Bernina 700D - Page 14

MASTERING YOUR BERNINA
®
1/04/02 700D/800DL/14
BERNINA
®
700D/800DL
MASTERING
YOUR
BERNINA
®
DIFFERENTIAL FEED
Gathering and Easing
Fabric: Medium weight cotton, 3” x 12”
Needle: 80/12 Universal
Thread: 4 cones of serger thread
Presser Foot: Standard
• Owner’s manual pg.___
• Using a fabric marker divide the fabric into 3 equal sections along the 12” side.
• Thread the serger for a 4-thread overlock stitch.
• Fine tune the tensions for a balanced overlock stitch (3-5).
• Turn the differential feed dial to 2.
• Serge to the first mark.
• Adjust stitch length to 4mm and serge to the second mark.
• Move the thread tension levers up to 8 to increase the needle thread tensions.
• Serge to the end of the fabric.
• Return the differential feed to “N” (normal).
• Return the stitch length to 2.5 (normal).
• Move the thread tension levers to return tensions to normal (3-5).
• Mark the sample: Differential Feed 2; Differential Feed 2 & Stitch Length 4; Differential Feed 2
& stitch length 4 & increased needle tension.
• Trim and mount the sample.
Diff. Feed 2
SL 4mm
Diff. Feed 2
Increased needle tensions
SL 4mm
Diff. Feed 2