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Darning – Brother CS-8150 User Manual

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Darning

Fabric that has been torn can be darned.
Darning is sewn as shown below.

1

Determine the desired length of the darning.
Set the button guide plate on buttonhole foot
“A” to the desired length. (The distance
between the markings on the presser foot scale
is 5 mm (3/16 inch).)

1 Presser foot scale
2 Length of darning
3 5 mm (3/16 inch)
4 7 mm (1/4 inch)

• A bar tack with a maximum length of about

28 mm (1-1/8 inch) can be sewn.

2

Attach buttonhole foot “A”.
• For details, refer to “Replacing the presser

foot” (page 41).

3

Select stitch

52

or

53

.

• For details, refer to “Selecting stitching”

(page 66).

4

Position the fabric so that the needle is 2 mm
(1/16 inch) in front of the area to be darned,
and then lower the presser foot lever.

1 Tear
2 2 mm (1/16 inch)

Pass the upper thread down through the hole
in the presser foot.
• When lowering the presser foot, do not push

in the front of the presser foot, otherwise the
darning will not be sewn with the correct
size.

1 Do not reduce the gap.

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1 Reinforcement stitching

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2

3

4

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2

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