Zipper Sewing; Put In A Zipper; Attaching The Zipper Foot; Fabric Preparation - Janome Memory Craft 4400 Instruction Book

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Zipper Sewing

• Put in a zipper

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Stitch pattern:
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Presser foot:

• Attaching the zipper foot

To sew on the left side of the zipper, attach the foot holder
to the right pin on the zipper foot.
To sew on the right side of the zipper, attach the foot
holder to the left pin on the zipper foot.
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Groove
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Pin
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To sew left side
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To sew right side

• Fabric preparation

Add 1 cm to the zipper size. This is the overall opening
size.
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Right side of fabric
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Opening size
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Zipper size
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1 cm (3/8˝)
Place right sides of fabric together and sew to the end of
the zipper opening. Reverse stitch to lock the stitches.
Manually increase the stitch length to 4.5 and sew the
zipper opening.
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(4.5 stitch length)
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End of opening
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Reverse stitch
• To sew
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Fold back the left seam allowance. Turn under the right
seam allowance to form a 0.2 to 0.3 cm (1/8˝) fold.
Place the zipper teeth next to this fold and pin in place.
Attach the zipper foot holder to the right pin on the
zipper foot.
Lower the zipper foot on the top side at the bottom of
the zipper so that the needle pierces the fabric next to
the fold and the zipper tape.
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Fold
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0.3 cm
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Stitch line
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End of opening
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Zipper foot E
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End of opening
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Slider
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Zipper teeth
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Zipper tape
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(2.2 stitch length)
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2 cm (3/4˝)
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Opening size
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Lower fabric
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Wrong side of fabric
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