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Gathering with straight stitch
With Program G at a stitch length of 6 mm
you can gather sleeves, skirts or valances. To
obtain a neat and even gather you should sew
two or three gathering seams.
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Mark the first line on the face side of the
fabric and stitch along it. Leave about four
or five inches of thread protruding at the
end.
You can now stitch the other seams at
sewing foot width using the first one as a
guide.
Now gather the part by pulling the bottom
threads. You determine the amount of
gather yourself
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Finally, knot the thread ends together to
secure the gather.
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