ELNA eXpressive 900 Instruction Manual page 88

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Free quilting
For ordinary and bulky quilts, select the upper stitches
and use the darning foot PD-H (refer to page 20 for how
to attach the darning foot).
Select the lower stitches for flatter quilts and use the free
quilting foot QC, QO or QV.
One stitch off
The machine stops automatically
so that you can bring the bobbin thread up to avoid it from
bunching up on the wrong side of the fabric.
Hold the needle thread and sew one stitch and the
machine stops automatically.
Pull the needle thread up to bring the bobbin thread up.
Hold both the needle and bobbin threads and sew several
stitches to secure the threads.
You can trim the thread tails with scissors.
The machine will stitch continuously when you resume
sewing.
If you wish to start sewing without "one stitch off", press
the one stitch off key to cancel this function.
The key icon changes to
When "one stitch off" is active, the key icon shows
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To Sew
Sew at medium speed while guiding the fabric with your
hands.
Move the quilt 3 mm or less per stitch.
Refer to page 79 (button sewing foot) for how to attach
the free quilt feet.
Foot height for free motion quilting
When straight stitch 2 or zigzag stitch 2 is selected, the
height of down position of the free motion quilting feet (QC,
QO, QV) is optimized automatically.
However, you can fine tune the foot height according to
the quilt thickness.
Press the foot height key and the adjusting window opens.
Adjust the foot height by pressing the "+" key or
"–" key and press the OK key to register the setting.
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Reduce the height if the fabrics bounce when sewing.
Increase the height if the foot gets trapped in the fabrics
when sewing.
NOTE:
Red tip needle or purple tip needle is recommended for
free motion quilting to prevent skipped stitch.
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