Bernina 1008 Owners Manual - Page 46

Turned Under Elastic

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MASTERING YOUR BERNINA® BERNINA® Electronic 1008 TURNED UNDER ELASTIC Fabric: Needle: Thread: Presser Foot: Lycra - cotton or nylont, 6" x 5" 9" of cotton swimwear elastic, ½" wide 80/12 Universal All-purpose sewing thread Reverse Pattern Foot #1 • Select Zigzag Stitch #2/green - SW 2mm and SL 2mm. • Position the elastic on the wrong side of the fabric, along one 6" edge. • Allow a 2" tail of elastic to extend beyond the fabric. • Using the tail of elastic at the back of the presser foot for a "handle", stretch the elastic a bit to simulate the leg of an exercise leotard or swimsuit. Note: This is the same procedure used to do a turned waistband, using wider elastic. • Sew the elastic to the fabric keeping the edge of the elastic and the edge of the fabric together. • If stopping midway, place the needle down to hold the elastic and fabric in place. • Fold the elastic to the wrong side and overstitch the elastic from the right side using Running Stitch #7/green with a length of 1mm. • Adjust stitch length if elastic stretches out as it is sewn. MASTERING YOUR BERNINA® 1/10/02 Electronic 1008/46

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TURNED UNDER ELASTIC
• Select Zigzag Stitch #2/green - SW 2mm and SL 2mm.
• Position the elastic on the wrong side of the fabric, along one 6” edge.
• Allow a 2” tail of elastic to extend beyond the fabric.
• Using the tail of elastic at the back of the presser foot for a “handle”, stretch the elastic
a bit to simulate the leg of an exercise leotard or swimsuit.
Note: This is the same procedure used to do a turned waistband, using wider elastic.
• Sew the elastic to the fabric keeping the edge of the elastic and the edge of the fabric together.
• If stopping midway,
place the needle down to hold the elastic and fabric in place.
• Fold the elastic to the wrong side and overstitch the elastic from the right side using Running
Stitch #7/green with a length of 1mm.
• Adjust stitch length if elastic stretches out as it is sewn.
Fabric:
Lycra - cotton or nylont, 6” x 5”
9” of cotton swimwear elastic, ½” wide
Needle:
80/12 Universal
Thread:
All-purpose sewing thread
Presser Foot:
Reverse Pattern Foot #1