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UTILITY STITCHES
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h
Select stitch
3
.
• For details, refer to "Selecting stitching" (page
47).
CAUTION
i
Sew the zipper to the piece of fabric with the
extra 3 mm (1/8 inch), starting from the base
of the zipper.
CAUTION
j
When you are about 5 cm (2 inch) from the
end of the zipper, stop the sewing machine
with the needle lowered (in the fabric), raise
the presser foot lever.
k
Open the zipper and continue sewing.
l
Close the zipper, turn over the fabric, and then
baste the other side of the zipper to the fabric.
a
Basting stitching
m
Attach the presser foot holder to the other pin
of zipper foot "I".
If the presser foot holder was attached to the
right pin in step
g
, change it to the left pin.
a
Pin on the left side
b
Needle drop point
●
When using zipper foot "I", be sure to
select the straight stitch (center needle
position), and slowly turn the balance
wheel toward you to check that the
needle does not touch the presser foot. If
a different stitch is selected or the needle
hits the presser foot, the needle may bend
or break.
●
When sewing, be sure that the needle
does not touch the zipper, otherwise the
needle may bend or break.
1
I
1
2
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