SINGER 1050 - Manual (Page 51)

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^ The featherstitch is an extremely versatile stitch. Use it for fagoting, embroidering and quilting. There are numerous
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Fagoting
• Stitch: featherstitch ^
• Stitch width: ij ^ ^
• Stitch length: 2-2.5
• General purpose needle plate
• General purpose foot or special purpose foot
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The art of joining two pieces of fabric with an open, lacy
decorative stitch is called fagoting. You can create this attrac­
tive trimming with the featherstitch. Use it for decorative
stretch seams in bathing suits or for joining together narrow
strips of fabric to make an entire garment section.
• Turn under (and hem by hand slipstitching) the raw edges
of the fabric strips or seams to be joined. Press flat or you
may zig-zag raw edges.
• Baste two fabric edges to be joined on to tissue paper
leaving approximately 3 mm (Ve inch) gap between the two
edges. Stitch, guiding two fabric edges under the centre
of presser foot. Allow the needle to alternately make a stitch
in each fabric strip and two stitches in the centre of the
opening. The tissue paper should be gently pulled off when
fagoting is completed.
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