Pfaff 1540 Owner's Manual - Page 62

Decorative sewing and embmidery techniques w w/ Richelieu Eyelet embroidery This especially artistic form of eyelet and insert embroidery is easy to sew with your sewing machine. Using a magic marker, draw your motif Traditional eyelet embroidery which previously had to be made laboriously by hand can now be made quite easily with the help of an eyelet plate (special accessory). onto the right side of the fabric. This is very effective on blouses, bed or • Then place two layers of water-soluble table linen. Use utility stitches such as the stabilizer underneath the fabric to be zigzag stitch, blind stitch, or elastic stitch. embroidered and hoop both the fabric For classic eyelet embroidery, use stitch and the stabilizer into an embroidery hoop. G (1540), E (1530/1520), with a stitch width 3-5 mm. I • Insert decorative embroidery foot number 1. • Remove the presser foot. Set the presser bar lifter at the darning position I • To lend more durability to the embroidery, sew all of the contours (see page 37). • Place the eyelet plate on the needle I twice using the straight stitch (stitch length approx. 1 mm). • Then carefully cut out the fabric 2 mm next to the contour from the areas which are to be hollow. The stabilizer must not move. plate, making sure pin A fits in the middle cutout of the needle plate. Then push the plate down at the front. • Place the marked fabric taut in an embroidery hoop. Cut one or two of the fabric threads and push the fabric over the pin in the eyelet plate. The fabric I I • Embroider the contours with a dense must fit snugly around the pin. zigzag stitch. • Draw up the bobbin thread and hold it • Finally, simply dissolve the stabilizer for the first few stitches. fleece in cold water and your one-of-a- • Stitch around the cut with the selected kind design is finished. stitch. It is important to turn the fabric slowly and evenly. The stitches should be very close to each other. • Afterwards secure with straight stitch. E F