SINGER 1200 Athena - Manual (Page 42)

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« Si:ten: zig-zag §
« Stitch width: to suit fabric
» Stitch length; to suit fabric
a General purpose needle plate
® General purpose foot
Too Tight
» Rotate the group selector dial (A) to the right
as far as it will go. The zig-zag symbol wil
now appear in the yellow field above patterrt
selector button |S).
® Press pattern selector button {8). A red light
will appear above the zig-zag syrrsboi to indi­
cate that machine is ready to produce a
basic zig-zag stitch at maximum stitch width
and medium stitch lenath.
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To change stitch length or width see page
22 in Chapter 3. Electronic Sewing.
Zig-Zag stitching usually requires less nee-
die-thread tension than straight stitching. Be
sure your machine is threaded correctly and
make a test sample v^ith the fabric and thread
you plan to use so that you can adjust tension
to suit the stitch pattern you have chosen. The
stitches should lie flat against the fabric with­
out causing the fabric to pucker.
the fabric is tne st:to.ne$ are not flat an
puckered, lower the needle-thread tension
turning the dial to a lower number.