Pfaff 1211 Owner's Manual - Page 25

The functional stitches make sewing easy for you Mending hems and darning rips 0-2 Elastic seam v Stitch length: between 0 and 1 Left needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 910-91. Engage Matchmaker foot. 48 Sewing on elastic 0-z Elastic seam Stitch length: 1 Left needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No.93-040 910-91. Engage Matchmaker foot. Lay the elastic on the fabric edge. stretching it with both hands as far as possible (see ill.). Then sew the stretched elastic down with an elastic seam. The more you stretch the elastic. the more the fabric will be gathered. F Cl rt • > > > > >> > > >> > >> > < < < < < > > > >> -0 > Rip open the section of the hem opposite the damaged area. Take a piece of suitable material in the right size, fold it in half and press. Then insert this piece in the hem so that its folded edge is in line with the folded edge of the hem. Sew it down with an elastic seam. so that the individual patterns overlap (see ill.). To mend a rip, place a piece of suitable material under it and join both plies so that the individual elastic-seam patterns overlap.