Pfaff Freestyle 1527 Owner's Manual - Page 41

tt,litv stit lies atul practical sewing I : I l :i ' I ;, -. I P03 • 3-5 0/1 E 0 3-4 3-5 0/1 I Hemming with the twin needle Use the twin needle to make beatitul topstitch seams. Using the twin needle you can add a professional touch to hems on stretch materials such as T-shirts, knitted articles or cycling shorts both quickly and easily. Smocking effect with elastic threads Fine, light fabrics such as Batist, rayon and silk are particularly suitable for beautiful smocking work. For smocking work with the elastic thread, you should use an additional bobbin case and wind the bobbin by hand with the elastic thread. As the elastic thread is much Twin needles are available in different widths. The traditional width for stronger than the normal bobbin thread, the tension of the bobbin case must be topstitching is 4 mm. To prevent the set at very low. needle from striking the needle plate, you oust make sure that you select the center Don't forget, the higher the bobbin thread tension, the more intense the gathering needle position . effect. • First fold and iron the width of fabric desired for the hem. • Sew a test seam to determine the level of gather. Then topstitch the hem from the right side. • Mark the first line on the right side of the fabric and sew along it. Finally, cut the protruding hem edge back to the seam. • Each additional seam can be sewn at a presser foot's width from the first row. Uo only a stretch needle when sewing '.tsofch material! I ip: On difficult materials such as ribbed 1int wnar it is advisable to baste the hem ls 'Is sri' topstitching it. • When sewing several seams next to one another, you must stretch the fabric to its original length when sewing the subsequent seams. Otherwise, the gather will be irregular. Its p:scje 11 you will find a description of w to thread the twin needle. • Knot the threads at the beginning and end of the seam on the reverse side.