Pfaff classicstyle home 1529 Owner's Manual - Page 60

3:4 Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques Monograms You can embroider initials of your own design using the darning foot and stitch G (1546), E (1536/1526), stitch width 2.5-5 . Sewing this way without a set pattern does, however, require a little practice. • Draw the initials onto the fabric with an invisible-ink marker. • Drop the feed dog. Insert the darning foot and lower the presser bar into the free-motion/darning position (see page 2:17). • Place stabilizer under the fabric. • Hoop the fabric in an embroidery hoop and embroider using the zigzag stitch. • Tie off the threads and remove the stabilizer. Tip: By sewing quickly and moving the material slowly, you will achieve dense stitches. When embroidering on terry-cloth, the monogram must Àrst be sewn with a narrow zigzag stitch and then stitched again with a wider zigzag stitch. This way the terry-cloth loops are completely covered. Embroidering block letters is somewhat easier. Here the feed dog is not dropped which means that free sewing is no longer necessary. You can simply sew along the lines with stitch G (1546), E (1536/1526), stitch width 2.5-5 . • Place stabilizer under the fabric. • Before sewing, draw the monogram onto the fabric. • Sew along the lines you have sketched using the zigzag stitch. 3:4