Section Iii. Basic Sewing Straight Stitch Sewing - Janome Sewing Machine Instruction Book

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SECTION III. BASIC SEWING
Straight Stitch Sewing
q Stitch pattern:
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e Presser foot:
• Starting to sew
Raise presser foot and position the fabric next to a seam
guide line on the needle plate (5/8˝ (1.6 cm) is most
common). Lower the needle to the point where you want
to start. Lower the presser foot and pull the threads
toward the back. Start the machine. Gently guide the
fabric along a seam guide line letting the fabric feed
naturally.
• Changing sewing direction
Stop the machine and bring the needle down into the
fabric by pressing the needle up/down button q.
Raise the presser foot.
Pivot the fabric around the needle to change the sewing
direction as desired. Lower the presser foot.
q Needle up/down button
• Finishing sewing
To fasten the ends of a seam, press the reverse stitch
button w and sew several reverse stitches. Raise the
presser foot. Remove the fabric, draw the threads to the
back and cut them with the thread cutter e. The
threads are cut a proper length to begin sewing the
next seam.
w Reverse stitch button
e Thread cutter
• Turning square corners
When sewing with fabric edge at 5/8˝ seam guide, to turn
a square corner so that sewing continues at same
distance from edge.
Stop the machine when front edge of fabric reaches the
cornering guide lines q.
Lower the needle by pressing needle up/down button w.
Raise the presser foot and turn the fabric counterclock-
wise 90°.
Lower the presser foot, and begin stitching in the new
direction.
q Cornering guide
w Needle up/down button
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