Singer 7285Q Patchwork Instruction Manual - Page 50

Blindhem Stitch - test

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BLINDHEM STITCH The blindhem stitch is primarily used for creating nearly invisible hems on curtains, trousers, skirts, etc. Settings : Presser foot - Blind stitch foot : Thread Tension Control: AUTO - Regular blind stitch for normal woven fabrics 1 2 0HGLXPWRKHDY\ZHLJKWIDEULF 0DWHULDOGHSHVRPHGLRDSHVDGR Tissus moyens et lourds - Elastic blind stitch for soft, stretchable fabrics 1. With matching thread finish the raw edge. On fine fabric turn up and press a small ½" or less hem. On medium to heavyweight fabrics overcast the fabric's raw edge. 2. Now fold the fabric as illustrated with the wrong side up. Under side Reverso Envers 1 Under side Reverso Envers 2 Fine fabric 0DWHULDO¿QR 7LVVXV¿QV Under side Reverso Envers Under side Reverso Envers 3. Place the fabric under the foot. Turn the handwheel towards you (counter-clockwise) by hand until the needle 3 swings fully to the left. It should just pierce the fold of the fabric. If it does not, adjust the guide (B) on the Blindhem Foot (A) so that the needle just pierces the fabric fold and the guide just rests against the fold. NOTE: In addition to the adjustment on the foot, the stitch width control can be used. The stitch width control changes the swing of the needle for a narrower or wider stitch. Sew slowly, guiding the fabric carefully along the edge of the guide. B A 4. When completed, the stitching is almost invisible on the right side of the fabric. NOTE: It takes practice to sew blind hems. Do a test sew ¿rst. 4 Top side Cara Endroit 48

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0HGLXP WR KHDY\ZHLJKW IDEULF
0DWHULDO GH SHVR PHGLR D SHVDGR
Tissus moyens et lourds
Under side
Reverso
Envers
Under side
Reverso
Envers
Under side
Reverso
Envers
Under side
Reverso
Envers
Fine fabric
0DWHULDO ¿QR
7LVVXV ¿QV
Top side
Cara
Endroit
1. With matching thread finish the raw edge. On fine fabric
turn up and press a small ½” or less hem. On medium to
heavyweight fabrics overcast the fabric’s raw edge.
2. Now fold the fabric as illustrated with the wrong side up.
3. Place the fabric under the foot. Turn the handwheel
towards you (counter-clockwise) by hand until the needle
swings fully to the left. It should just pierce the fold of the
fabric. If it does not, adjust the guide (B) on the Blindhem
Foot (A) so that the needle just pierces the fabric fold and
the guide just rests against the fold.
Sew slowly, guiding the fabric carefully along the edge of
the guide.
4. When completed, the stitching is almost invisible on the
right side of the fabric.
BLINDHEM STITCH
Settings
: Presser foot - Blind stitch foot
: Thread Tension Control: AUTO
The blindhem stitch is primarily used for creating nearly
invisible hems on curtains, trousers, skirts, etc.
A
B
NOTE:
It takes practice to sew blind hems. Do a
test sew
¿
rst.
NOTE:
In addition to the adjustment on the foot,
the stitch width control can be used. The stitch
width control changes the swing of the needle for a
narrower or wider stitch.
-
Regular blind stitch for normal woven fabrics
-
Elastic blind stitch for soft, stretchable fabrics