SINGER 714 Graduate - Manual (Page 32)

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Making the Welting
CORDED SEAMS
The corded seam is a professional treatment
for slipcovers, children’s clothes, blouses, and
lingerie. To make a corded seam, make the
welting first (or buy it ready-made at a notions
counter), then stitch it into the seam.
Pattern: Straight Stitch
Stitch Width:
Needle Position: A
Stitch Control: Slightly longer than for regular
seaming
Zig-Zag or Straight Stitch Throat Plate
Zipper Foot
Making a Corded Seam
Making the Welting
1. Buy cabie cord of desired size.
2. Cut bias strips of fabric to cover cord
(width: three times the diameter of the cord
plus 1-1/4 inches or 32mm).
3. If it is necessary to sew strips together to
obtain desired length, Join on the length­
wise fabric grain.
4. Fold bias fabric strip over cord, raw edges
even.
5. Adjust zipper foot to ieft side of needie.
6. Lower the presser foot.
7. Stitch dose to cord {do not crowd stitching
against cord), pulling gently on the strip,
both in front and in back of the zipper foot.
Stitching Welting into Seam
1. Adjust zipper foot to the right of the needle
so that the bulk of the fabric will fail to left.
2. Stitch welting to the right side of a single
seam edge; guide the edge of the foot next
to the cord but do not crowd.
3. Place the attached welting over the second
seam edge, and pin or baste together.
4. Place the work under the needle, with the
first stitching on top so that you can use it
as a guide.
5. Stitch, crowding the foot against cord.
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