Chapter
3
Utility Stitches
SELECTING UTILITY STITCHES
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58
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Stitch Selection Screens
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58
Selecting a Stitch
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59
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Using the Mirror Image Key
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59
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Using the Image Key
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59
Saving Your Stitch Settings
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60
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Saving Settings
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60
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Retrieving Saved Settings
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61
Using the Sewing Type Selection Key
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61
SEWING THE STITCHES
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63
Straight Stitches
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63
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Changing the Needle Position (Left or Middle Needle Position
Stitches Only)
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65
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Needle Plate and Needle Plate Cover Marks
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65
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Using the Straight Stitch Needle Plate and the Straight Stitch Foot
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65
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Basting
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67
Dart Seam
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67
Gathering
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68
Flat Fell Seam
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69
Pintuck
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69
Zigzag Stitches
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71
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Overcasting (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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71
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Appliqu
é
(Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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71
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Patchwork (for Crazy Quilt)
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72
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Sewing Curves (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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72
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Cord Guide Bobbin Cover (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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72
Elastic Zigzag Stitches
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73
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Tape Attaching
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73
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Overcasting
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73
Overcasting
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74
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot
“
G
”
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74
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot
“
J
”
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75
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Overcasting Using the Side Cutter
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76
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When Sewing Straight Stitches While Using the Side Cutter
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78
Quilting
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79
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Piecing
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80
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Quilting
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80
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Appliqu
é
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81
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Quilting with Satin Stitches
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82
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Free-motion Quilting
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83
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Echo Quilting Using the Free-motion Echo Quilting Foot
“
E
”
.. 86
Blind Hem Stitches
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89
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If the Needle does not Catch the Fold
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90
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If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Fold
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90
Appliqu
é
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90
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Sewing Sharp Curves
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91
Shelltuck Stitches
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91
Scallop Stitches
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92
Top Stitching
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92
Smocking Stitches
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93
Fagoting
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93
Tape or Elastic Attaching
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94
Heirloom
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95
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Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)
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95
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Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1))
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95
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Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2))
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96
One-step Buttonholes
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97
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Sewing Stretch Fabrics
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100
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Odd Shaped Buttons/Buttons that do not Fit into the Button
Holder Plate
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100
Four-step Buttonholes
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101
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Darning
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103
Bar Tacks
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105
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Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics
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106
Button Sewing
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107
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Attaching 4 Hole Buttons
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108
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Attaching a Shank to the Button
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108
Eyelet
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109
Multi-directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and Zigzag Stitch)
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110
Zipper Insertion
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111
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Centered Zipper
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111
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Inserting a Side Zipper
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112