Pfaff 1211 Owner's Manual - Page 15

Basting Ultra-Matic stitch selector: straight stitch Stitch length: 4 Central needle position Attach darning foot No.93-040960-91. You can make short or long basting stitches with your Pfaff. Drop the machine feed by turning the reverse-feed control over to the left. Attach the darning foot. Slightly ease the upper tension until the needle thread forms small kinks on the underside of the material. When joining the parts of a garment, sew close to, rather than on top of the basting seam made previously. This will make it easier to pull the basting thread out later. Place the fabric under the darning foot and lower the presser bar lifter. Hold the fabric taut with both hands and move it evenly toward the rear while sewing slowly stitch by stitch. In this way you can determine the length of the basting stitches yourself. • ■ 28 Single-needle cording Ultra-Matic stitch selector: satin stitch (in zigzag stitch range 5 or 6, depending on the cord size). Attach cording foot No. 93-040915-35. cm0 , Single-needle cording is very popular for bed and table linen. A prominent cording effect is obtained by stitching over the filler cord with zigzag stitches. Trace the pattern on the fabric. Place a filler thread (preferably cotton thread) under the groove in the sole of the cording foot. Sew over this filler thread with closely packed zigzag stitches. The seam thus produced is known as "satin-stitch seam". For a more conspicuous cording effect take a mediumheavy pearl or cotton thread and sew over it with wide zigzag stitches. When stitching with longer stitches, the filler thread will remain visible. With lightweight fabrics you can even produce a shadow effect with single-needle cording. Sheer lawn is particularly well suited for this purpose. Place a piece of material under the fabric. stitch down the filler thread and trim away the excess backing material. I/ 29