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Chapter 3
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Utility Stitches
SELECTING A UTILITY STITCH ...........52
■ Stitch Selection Screens .......................................52
Selecting a Stitch..............................................53
■ Using the Mirror Image Key.................................53
Saving Stitch Settings........................................53
Using the Sewing Type Selection Key........................54
SEWING THE STITCHES ......................56
Quilting............................................................56
■ Piecing .................................................................58
■ Piecing Using the 1/4" Quilting Foot
with Guide...........................................................58
■ Quilting................................................................59
■ Using the Quilting Guide.....................................60
■ Appliqués .............................................................60
■ Quilting with Satin Stitches..................................61
■ Free-motion Quilting............................................62
■ Echo Quilting.......................................................64
Straight Stitches................................................66
■ Changing the Needle Position
(Left or Middle Needle Position Stitches Only) ....68
■ Needle Plate and Needle Plate Cover Marks........68
■ Basting .................................................................68
Darts Seams......................................................69
Gathering.........................................................70
Flat Fell Seams..................................................70
Pintucks............................................................71
Zigzag Stitches .................................................72
■ Overcasting..........................................................72
■ Appliqués .............................................................72
■ Patchwork (Crazy Quilts).....................................73
■ Sewing Curves......................................................73
■ Using the Cord Guide Bobbin Cover....................73
Elastic Zigzag Stitches ......................................74
■ Tape/Elastic Attaching..........................................74
■ Overcasting..........................................................74
Overcasting......................................................75
■ Overcasting Using Presser Foot “G”....................75
■ Overcasting Using Presser Foot “J”......................76
■ Overcasting Using the Optional Side Cutter ........77
■ When Sewing Straight Stitches While
Using the Optional Side Cutter............................78
Blind Hem Stitches...........................................79
■ If the Needle Does Not Catch the Fold ................80
■ If the Needle Catches Too Much of the Fold........80
Appliqués .........................................................80
■ Sewing Sharp Curves............................................81
Shell Tuck Stitching..........................................81
Scalloping.........................................................81
Top Stitching.....................................................82
Smocking..........................................................82
Fagoting............................................................83
Tape or Elastic Attaching..................................84
Heirloom Stitching............................................85
■ Hemstitching (1) (Daisy Stitch) ............................85
■ Hemstitching (2) (Drawn Work (1)) .....................85
■ Hemstitching (3) (Drawn Work (2)) .....................86
Buttonhole Stitches...........................................87
■ Sewing Stretch Fabrics .........................................90
■ Buttons That Do Not Fit into the Button Holder
Plate .....................................................................90
■ Darning ................................................................91
Bar Tacks..........................................................92
■ Bar Tacks on Thick Fabrics...................................93
Button Sewing...................................................94
■ Attaching a 4-Hole Button....................................95
■ Attaching a Button with a Shank ..........................95
Eyelets...............................................................95
Multi-Directional Sewing (Straight Stitch and
Zigzag Stitch)............................................................96
Zipper Insertion................................................97
■ Centered Zipper ...................................................97
■ Side Zipper...........................................................98