Sears KENMORE 11682 - Manual (Page 23)

SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES
Darning Straight Stretch
Set the Machine
Stitch Stitch selector
Top thread tension
control 1 to 4
" ■ 2
u
Stitch length
control any number
(not necessary to
adjust)
j.
-3-
No presser
foot
Darning plate
Here's How
1. Put the darning plate on the needle plate
(see p. 18).
2. Remove presser foot and stretch fabric
between embroidery hoops with hole
centered.
3. Draw the laobbin thread up through the
Set the Machine
Stitch Stitch selector
III
III
HI
Top thread tension
control 2 to 6
C|3
[0
Stitch length
control yellow
stretch stitch
position
LJ
Straiÿit foot Zigzag foot
Stretch stitching was developed
used on sit e Id I rabiics and;
Start darning
4. Lower the presser bar and sew at a slow
speed.
5. Move the fabric back and forth slowly until
you have covered the darning area.
6 . Turn the fabric half turn and sew another
layer of stitching over the first layer.
NOTE: If your fabric is thin or badly
damaged, use a separate piece of fabric
under the hole to reinforce it.
7. When you finish darning, remove the darning
plate.
This stitch is the stretch variation of
the straight stitch, especially develop­
ed for knits and stretch fabrics.
This stitch can also be used for
topstitching on all fabrics.
curved seams and on any
garments that will receive a great
deal of strain (ie. children's
clothes).
The stretch stitch does not
actually stretch as it is being
sewm, but is stitched in a
forward and back motion
(sornetimes called a "reverse­
action" stitch), so that it will
give when the fabric stretches
instead of breaking,
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