6.0 mm (15/64 inch) or less.
d Start sewing.
CAUTION
• When sewing with the wing needle, select a
stitch width of 6.0 mm (15/64 inch) or less,
otherwise the needle may bend or break.
• After adjusting the stitch width, slowly turn
the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise)
and check that the needle does not touch the
presser foot. If the needle hits the presser foot,
the needle may bend or break.
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Partially removing threads is called "drawnwork". This gives
beautiful results with fabrics that have a loose weave.
Two ways to create drawnwork are described below.
■ Drawnwork (Example 1)
a Pull out several threads from the fabric.
b Attach monogramming foot "N".
c Select stitch .
, , , , , ,
d With the right side of the fabric facing up, sew along
the right edge of the frayed section.
e Turn on mirrored stitching.
• For details, refer to "Mirroring stitches" in the "Basic
→ The pattern displayed on the screen is mirrored.
Sew along the other edge of the frayed section so that
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it looks like the previous stitching.
g Turn off mirrored stitching.
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operations" section.
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