Choose your needie and thread, Fabric, needle, thread and stitch length chart, Check your needle – Sears 385.1883 User Manual
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Choose Your Needie and Thread
* Fabric, Needle, Thread and Stitch Length Chart
Your choice of needle and thread depends on the labric you are sewing.
in your needle case you wil! find the following color-coded needles;
Blue (11)................................for stretch fabrics
Orange (11)........................... for lightweight fabrics
Red ( 1 4 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .for medium or medium-heavy weight fabrics
Purple (16)........ .................... tor medium-heavy weight and decorative
topstilching on these fabrics (This needle has a
larger thread hole tor thicker topstitching
thread.)
Green (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . for heavy weight fabrics and decorative top
stitching on these fabrics
* Check Your Needle
1. Look for a barbed or blunt point.
2. A damaged needle can cause permanent snags or runs in knits, fine silks
and silk-iike fabrics.
Always buy good quality thread, ft should resist tangling and be strong, smooth
and consistent in thickness.
FABRIC
NEEDLE
SI2E AND
COLOR
THREAD
RECOMMENDED
STITCH LENGTH
SETTING
Ughiweighi;
Batiste, Dfmlly, Chiffon,
Silks. Fine Lace, Organta,
Crepe, Tafieia, Voile,
Organdy
11-ORANGE
Polyester
Cote/Conon
Wrap
Fine Merceriited Cotton
Silk A
2
(12 Etitches per
Inch)
Medium Weight:
Cotton, Cotton Blends,
Percale, Gingham.
SHaniung, Pique,
Seersucker, Satin, Knits,
Suiiings. Linen,
Wool Crepa, Leather
14-REO
SO yercetized Colton
Polyester Core/CoHon
Wrap
Silk A
2-2 .5
(
1
Q-
1
S stitches
per inch)
Medium-heavy Weight:
Corduroy, Denim, Wool
Saitetolh, Wool Fiannai,
Gabardine, Velvets,
Leather
14-RED
or
16-PURPLE
50 Mercerized Cotton
Mercerized Heavy Duly
Polyester Core/Cotton
Silk A
2-3
(6-10 stitches
per Inch)
Heavyweight:
Coatings Upholstery
Cotton Duck, Heavy
Twills, Canvas
16-PURPLE
18-GREEN
Heavy Duty Mercerized
Polyester Gore/Golton
Silk A
3
(B stitches per
inch)
Decorative top-stilching
on all types of fabric
16-PURPLE
1S-GHEEN
BuUonhoie Twist
(Use as top thread only)
3-4
(8-a
stiiches
per inch)
Stretch Fabric:
Polyester Double Knits,
Nylon Tricot, Jersey,
Stretch Terry, Spandex,
Ciré Tricot
11 - SLUE
(STRETCH
FABRIC
NEEDLE)
Polyester Core/Cotlon
Wrap
50 Mercerized Cotton
2-2.5
(1012 Eiltchss
per Inch)
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