SINGER 127-3 & 128-3 - Manual (Page 16)

127-3 & 128-3
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FOOT HEMMER -- Hemming
Raise the needle to its highest point. Remove
the presser foot and attach the foot hemmer
in its place (see Fig. 18). Clip off the right
hand corner of the cloth, so that it will take
the roll easily, turn up the edge about a quar-
ter of an inch, insert it in the mouth of the
hemmer and draw or push it along until under
the needle. Then let down the presser bar
and after taking two or three stitches, draw
gently on the ends of the threads to help the
work along till the feed catches it. In order to
produce a smooth even hem, the mouth of
the hemmer must be kept just full.
Fig. 18 shows also what is known as a bag
seam or fell, made by passing two pieces of
fabric through the hemmer together and hem-
ming them down.
FIG. 18
FOOT HEMMER
Hemming and Sewing on Lace
Start the hem as previously explained, and
when it is well started, raise the needle to its
highest point.
Raise the hemmer to relieve its pressure on
the hem, pass the end of the lace through the
slot in the side of the hemmer, under the
back of the hemmer and over the hem, as
shown in Fig 19.
Take care that the hem is not displaced in the
hemmer and that the needle goes down
through the lace and hem together. Then let
down the presser bar and guide tile lace over
the front of the hemmer, keeping it well into
the slot.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE ATTACHMENTS
FIG. 19