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Sewing thin fabrics, Sewing stretch fabrics, Sewing leathers or vinyl fabrics – Brother NX-400 User Manual

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Sewing thin fabrics

When sewing thin fabrics, the stitching may become
misaligned or the fabric may not feed correctly. If
this occurs, place thin paper or stabilizer material
under the fabric and sew it together with the fabric.
When you have finished sewing, tear off any excess
paper.

1 Stabilizer material or paper

Sewing stretch fabrics

First, baste the pieces of fabric together, and then
sew without stretching the fabric.

1 Basting

Sewing leathers or vinyl
fabrics

When sewing the fabrics that may stick to the presser
foot such as leathers or coated fabrics, change the
presser foot to the non stick foot.

1 Leather

Sewing an even seam
allowance

To sew an even seam, start sewing so that the seam
allowance is to the right of the presser foot, and the
edge of the fabric is aligned with either the right edge
of the presser foot or a marking on the needle plate.

Aligning the fabric with the presser foot

Sew while keeping the right edge of the presser
foot a fixed distance from the edge of the fabric.

1 Seam
2 Presser foot

Aligning the fabric with the stitch guide foot

Sew while keeping the right edge of the fabric
aligned with a desired position of markings on the
stitch guide foot.

1 Seam
2 Stitch guide foot
3 Markings

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