SINGER 611 - Manual (Page 88)

THE RUFFIER
Pleating. Move the adjusting lever of the ruffler
to the space setting desired for pleats either 6 or
12 stitches apart.
For the deepest pleat, activate the adjusting
finger and turn the adjusting screw inward to its
maximum setting. For smaller pleats turn the
adjusting screw outward.
Set stitch length. A short stitch places the pleats
more closely together? a long stitch separates the
pleats for a greater distance.
Insert the fabric to be pleated between the blue
blades and into the first separator guide. Lower
oresser bar and stitch.
Crisp fabrics cut on the crosswise grain formA the
sharpest pleats. Glazed fabrics handle besi if the
glazed side is downward and the soft backing is
lext to the rum Diaae.
Group Pleating. By using the star setting (straight
stitdiing) alternately with the 6 or 12 stitch setting,
pleats are formed in groups. Even spacing betweeli
groups is accomplished by counting the number of
stitches.
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