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Utility/Garment Sewing
Twenty-fi ve Needle positions
Your
Designer I
USB
has twenty-fi ve different
needle positions for the most accurate seaming
and topstitching ever. When sewing straight
stitch or reinforced straight stitch, the needle po-
sitions can be adjusted in steps. To edge stitch,
you should take advantage of the dif fe rent need-
le positions.
Fabric:
Woven medium
Touch:
Woven medium on the Sewing Advisor,
and Stitch A2 on the Utility Menu A.
Use:
Presser foot A and size 80 needle as recom-
mended.
Sew:
• Fold fabric in two and put it in position under
the presser foot.
• If you need to adjust fabric, touch Pivot
.
Step on foot control. The Sensor Foot lowers
automatically. Stitch with center needle po-
si tion.
• Touch
. Touch stitch width
to move
needle 12 steps to 6 left needle position
= Stitch A1.
Touch to move needle 12 steps to 6 right
needle position = Stitch A3.
Touch stitch width
to move needle back
to center position.
1.
To sew about 1/4" (6mm) from the edge, use
presser foot A and set the needle to 6 right
po si tion. To get the maximum feeding when
edge stitching close to the edge, place the
edge of the fabric so that it follows the out-
side right edge of the presser foot and sew.
2.
To get the maximum feeding when edge stit-
ching close to the edge, place the fabric and
sew with left needle po si tion so that the edge
follows the in si de right edge of the pres ser
foot D, or the fi rst mark of the left edge of the
pres ser foot A.
Use presser foot A when sewing light fabrics and
presser foot D for other fabrics.
.
.
.
Tip:
Snap on the optional Edge Stitching Foot or
Edge Joining Foot for topstitching with dif fe rent
needle positions.
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Summary of Contents for Designer I
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