Bernina 900 - Pintucking Techniques; Sewing Pintucks; Pintuck Corner Sewing; Fancy Patterns with Double Needle

Pintucking
. .Sewing Pintuck
Corners Fancy Patterns
with double needle
Because of the double needle,
corners (Remove the cord)
cannot be turned at right angles
in one
stitch,
as with a single needle.
- t\ You should therefore
proceed thus:
--
Bring the points of the needles into
the
work. Lift presser
foot. Half turn work. K
_Lower
presser foot.
Turn balance wheel
by hand to do one stitch leaving needle
points in work.
Lift presser
foot and
con-
tinue. When designs are sewn in between or
K ,close to the tucks, use the pintuck foot
Mfor
automatic
guiding. For twin
needle
...... embroidery without pintucks, use the
embroidery foot.
Sewing
pintucks How the
pintucking yarn is intro-
dluced
K
, 1
To sew
pintucks, 2 top threads are need-
ed (for double needle). When threading
the machine take care that the two
threads are
not twisted together,
but
bring them singly from
take-up lever to
the needles.
iH
The quickest
way to set up the ma- The gimp is threaded
like this:
chine
for pintucking The regular
spacing between the tucks
Insert
bobbin case. (Do not bring up is controlled automatically
by the groo- 7"7 . ....
7
lower thread
yet.) Insert
and thread
the veson
the underside
of thefoot.
(When
twin
needle.
embroidery
is
eventually
to
be
sewn
Thread the gimp
through the hole in the between tucks, then
a width of exactly 1
needle plate (the free arm cover can be
presser foot is required.)
removed
for this) and finally
bring up
the bottom thread and clip on the
pin-
tuck foot.
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