Nostalgia/Heirloom - Pfaff perfomance 2058 Owner's Manual

Nostalgia/Heirloom

Wing needle
Sewing with a wing needle (a special needle with a wide, wing-like
shaft) creates the look of hemstitching in woven natural fiber fabrics by
creating "holes" where the needle goes in and out of the fabric.
• Replace the standard needle with a wing needle.
• Choose any stitch that goes back and forth into the same holes
several times (130 - 139). Use the recommended presser foot for that
stitch.
• Thread the top and bottom with lightweight thread in color that
matches the fabric you are using (remember you want to see the
holes that are created and not the thread).
Tip: For fine fabrics, place a lightweight tear away stabilizer under
stitching.
• Begin sewing. Use the sew slow button (2) to reduce your speed
while using the wing needle.
Hemstitching
This is a technique everyone recognizes as embroidered by hand.
With your sewing machine, you can produce hemstitching much more
quickly and easily. With ten special hemstitches and by changing the
stitch length and width, you can create variated hemstitch effects.
A wing needle is required for hemstitching work. When entering the
fabric the wing needle forms holes which are typical for hemstitching.
Hemstitching will be most successful on relatively coarse linen and
cotton fabrics from which single threads can be easily pulled.
If you pull additional threads and sew along the edges close to the
threads you have pulled out, you will achieve even more beautiful
hemstitching effects as the remaining threads are bundled.
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