SINGER 714 Graduate - Manual (Page 39)

DEEP-PILE FABRICS (Fake Fur) f
• Pin, rather than baste, seams. Place pins at
short intervals at right angles to the seam
line. Pins with colored heads are easy to see
and remove.
• Sew in direction of nap.
• Stitch with a fairly long machine stitch (set­
tings of 8 to 10 or approximately 2.5 to 3)
and use polyester/cotton thread in a size 14
or 16 Catalog 2020 needle.
• As seam is stitched, smooth pile away from
seam allowance with a darning needle or up­
holstery pin.
• After stitching seams with a 5/8 inch (16mm)
seam allowance, use small hand scissors to
shear pile from entire seam allowance to
reduce buik.
• Stitch 1/4 inch (6mm) preshrunk tape into
neckline and shoulder seams for stability and
reinforcement, or stitch with the straight
stretch
stitch (stitch control set on
STRETCH).
• Leather and leather-look fabrics comple­
ment fur fabrics; use them for bound button­
holes and easy button loops.
• Coat hems are less bulky if narrow and
finished with a 3 inch (76mm) fabric facing or
gros-grain ribbon.
• Slash through the center fold of darts and
finger-press open or stitch with a narrow zig­
zag stitch and trim away excess fabric after
stitching.
Smoothing Pile Away
from Seam Allowance
Stitching Deep-Piie
Fabrics {Fake Fur)
VELVET AND VELVETEEN f
• Use a light pressure dial setting to prevent
crushing pile.
• Mark and baste with siik thread.
• Use a Catalog 2020, size 11 needle and a
fine thread for seaming. “A” silk or nylon
thread is recommended for sewing velvet
and velveteen.
• Always stitch in the direction of the nap.
Pin or hand-baste seams and sew under
gentle tension by holding fabric slightly taut
at front and back of needle {see page 18).
Extra-long straight seams may be machine
basted with a long, wide zig-zag stitch.
To sew panne velvet, use a bail-point needle
(yellow band) and a shorter-than-normai
stitch length (settings of 12 to 15 or approx­
imately
1.5
to
2
).
tThe Even-Feed Foot described on page 47 is designed to aid in sewing this fabric.
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