Gathering With Shirring Foot; Smocking With Elastic Thread - Pfaff creative 1472 Instruction Book

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Stitch length 3—4 mm
How to insert the shirring foot
Insert the shrrinq foot with its rear pin in groove
"A" and push the shoe upwards so that front pin
"B" snaps in IFig 2).
How to gather
Both outer fabric and the material to be shirred
are sewn together with the shirring foot in one
workstep. Ensure that the gathered material
always goes under the foot and the smooth outer
fabric in the foot cutout (Fig 1). Lightly stretch the
outer fabric during sewing, by this means you
determine the degree of gathering
How to disengage the foot:
Raise the presser bar lifter Disengage the sewing
foot Press up and hold the presser bar lifter and
remove the sewing foot to the rear
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Stitch length
3 to 4 mm
Bobbin thread: elastic thread, (wind tension-
free on bobbin)
Needle thread: sewing thread
For sewing with elastic threads we recommen d
buying an additional bobbin case.
Because elastic threads are much thicker than an
ordinary bobbin thread, the tension on the bobbin
case has to be set looser The greater the bobbin
thread tension the greater the shirring effect.
The most statable fabrics are nylon, satin, batiste
and fine-knit fabrics The amount of gathering can
be determined by testing on a piece of waste
fabric Sew the seams at about toot width Tie oft
the seams on the reverse fabric side at the begin
ning and end of the seams (Fig. 1)
If there are several parallel seams, the material
must be stretched to its original width during
sewing, otherwise the shirring will turn out irregu
tar. Do not forget to carry out a sewing test.
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