Gathering; Increasing The Differential Feed; Pulling The Needle Thread - Bernina L 890 QUILTERS EDITION User Manual

Practical Overlocking
> After sewing, pull the stabilizer away from the fabric, and in doing so, the needle thread is pulled to the
> Wash out the water-soluble stabilizer.

9.6 Gathering

Ruffling is a gathering or puckering of a seam.

Increasing the differential feed

> Set the machine for a 4-thread overlock.
> Set the Differential Feed to «2».
> Set the stitch length to «4.5».
> Sew the fabric with this side up on which the ruffling is wanted.
> Sew off the edge of the fabric.

Pulling the Needle Thread

Slightly different colors of the needle/looper threads facilitates separating the needle threads.
The needle threads are usually the shorther ones in the thread chain.
> Set the machine for a 4-Thread Overlock.
> Set the differential feed at default value.
> Sew the fabric with this side up on which the ruffling is wanted.
> Leave a long thread chain at seam end.
> Separate the needle thread/threads from the thread chain.
> Pull the needle thread(s) and evenly spread the puckers along the seam.
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edge of the fabric.
– This makes the seam look like the typical hand-stitched blanket stitch.