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Floral embroidery, Embroidering corners

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3:6 Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques Floral embroidery For this Áower arrangement, only a dense zigzag stitch was used in combination with the variable stitch width and the various needle positions. • Place stabilizer under the fabric. • Draw the contures of a Áower motif with a self-erasing textile pen. • Set needle thread tension to "buttonhole", select zigzag stitch G (1546), E (1536/1526), set stitch length to "buttonhole". • Flowers: Select center needle position and embroider individual petals. Adjust the stitch width with the width dial (34) during sewing according to the contures of the Áower . • Leaves: Select right needle position and embroider half of the leaf. Vary the stitch width using the width dial (27). Turn the handwheel towards you after Ànishing the Àrst half of the leaf until the needle is in the fabric. • Turn the fabric 180 degrees and embroider the other half of the leaf Embroidering corners By changing the stitch width during sewing of dense zigzag stitches you can embroider corners with 45 degree angles. • Set needle thread tension to "buttonhole", zigzag stitch G (1546), E (1536/1526), set stitch length to "buttonhole" and stitch width 5 mm. • Select right needle position and embroider a straight line. • Embroider corner: After the needle has penetrated the fabric to the right, reduce the stitch width using the width dial (27) by 0.5 mm to 4.5 mm. Sew a stitch. • Reduce the width once again by 0.5 mm and sew a stitch. Continue in this manner until the stitch width is 0.5 mm. • Turn the handwheel towards you until the needle penetrates the fabric. Turn the fabric 90 degrees and sew a stitch. • Increase the width by 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm. Sew one stitch. • Increase the width by 0.5 mm again and sew one stitch. Continue in this manner until the initial width is achieved. Now embroider a straight line. If the corner is to continue in the opposite direction, use the outermost left needle position . 3:6

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3:6
Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques
Floral embroidery
For this
Á
ower arrangement, only a dense
zigzag stitch was used in combination
with the variable stitch width and the
various needle positions.
Place stabilizer under the fabric.
Draw the contures of a
Á
ower motif
with a self-erasing textile pen.
Set needle thread tension to
“buttonhole”, select
zigzag
stitch G
(1546), E (1536/1526)
, set stitch length to
“buttonhole”.
Flowers:
Select center needle position
and
embroider individual petals. Adjust the
stitch width with the width dial (34)
during sewing according to the contures
of the
Á
ower .
Leaves:
Select right needle position
and
embroider half of the leaf. Vary the stitch
width using the width dial (27). Turn the
handwheel towards you after
À
nishing
the
À
rst half of the leaf until the needle is
in the fabric.
Turn the fabric 180 degrees and
embroider the other half of the leaf
Embroidering corners
By changing the stitch width during
sewing of dense zigzag stitches you can
embroider corners with 45 degree angles.
Set needle thread tension to
“buttonhole”,
zigzag
stitch G (1546),
E (1536/1526)
, set stitch length to
“buttonhole” and stitch width 5 mm.
Select right needle position and
embroider a straight line.
Embroider corner:
After the needle has penetrated the fabric
to the right, reduce the stitch width using
the width dial (27) by 0.5 mm to 4.5 mm.
Sew a stitch.
Reduce the width once again by 0.5
mm and sew a stitch. Continue in this
manner until the stitch width is 0.5 mm.
Turn the handwheel towards you until
the needle penetrates the fabric. Turn the
fabric 90 degrees and sew a stitch.
Increase the width by 0.5 mm to 1.0
mm. Sew one stitch.
Increase the width by 0.5 mm again
and sew one stitch. Continue in this
manner until the initial width is achieved.
Now embroider a straight line.
If the corner is to continue in the opposite
direction, use the outermost left needle
position
.