Bernina 1150MDA Owners Manual - Page 52

Sergers Mastering Your BERNINA® Gathering Attachment: Gathering Fabric Fabric mediumweight cotton, 3" x 12" Needle 80/12 Universal Thread 4 cones serger thread Presser Foot standard Other Gathering Attachment Stitch 4-thread overlock Notes If necessary, install the attachment base on your serger (700D and 800DL only). Raise the cutting knife and adjust cutting width to 3mm. Slip Gathering Attachment on to the fixing screw and metal post directly behind the fixing screw. Hint: Place the horseshoe-shaped slot over the screw, then rotate the attachment to lock over the metal post. Tighten fixing screw. Set cutting width at 2mm (normal) and lower the upper knife into cutting position. Locate and adjust the differential feed dial to 2. Using a fabric marker, divide fabric into 3 sections along one 12" edge. Turn the handwheel to lower the needles. (This also lowers the feed dog.) Raise the presser foot and insert the fabric under the Gathering Attachment, up against the needles. The fabric is lying against the stitch plate. Lower the presser foot and serge to the first mark. Adjust the stitch length to 4mm and serge to the second mark. Increase the tension on both needles to 7. Serge to the end of the fabric. Mark the sample: with Differential Feed; with Differential Feed & SL4; with Differential Feed, SL4 and tightened needle tensions. Mount the sample on the following page. Return all settings to normal. The attachment base can remain on the machine. Gathers Plus For even more gathers, tighten needle tensions slightly and increase stitch length to 4mm. MASTERING YOUR BERNINA® SERGERS 6/2006 52 ©2006 BERNINA® of America, Inc. Permission to copy and distribute in printed and electronic formats granted only to Authorized BERNINA® Dealers