Useful Functions; Automatically Sewing Reverse/Reinforcement Stitches - Brother Sewing Machine Operation Manual

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Useful Functions

Functions useful in improving sewing efficiency are described below.
Automatically sewing reverse/
reinforcement stitches
The sewing machine can be set to automatically sew
reverse or reinforcement stitches at the beginning and
end of the stitching. Whether reverse stitches or
reinforcement stitches are sewn depends on the stitch
that is selected. For details, refer to "Stitch Setting
Chart" (page 70).
a Turn on the sewing machine.
The LCD comes on.
b Select a stitch.
• For details on selecting a stitch, refer to
"Selecting stitching" (page 51).
c Press
This step is not necessary if a stitch such as
those for sewing buttonholes and bar tacks is
selected where reinforcement stitches are
automatically sewn.
It turns to
for automatic reverse/reinforcement stitching.
• To turn automatic reverse/reinforcement
stitching off, press
• When the sewing machine is turned off, the
automatic reverse/reinforcement stitching
setting is cancelled.
on the LCD.
, and the sewing machine is set
.
d Position the fabric under the presser foot, and
then press ("Start/Stop" button) once.
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a "Start/Stop" button
After reverse/reinforcement stitches are
sewn, the machine starts sewing.
After reaching the end of the stitching, press
e
("Reverse/Reinforcement Stitch" button) once.
This step is not necessary if a stitch such as
those for sewing buttonholes and bar tacks is
selected where reinforcement stitches are
automatically sewn.
a "Reverse/Reinforcement Stitch" button
After reverse/reinforcement stitches are
sewn, the sewing machine stops.
Memo
Reverse/reinforcement stitches WILL NOT
be sewn until
Stitch" button) is pressed.
button) may be pressed to stop stitching
when needed such as for pivoting corners.
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("Reverse/Reinforcement
("Start/Stop"

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