Sears KENMORE 385.128418 User Manual

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SECTION 3.. LEARN THE STITCHES

Darning

Straight Stretch

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Set the №taehine

Stich selector

Top thread tenston
control i to 4

Stitch length

Any nymber

!r»ot necessary
to adiust)

Here's How

Put the darning plate on the needle plate

{see p.24).

Remove presser foot, stretch fabric between

embroidery hoops with hole centered.

Draw the bobbin thread up through the

fabric by holding the top thread and taking

one stitch at the spot where you wish to

start darning.

4 . Lower the presser bar and ssw at a slow

speed.

Move the fabric back and forth slowly until

you have covered the darning area.

Turn the fabric half turn and sew another

layer of stitching over the first layer.

MOTE:

If your fabric is thin or badly

damaged, use a separata piece of fabric

under the hole to reinforce it

When you finish darning, remove the darning

plate.

This stitch is the stretch variation of

the straight stitch, especially develop

ed for knits and stretch fabrics.

This stitch can also be used for

topstitching on alt fabrics.

curved

seams

and

any

garments that will receive a great

deal of strain (ie. children’s

clothes).

The

stretch

stitch

does

not

actually stretch as it Is being

sewn, but is stitched in a

forward

and

back

motion

{sometimes called a "reverse

action" stitch), so that it will

give when the fabric stretches

instead of breaking.