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Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques

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Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques Monograms Whether working with stretch or woven fabric, with the help of the darning foot and the stitch G (1540), E (1530/1520), stitch width 2.5-5 , you can embroider initials of your own design. Sewing this way without a set pattern does, however, require a little practice. • Draw the initials onto the fabric with an invisible-ink marker. • Drop the feed dog. Insert the darning foot and bring it into darning position (see page 37). • Place stabilizer under the fabric. • Hoop the fabric in an embroidery hoop and embroider using the zigzag stitch. • Tie off the threads and remove the stabilizer. Tip: By sewing quickly and moving the material slowly, you will achieve dense stitches. When embroidering on terry-cloth, the monogram must first be sewn with a narrow zigzag stitch and then stitched again with a wider zigzag stitch. In this way the terry-cloth loops are completely covered. Embroidering block letters is somewhat easier. Here the feed dog is not dropped which means that free sewing is no longer necessary. You can simply sew along the lines with stitch G (1540), E (1530/1520), stitch width 2.5-5 . • Place stabilizer under the fabric. • Before sewing, draw the monogram onto the fabric. • Sew along the lines you have sketched using the zigzag stitch. 48

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Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques
Monograms
Whether working with stretch or woven fabric,
with the help of the darning foot and the stitch
G (1540), E (1530/1520), stitch width 2.5-5
,
you can embroider initials of your own design.
Sewing this way without a set pattern does,
however, require a little practice.
•
Draw the initials onto the fabric with an
invisible-ink marker.
•
Drop the feed dog. Insert the darning foot
and bring it into darning position (see page
37).
•
Place stabilizer under the fabric.
•
Hoop the fabric in an embroidery hoop and
embroider using the zigzag stitch.
•
Tie off the threads and remove the
stabilizer.
Tip:
By sewing quickly and moving the material
slowly, you will achieve dense stitches.
When embroidering on terry-cloth, the
monogram must first be sewn with a narrow
zigzag stitch and then stitched again with a
wider zigzag stitch. In this way the terry-cloth
loops are completely covered.
Embroidering block letters is somewhat easier.
Here the feed dog is not dropped which means
that free sewing is no longer necessary. You
can simply sew along the lines with stitch G
(1540), E (1530/1520), stitch width 2.5-5
.
•
Place stabilizer under the fabric.
•
Before sewing, draw the monogram onto
the fabric.
•
Sew along the lines you have sketched
using the zigzag stitch.