Chapter
3
Utility Stitches
SELECTING UTILITY STITCHES
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78
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Stitch Selection Screens
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78
Selecting a Stitch
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79
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Using the Mirror Image Key
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79
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Using the Image Key
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80
Saving Your Stitch Settings
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81
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Saving Settings
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81
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Retrieving Saved Settings
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82
SEWING THE STITCHES
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83
Straight Stitches
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83
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Changing the Needle Position
(Left or Middle Needle Position Stitches Only)
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85
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Aligning the Fabric with a Mark
on the Needle Plate or Bobbin Cover (with Mark)
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85
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Aligning the Fabric with the Vertical Stitch Alignment “V” Foot
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86
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Using the Straight Stitch Needle Plate and the Straight Stitch Foot
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86
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Basting
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87
Dart Seam
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88
Gathering
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88
Flat Fell Seam
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89
Pintuck
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90
Zigzag Stitches
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91
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Overcasting (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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91
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Appliqué (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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91
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Patchwork (for Crazy Quilt)
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92
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Sewing Curves (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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92
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Cord Guide Bobbin Cover (Using a Zigzag Stitch)
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92
Elastic Zigzag Stitches
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93
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Tape Attaching
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93
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Overcasting
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93
Overcasting
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94
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”
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94
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Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”
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95
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Overcasting Using the Side Cutter
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96
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When Sewing Straight Stitches While Using the Side Cutter
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98
Quilting
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99
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Piecing
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102
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Quilting
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102
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Appliqué
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103
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Quilting with Satin Stitches
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104
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Free Motion Quilting
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105
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Echo Quilting Using the Free Motion Echo Quilting Foot “E”
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108
Blind Hem Stitches
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111
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If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Hem Fold
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113
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If the Needle does not Catch the Hem Fold
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113
Appliqué
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113
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Appliqué Sharp Curves
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114
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Appliqué Corners
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114
Shelltuck Stitches
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114
Scallop Stitches
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115
Crazy Quilting
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116
Smocking Stitches
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116
Fagoting
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117
Tape or Elastic Attaching
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117
Heirloom
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119
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Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch)
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119
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Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1))
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119
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Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2))
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120
One-step Buttonholes
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121
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Sewing Stretch Fabrics
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124
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Odd Shaped Buttons/Buttons
that do Not Fit into the Button Holder Plate
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124
Four-step Buttonholes
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125
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Darning
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127
Bar Tacks
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129
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Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics
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130
Button Sewing
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131
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Attaching 4 Hole Buttons
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132
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Attaching a Shank to the Button
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132
Eyelet
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133
Multi-directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and Zigzag Stitch)
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134
Zipper Insertion
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135
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Centered Zipper
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135
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Inserting a Side Zipper
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136
Edge Sewing
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138