Pfaff tipmatic 6150 Owner's Manual - Page 77

Cording foot The classic sewing technique of cording can be used without any problems on fabrics such as cotton and light wollens Underclothing and children's wear can be given a traditional look with cording. - Engage the cording foot. - Replace the needle with a twin needle 11.6 or 2 mml. - Thread up with two needle threads Isee page 64). - Now set the needle thread tension quite tight lat about 5), to make the seam more prominent. TiP: If you wish to emphasize the cording effect, you can fit a cording tongue" on the front edge of the needle plate. This shapes the fabric during sewing and gives the cording more volume. You can obtain a similar effect by using a gimp thread; this makes the cording look wider. In this case, however, do not use a cording tongue. - To do this, remove the needle plate. - Thread the gimp thread through the hole of the needle plate from below to the top. Replace the needle plate. The notch bet - ween the needle plate and the sewing machine provides space for the gimp thread. This thread must be fed under the cloth plate, so that it does not become tangled during sewing. - During sewing the cording pull the material lightly. - You can use the grooves in the cording foot to guide the work along an already sewn cording seam. This ensures that the distance between cording seams is always constant. TIP: There are two different cording feet: a five groove and a seven groove foot Isee table on page 74). With the seven groove foot the sewn cordings are closer together than with the five groove foot. 76