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1
Put top layer of fabric with patchwork and/
or appliqué, quilting cotton and bottom
fabric together by using pin or basting
stitches.
2
Assemble the quilt presser foot.
Raise the presser bar. Loosen the setscrew for press-
er foot holder and remove the presser foot holder
❶
.
(Refer to page 20)
Set the quilting foot and tighten the setscrew
❷
for
presser foot.
7.18. Quilting (free motion)
It is called free motion quilting when moving the fabrics freely
towards any directions without using the feed dog of sewing
machine.
Free curve seams, etc. can be produced with the feed dog
lowered (drop feed) regardless of the direction of sewing (i.e.,
360 degrees) by moving the material by hand.
*
Be sure to sew straight stitch pattern
(center stitch base).
In the case of performing free-motion
stitching using a zigzag pattern, the
separately-available quilt presser foot
(zigzag type) and presser foot joint are
necessary.
4
Place the fabric underneath the presser
foot and lower the presser foot.
5
Adjust the presser foot height according
to the material thickness.
・
Height of the presser foot can be changed with the
presser foot screw.
・
It is also possible to adjust the presser foot
height using the micro-lifter height setting function.
Adjust the presser foot height with
.
The set value is confi rmed by pressing
.
The material can be moved smoothly with no resis-
tance by adjusting the presser foot height to about
1 mm
❸
above the material.
* The sewing machine is capable of sewing beau-
tifully even multi-layered sections of material by
decreasing the presser foot pressure.
No.
Pattern
Presser foot
001
Quilt presser foot (for
the ruler) (Q)
3
Press the feed dog icon to lower the feed
dog.
: Feed dog is engaged
: Feed dog is disengaged
❸
❷
❶
Leave the machine in
Lock mode