SINGER 514 - Manual (Page 58)

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES (Continued)
SEAM REPAIR
STRETCH GARMENT REPAIR
Repairing Seams
Breaks in press-open garment seams
can be repaired quickly and easily when
you use the straight stretch stitch. This
reinforced straight stitch produced at j
stitch width setting {Ploxi-Stitch dial at
red bar) is both strong and flexible, it is
ideal for knit and stretch fabrics, and
particularly useful for repairing or
strengthening curved seams, or seams
that will receive strain when worn*
1, Make a test sample to check dial
settings,
2, Remove loose thread along the break
and press seam edges together,
3, Overlapping stitching 2>5cm (1") at
each end, stitcli along original seam
line. Guide seam under presser foot
without stretching fabric, letting the
machine move the fabric to make the
back-and-forth stitches that give
s-t-r-e-t-c-h to the seam.
Press seam open.
Repairing Stretch Garments
Pattern Selector:
Ftexi-Stitch Dial: Red bar I
Stitch Width: ! ^
Needle Position:
Stitch Length: Rod bar
Pressure: To suit fabric
Tension: To suit fabric
General Purpose Prosser Foot
General Purpose Needle Plate
Speed: Moderate
Seams in stretch gmmnts and lingerie
retain their elasticity when stitched vvlth
the faggoting stitch. This stitch pattern
builds s-t-r-e-pc-h into the seam as it
is being sewn and is equally suitable
when used to top-stitch (as shown) or to
overedge. Make a test sample to check
dial settings and to adjust the stitch
balance.
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