Pfaff creative 7570 Owner's Manual - Page 147

Fringe foot Pintuck foot fj With this special foot for loop embroidery you can produce fantastic effects in no time. This foot is particularly effective on terry-cloth. This classical sewing technique can be used perfectly well on many fabrics such as cottons and light woollens. With pintucks you can give a • Mark out your desired pattern with chalk or the nostalgic touch to underwear and children's wear. J magic pen. • Insert the pintuck foot. • Use a stabilizer for the material. • Swap the needle for a twin needle (1.6 or 2 • Insert the fringe foot. mm needle clearance) e.g. 130/705 H-ZWI • Embroider the motif row by row. For circles you have to work from the outside inwards. needle thickness 80. • Thread up the two needles. • When using thicker threads you may have to select a longer stitch length; it is best to sew a test seam first. • Now set the needle thread tension quite tight (at about 5) to make the seam more prominent. • Sew one pintuck. When you sew the second • When you have finished, pull the work out of the machine carefully because if you pull too fast, you will pull the loops tight. • Knot the threads on the reverse side. one you can let the first one run parallel in one of the foot's grooves. This ensures that the spaces between the pintucks always remain the same. Tip: If you wish to emphasize the pintuck effect, Program: Stitch length: Stitch width: Tension: 02 0.5-1 1.5-2.5 2-3 you can fit a "cording tongue" on the front edge of the needle plate. Its guide shifts the fabric upwards thus making the pintucks look even more voluminous. Sewing with a gimp thread makes a similar optical effect, it makes the pintuck even broader. However, with a gimp thread you work without a cording tongue. • First remove the needle plate. 4 • Thread the gimp thread upwards through the hole in the needle plate. • Return the needle plate to its position. The notch between the needle plate and the sewing machine provides space for the gimp thread. LI_C This thread must be fed under the detachable work support, so that it does not become tangled during sewing. • While sewing the cording, the material must be pulled lightly. Program: 00 Stitch length: 2.5 Tension: 5 145