SINGER 401 - Manual (Page 37)

Selector: AK
Red Lever: 3
Throat plate: General purpose or
Straight stitch
Zipper foot
Cable cord comes in a variety of sizes and when covered with a firmly woven fabric makes a corded
welting that is an excellent seam finish.
This welting is prepared in advance and then stitched into the seam. Cut a true bias strip VU inches
wide, plus three times the width of the cord of either self or contrasting fabric. Sew strips together on
the lengthwise grain to obtain desired length.
Set Selector. Adjust zipper foot to the left side of the needle. Encase the cord in the bias strip, raw
edges even. Lower presser bar. Stitch close to the cord, using a stitch length slightly longer than for
seaming the weight of fabric being used. Do not crowd the stitching against the cord.
CORDED WELTING
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CORDED SEAMS
Selector; AK
Red Lever: 3
Throat plate: General purpose or
Straight stitch
Zipper foot
The corded seam is a typical treatment for slip
covers, children's clothes, blouses and lingerie.
When cording a seam the zipper foot is usually
adjusted to the right of the needle so that the bulk
of the work will fall to the left.
Set Selector and Red Lever. Attach the corded
welting to the right side of a single seam edge.
with the same stitch length used to make the
welting (page 69). Guide the edge of the foot next
to the cord, but do not crowd.
Place the attached corded welting over the
second seam edge, and pin or baste together.
Keep the first stitching uppermost as a guide and
position the seam under needle. Stitch, this time
crowding the foot against the cord.
This method produces evenly joined seam edges
and tightly set welting.
Curved seams are corded as easily as straight
seams, except that a shorter stitch length is used.
Since the seam allowance of the welting is bias,
it is not difficult to shape it to the seam.
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