Cross Stitch; Covering Seams; Fagotting Stitch - Pfaff creative 7560 Instruction Book

Covering seams
Where seam allowances and serged edges are
inconvenient, covering seams are used. These
seams are extremely flat, they join bordering
fabric plies and serge them at the same time. This
produces the typical flatlock effect which lends
a professional look to collar plackets or raglan
seams.
Cross stitch
Program 19
Owing to its high elasticity, the cross stitch is very
suitable for decorative hems, e.g. on T-shirts and
underwear.
• Serge the fabric edge.
• Baste over the seam margin to the left.
• Stitch over the hem from the face side. When
doing so, make sure the fabric edge is properly
overstitched.
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Fagotting stitch
Program 17
With the fagotting stitch you can make very
• Overstitch from the face side ensuring that the
elastic seams with a hemstitching effect, for
needle perforates both the right and left-hand
example on corsetry.
side pieces of material.
• Serge the fabric edges and tack-baste them
TIP: Feeding both fabric edges can be made
onto the reverse side.
easier by using the fagot feed (optional extra). It
• Lay the edges to be sewn with about 3 mm
is available in 3-mm and 5-mm widths and is
between them under the sewing foot.
mounted in the hole of the needle plate.
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