Chapter
3
Utility Stitches
SELECTING UTILITY STITCHES
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90
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Stitch Selection Screens
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90
Selecting a Stitch
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91
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Using the Mirror Image Key
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91
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Using the Image Key
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92
Saving Your Stitch Settings
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92
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Saving Settings
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92
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Retrieving Saved Settings
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93
SEWING THE STITCHES
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94
Straight Stitches
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94
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Changing the Needle Position
(Left or Middle Needle Position Stitches Only)
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96
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Aligning the Fabric with a Mark on the Needle Plate
or Bobbin Cover (with Mark)
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96
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Aligning the Fabric with the Vertical Stitch Alignment “V” Foot
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97
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Using the Straight Stitch Needle Plate and the Straight Stitch Foot
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97
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Basting
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98
Dart Seam
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99
Gathering
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99
Flat Fell Seam
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100
Pintuck
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101
Zigzag Stitches
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102
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Overcasting (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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102
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Appliqué (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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102
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Patchwork (for Crazy Quilt)
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103
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Sewing Curves (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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103
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Cord Guide Bobbin Cover (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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103
Elastic Zigzag Stitches
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104
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Tape Attaching
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104
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Overcasting
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104
Overcasting
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105
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”
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105
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”
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106
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Overcasting Using the Side Cutter
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107
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When Sewing Straight Stitches While Using the Side Cutter.. 109
Quilting
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110
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Piecing
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113
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Quilting
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113
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Appliqué
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114
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Quilting with Satin Stitches
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115
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Free Motion Quilting
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116
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Echo Quilting Using the Free Motion Echo
Quilting Foot “E”
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119
Blind Hem Stitches
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122
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If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Hem Fold
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124
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If the Needle does not Catch the Hem Fold
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124
Appliqué
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125
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Appliqué Sharp Curves
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125
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Appliqué Corners
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125
Shelltuck Stitches
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126
Scallop Stitches
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127
Crazy Quilting
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127
Smocking Stitches
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128
Fagoting
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128
Tape or Elastic Attaching
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129
Heirloom
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130
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Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)
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130
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Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1))
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130
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Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2))
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131
One-step Buttonholes
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132
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Sewing Stretch Fabrics
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135
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Odd Shaped Buttons/Buttons that do Not Fit into the Button
Holder Plate
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135
Four-step Buttonholes
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136
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Darning
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138
Bar Tacks
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140
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Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics
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141
Button Sewing
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142
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Attaching 4 Hole Buttons
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143
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Attaching a Shank to the Button
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143
Eyelet
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144
Multi-directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and Zigzag Stitch)
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145
Zipper Insertion
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146
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Centered Zipper
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146
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Inserting a Side Zipper
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147
Edge Sewing
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148