Pfaff hobby 1022 Owner's Manual - Page 56

Traditional embroidery techniques Hemstitching Hemstitching is an old embroidery technique and can be used to secure edges on table linen as well as for decoration on clothing. For your hemstitching work you will require a wing needle (special accessory) and coarse linen out of which you can easily pull the single threads. Furthermore, embroidery and darning thread is particularly suitable. With the stretch zigzag stitch you can sew various hemstitching techniques such as the wale hemstitch seam, a hem sewn with the hemstitch and a hemstitch seam as an edge. Use the normal presser foot (0). Wale hemstitch seam • As with the hand hemstitch seam the threads are pulled out to the desired width. • Using a narrow stretch zigzag stitch, sew along both of the fabric edges. The needle must perforate the area of the pulled threads just next to the edges. This bundles the threads. Hem edge sewn with hemstitch seam • Iron the hem over twice and pull one or more threads out from above the hem. • Using the stretch zigzag stitch, sew the hem from the face side. The needle must perforate the hem on the right hand side and bundle the pulled threads on the left hand side. Hemstitching seam as edge This edge is used for very Àne, thin materials. It is particularly suitable for valances and rufÁes. No threads have to be pulled. • Using the stretch zigzag stitch, sew at a presser foot·s width along the edge of the fabric. • Using a small pair of scissors, trim off the excess fabric on the hemstitch edge. 52