Baby Lock Ovation (BLES8) Instruction and Reference Guide - Manual (Page 38)

When sewn on a fold, flatlocking can create a decorative effect
within the body of a garment or project. Either follow placement lines
on your pattern or design your own special effects by stitching the
fabric before laying out pattern pieces. Then open the fabric fold and
gently pull both sides until the flatlock stitching lies flat. (fig. A)
Be sure to sew a test sample first.
For 2-thread flatlock - wide
1. Engage the threading lever in threading position.
2. Place the needle thread on the "OVERLOCK NEEDLE 1" spool
pin. Slip the thread through the "O-1" telescopic antennae thread
guide directly above the spool.
3. Snap needle thread into the upper looper pretension thread guide
on top of the machine, then go down the upper looper thread path
in the front of the machine. Go left with the needle thread toward
the hooked thread guide on front of the machine. Then take the
needle thread through the normal needle thread paths (see
illustration below).
4. Turn the cutting blade to the "locked" position.
5. Engage the subsidiary looper (following step 3 on page 35).
6. Thread the lower looper as shown in the illustration below.
7. Engage the threading lever in the serging position.
For "loops" (lower looper thread) to show on the right side, place
fabric wrong sides together for sewing the seam. To produce the
"ladder" (needle thread) on the outside, place the fabric right sides
together. (fig. B)
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Position the fabric under the presser foot, aligning the fold of the fabric 1/8 inch (3.5mm) to the left
of the upper cutting blade.
Note: If the fabric does not pull completely flat under the stitches, guide the fabric fold to the left so
that the loops hang slightly off the fold as they are being stitched. (fig.C)
Move the stitch selector lever to "A" and follow the suggested settings and threading diagram below.
NEEDLES
O-1
LENGTH
2-4
WIDTH
7.5
STITCH
SELECTOR
A
WAVE/OVERLOCK
SELECTOR
OVERLOCK
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