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keeping up appearances MENDING The zig-zag stitch is just as useful for mending as it for creative sewing. It forms a flexible bond for repairing tears or sewing stretch garments. Mending a Tear • Needle Position: j a • Stitch Width: } or (maximum) • Stitch Length: About 1 mm • General Purpose Needle Plate and Foot 1. Trimragged edges. 2. Place underlay on the wrong side of tear for reinforcement. (It is best not to baste or pin the underlay since you will be bringing the edges of tear together in the next step.) 3. Stitch on the right side, bringing the edges of the tear together. 4. Shorten stitch length at ends and corners to give extra strength. 5. Trim underlay. Bar Tacks Bar tacks, to reinforce points of strain, are made with the zig-zag stitch at satin stitch length. Use them at pocket corners, to attach garters, secure shoulder straps, belt loops and zipper openings. Tear Mended with Zig-Zag Sdbch Bar-Tacked Belt Loops 41

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keeping
up
appearances
MENDING
The
zig-zag
stitch
is
just
as
useful
for
mending
as
it
for
creative
sewing.
It
forms
a
flexible
bond
for
repairing
tears
or
se-
wing
stretch
garments.
Mending
a
Tear
•
Needle
Position:
j
a
•
Stitch
Width:
}
or
(maximum)
•
Stitch
Length:
About
1
mm
•
General
Purpose
Needle
Plate
and
Foot
1.
Trim
ragged
edges.
2.
Place
underlay
on
the
wrong
side
of
tear
for
reinforcement.
(It
is
best
not
to
baste
or
pin
the
underlay
since
you
will
be
bringing
the
edges
of
tear
together
in
the
next
step.)
3.
Stitch
on
the
right
side,
bringing
the
edges
of
the
tear
together.
4.
Shorten
stitch
length
at
ends
and
corners
to
give
extra
strength.
5.
Trim
underlay.
Bar
Tacks
Bar
tacks,
to
reinforce
points
of
strain,
are
made
with
the
zig-zag
stitch
at
satin
stitch
length.
Use
them
at
pocket
corners,
to
at-
tach
garters,
secure
shoulder
straps,
belt
loops
and
zipper
openings.
Tear
Mended
with
Zig-Zag
Sdbch
Bar
-Tacked
Belt
Loops
41