Pfaff 261 Owner's Manual - Page 35

46281 Rolled Hems Machine Setting: DialA=2to4 ' LeverB=+ Dial C=O . Lever E=O Rolled hems are used to finish sheer or delicate fabrics. For a smooth, unpuckered hem, ease thread tension slightly and set dial A on 2 or 3. To hem tricot fabrics, increase the tension and use the widest zigzag stitch so the hem has a rolled shell effect. 41248 R 5912 Hemming Machine Setting: DialA=eOor2to4 LeverB='I Dial C=O Lever E=O The hemmer foot is indispensable if you want to sew a uniform hem. You can hem with straight or zigzag stitches, depending on the type of fabric you are using. Fold over edge of fabric about 'Is" to facilitate insertion into the hemmer foot. Place fabric under hemmer foot so that the needle stitches in the material about '/s" short of its rear edge and close to the folded edge. Sew backwards as far as the rear fabric edge. Take the work out of the machine by pulling it forward. Don't trim the threads (sketch 1). Draw the fabric into the scroll of the hemmer by pulling both threads backwards, Inserting the fabric into the scroll like this will ensure a neat hem right from the beginning. Feed fabric so that the hem edge is in line with the left edge of the hemmer scroll. Don't crowd fabric into the scroll, but filled with fabric at all times (see ill, at top). keep scroll well Avoid fabric ugly ends by slowing down against the needle plate an feeding. To the left side do this, press the of the foot before you come to the end of the hem (see ill, at bottom). If you want to hem severol edges, hem first edge to within about '/," of corner, cut away remaining portion of hem, as shown in sketch 2. Then hem the second edge, on instructed above. Before you hem the last edge, cut away sewn first, as illustrated in sketch 3. about 'J." of the hem R 7172 34 R5915