Overcasting stitch, Blind hem stitch – Kenmore 385.15512 User Manual

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Overcasting Stitch

CD Stitch selector:

(D Stitch length:

1 to 2

Needle thread tension: 1 to 4

@ Presserfoot:

Zigzag

foot

This is useful in garment construction and in finishing raw edges

of any sewing project.
Start overcasting about 1/8” (0.3 cm) inside the raw corner of a
seam. If you start right at the edge, fabric bunches up and the
stitches become tangled.

SECTION V. UTILITY STITCHES AND

DECORATIVE STITCHES

Blind Hem Stitch

0 Stitch selector;

5 or 6

(D Stitch length:

1 to 3

(3)

Needle thread tension: 1 to 4

0 Presser foot:

Zigzag foot

0 Lightweight fabric

@ Heavyweight fabric

0 Wrong side (Bottom side) of fabric

On heavyweight fabrics that ravel, the raw edge should be
overcast first. Then fold the hem, as illustrated leaving 1/4”
(0.7 cm) of the hem edge showing.

Position the fabric on the machine so that the needle just

pierces the folded part of the fabric when the needle comes
over to the extreme left side of wide zigzag stitch

Lower the presser foot..

After hemming is completed, press both sides of the finished

hem. The top side of the fabric shows only the blind stitches.