Chapter
3
Utility Stitches
SELECTING A UTILITY STITCH
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Stitch Selection Screens
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Selecting a Stitch Pattern
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Using the Mirror Image Key
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Using the Image Key
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Saving Stitch Settings
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Using the Sewing Type Selection Key
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SEWING THE STITCHES
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Straight Stitches
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54
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Changing the Needle Position
(Left or Middle Needle Position Stitches Only)
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Using the Straight Stitch Needle
Plate and the Straight Stitch Foot
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Basting
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Darts Seams
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Gathering
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Flat Fell Seams
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Pintucks
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60
Zigzag Stitches
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61
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Overcasting
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61
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Appliqués
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61
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Patchwork (Crazy Quilts)
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Sewing Curves
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Elastic Zigzag Stitches
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62
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Tape attaching
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62
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Overcasting
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Overcasting
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”
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Overcasting Using the Side Cutter
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When Sewing Straight Stitches While Using
the Side Cutter
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Quilting
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Piecing
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Quilting
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Appliqués
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Satin Stitching
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Free-motion Quilting
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Blind Hem Stitches
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If the Needle Does Not Catch the Fold
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If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Fold
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Appliqués
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Sewing Sharp Curves
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Shell Tuck Stitching
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Scalloping
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Top Stitching
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Smocking
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Fagoting
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Tape or Elastic Attaching
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Heirloom Stitching
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Heirloom stitching/
Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)
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Heirloom stitching/
Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1))
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Heirloom stitching/
Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2))
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Buttonhole Stitches
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Sewing Stretch Fabrics
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Buttons That Do Not Fit into the Button
Holder Plate
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82
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Darning
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Bar Tacks
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Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics
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85
Button Sewing
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86
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Attaching a 4-Hole Button
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87
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Attaching a Button with a Shank
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Eyelets
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Multi-Directional Sewing
(Straight Stitch and Zigzag Stitch)
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88
Zipper Insertion
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89
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Centered Zipper
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89
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Side Zipper
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90