Chapter
3
Utility Stitches
SELECTING A UTILITY STITCH
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Stitch Selection Screens
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Selecting a Stitch Pattern
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49
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Using the Mirror Image Key
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Saving Stitch Settings
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49
Using the Sewing Type Selection Key
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50
SEWING THE STITCHES
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51
Straight Stitches
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51
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Changing the Needle Position
(Left or Middle Needle Position Stitches Only)
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52
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Basting
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Darts Seams
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53
Gathering
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Flat Fell Seams
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54
Pintucks
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55
Zigzag Stitches
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56
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Overcasting
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56
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Appliqués
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56
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Patchwork (Crazy Quilts)
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57
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Sewing Curves
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57
Elastic Zigzag Stitches
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57
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Tape attaching
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57
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Overcasting
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57
Overcasting
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58
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”
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58
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”
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Overcasting Using the Side Cutter
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60
Quilting
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62
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Piecing
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62
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Quilting
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63
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Appliqués
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63
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Satin Stitching
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64
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Free-motion Quilting
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65
Blind Hem Stitches
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66
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If the Needle Does Not Catch the Fold
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67
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If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Fold
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67
Appliqués
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Sewing Sharp Curves
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68
Shell Tuck Stitching
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68
Scalloping
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68
Top Stitching
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Smocking
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69
Fagoting
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70
Tape or Elastic Attaching
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71
Heirloom Stitching
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72
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Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)
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72
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Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1))
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72
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Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2))
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Buttonhole Stitches
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74
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Sewing Stretch Fabrics
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77
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Buttons That Do Not Fit into the Button Holder
Plate
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77
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Darning
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78
Bar Tacks
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79
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Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics
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Button Sewing
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81
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Attaching a 4-Hole Button
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82
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Attaching a Button with a Shank
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82
Eyelets
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82
Multi-Directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and
Zigzag Stitch)
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83
Zipper Insertion
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84
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Centered Zipper
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84
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Side Zipper
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85