SINGER 514 - Manual (Page 53)

DRAWN-THREAD WORK
Pattern Selector :
F/exhStUch Dial: Bed bar I
Stitch Width: to suit fabrjc_
Needle Position: jL^ j
Stitch Length : Bed bar
Pressure: Light
Tension : To suit fabric
General Purpose or Special Purpose
Prosser Foot
General Purpose Needle Plate
Speed: Moderate
Drawn-thread work is a simple decora­
tive treatment that can be used to add
interest to table linens, dresses, and
blouses, it Is accomplished by with­
drawing bands of crosswise and length-
Vvase threads from plain-vv^eave fabrics
and accenting the band edges with the
slant overedge stitch.
Choose a linen or linen-like fabric from
which threads can be easily withdrawn
and use a ше 18 needle and a fine
sewing thread.
Procedure:
1. Draw^ one {or more) threads to define
each edge of dravvavwork bands, as
illustrated.
2. Stitch along drawn-thread channel on
left and right sides of each band,
placing and guiding fabric under the
needle so that the straight stitches are
made In the dra'wrv thread channel
and the sideward stitches (or points)
in the body of the fabric outside the
band- If the fabric is soft, it is advisable
to stitch through an underlay of tissue
paper.
3- After all stitching Is completed, draw
out threads between rows of stitching
to form open-work bands. At corners,
where stitching crosses threads to be
drawn, cut threads close to stitching
before drawing them out.
To form a fringe, ravel threads between
stitching and fabric edges.
DBAWN-THRPAD WORK
Drawn-Thread Channels
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Completed Drawn Work
with Fringed Fdges
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