Sewing thin fabrics, Sewing stretch fabrics, Using a free-arm style – Brother MS-4 User Manual

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Sewing thin fabrics

When sewing thin fabrics, the stitching may become
misaligned or the fabric may not feed correctly. If
this occurs, place thin paper or stabilizer material
under the fabric and sew it together with the fabric.
When you have finished sewing, tear off any excess
paper.

a Stabilizer material or paper

Sewing stretch fabrics

First, baste the pieces of fabric together, and then
sew without stretching the fabric.

a Basting

Using a free-arm style

Free-arm sewing is convenient for sewing tubular
and hard-to-reach areas. To change your machine to
the free-arm style, lift out the flat bed attachment.

a

Slide the flat bed attachment to the left to
release it.

a Flat bed attachment

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