Bernina Artista 730E User Guide - Page 84

Heirloom Techniques / Sewing Lace Heirloom Sewing • is one of the oldest and most traditional needlework techniques • embellishments such as lace of a matching shade are sewn on white cotton or linen to be used in making home furnishings and garments • heirloom embroidery includes - among others techniques like hemstitching, attaching and inserting lace, padded satin scallops Attaching and Inserting Lace Stitch: Needle: Thread: Feed dog: Presser foot: Zig-zag No. 2 size and type suitable for the fabric selected cotton or decorative up (sewing position) Reverse pattern foot No. 1C or Edge stitch foot No.10C (special accessory) Preparation ™ use the same color thread as the lace Inserting Lace into Fabric ™ pin or baste lace onto fabric. Use • lace which has been spray-starched before Straight stitch No. 1 to stitching is easier to use stitch along both edges ™ carefully slit open the fabric in the center between the seam lines ™ press the seam allowances back to the wrong side of the fabric ™ from the right side of the fabric, use a fine zig-zag (stitch width approx. 11/2- 2, length approx. Attaching Lace to Fabric 1/2) along both lace edges to ™ place lace on right side of the fabric, edges enclose them overlapping at least 3/8" (1cm) ™ trim excess fabric on wrong side (= seam allowance) and pin • lace header lies on the fabric Entredeux ™ use Straight stitch No. 1 to attach lace Attaching Entredeux to Fabric ™ press seam allowance back to wrong side of fabric ™ place Entredeux on fabric, right ™ from the right side, use a narrow zig-zag (stitch sides together, raw edges width approx. 11/2 - 21/2, length approx. 1/2) to together sew on lace. Stitch along the edge of the lace so ™ stitch Entredeux to fabric using that the stitches enclose the edge ™ trim excess fabric on wrong side straight stitch, Edge stitch foot No. 10 (special accessory), guiding the guide in center of foot along Attaching Lace to Lace ™ place pieces of lace next to each seam allowance bead in Entredeux ™ trim seam allowance to 1/8"(3mm) other (edges touching exactly) ™ overcast raw edge of Entredeux/fabric seam with a ™ use a fine zig-zag stitch (stitch narrow zig-zag stitch (stitch No. 2, stitch width width approx. 11/2 - 2, length 2mm, stitch length 1.5mm) approx. 1/2) to sew the pieces of lace together. The needle swing should alternately catch Attaching Entredeux to Lace, etc. ™ trim away seam allowance of Entredeux along one the two lace edges. Use the bead only Edge stitch foot No. 10 ™ follow technique lace to lace as desrcibed above 82 Decorative Stitches - Applications