Chapter
3
Utility Stitches
SELECTING UTILITY STITCHES
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Selecting a Stitch
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Stitch Selection Screens
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Using the Mirror Image Key
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Using the Image Key
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Saving Your Stitch Settings
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Saving Settings
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Retrieving Saved Settings
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Using the Sewing Type Selection Key
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SEWING THE STITCHES
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Straight Stitches
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Changing the Needle Position (Left or Middle Needle Position
Stitches Only)
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Using the Straight Stitch Needle Plate and the Straight
Stitch Foot
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Basting
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Dart Seam
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Gathering
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Flat Fell Seam
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Pintuck
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Zigzag Stitches
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Overcasting (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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Appliqué (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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Patchwork (for Crazy Quilt)
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Sewing Curves (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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Cord Guide Bobbin Cover (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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Elastic Zigzag Stitches
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Tape Attaching
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Overcasting
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Overcasting
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”
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Overcasting Using the Side Cutter
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When Sewing Straight Stitches While Using the Side Cutter
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Quilting
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Piecing
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Quilting
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Appliqué
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Quilting with Satin Stitches
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Free-motion Quilting
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Blind Hem Stitches
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If the Needle does not Catch the Fold
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If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Fold
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Appliqué
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Sewing Sharp Curves
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Shelltuck Stitches
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Scallop Stitches
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Top Stitching
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Smocking Stitches
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Fagoting
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Tape or Elastic Attaching
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Heirloom
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Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)
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Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work)
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Hemstitching (3)
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One-step Buttonholes
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Sewing Stretch Fabrics
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Odd Shaped Buttons/Buttons that do not Fit into
the Button Holder Plate
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Four-step Buttonholes
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Darning
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Bar Tacks
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Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics
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Button Sewing
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Attaching 4 Hole Buttons
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Attaching a Shank to the Button
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Eyelet
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Multi-directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and
Zigzag Stitch)
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Zipper Insertion
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Centered Zipper
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Inserting a Side Zipper
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