Jeans Hem - Bernina artista 200 Owner's Workbook

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Note: Specially designed to sew over heavy seams and fabrics, the Jeans Foot #8 guides the
needle through heavy thicknesses and helps to eliminate needle breakage. It is also effective
for topstitching with buttonhole twist or cordonnet threads.
Owner's manual pg.___
• Cut fabric in two pieces, 5" x 3½" each.
• Insert a Jeans needle and select stitch #1.
• Sew a 5 / " seam with right sides together.
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• Press the seam to one side.
• Topstitch, using the edge of the foot along the seam as a guide, and stitching through the seam
allowances.
• Turn up the lower edge twice, about
• Topstitch the hem in place, about
• Press and mount the sample.
Note: Sew toward the "gradual rise" of thick seams rather than toward the toward the thickest
part of the seam. Use the Height Compensation Tool to keep the presser foot level; this
helps keep the foot in contact with the fabric, and the fabric in contact with the feed dog.
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JEANS HEM

Fabric:
Needle:
Thread:
Presser Foot:
3
/ " each time.
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1 / " from the upper edge of the hem.
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BERNINA
Denim – 5" x 7"
100/16 or 110/18 Jeans
All-purpose
Jeans Foot #8
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artista 200
artista 200/35