Sewing
5 Stitch Overview 54
Stitch
patterns
Stitch
number
Name Purpose
12 Gathering Stitch For gathering with heavier threads and for flat
joining seams on medium-weight fabrics.
13 Stretch Overlock For sewing together and finishing knit fabrics as
well as for flat joining seams.
14 Tricot Stitch For visible hems and seams in lingerie and
sweaters and for mending tricot fabric.
15 Universal Stitch For flat joining seams, visible hems and decorative
seams in heavy fabrics such as felt and leather
and for attaching elastic tape.
16 Stitched Zigzag For finishing and reinforcing fabric edges, for
sewing on elastic tape and for decorative seams.
17 Lycra Stitch For flat joining seams, visible hems on lycra fabric
and for stitching over seams in undergarments.
18 Stretch Stitch For stretchy seams and hems in woven and knit
fabrics.
19 Reinforced Overlock For overlock seams or flat joining seams on
medium-weight knit fabrics and toweling.
20 Knit Overlock For stretchy seams and hems in woven and knit
fabrics.
21 Basting Stitch For tacking seams, hems and for quilting projects.
22 Simple Darning Program For automatic darning in fine to heavy fabrics.
23 Reinforced Darning
Program
For automatic darning in heavy materials.
24 Bartack Program For reinforcing pocket openings, buttonholes and
sewing belt loops.
25 Bartack Program For reinforcing pocket openings and securing
seam ends.
26 Large Fly Stitch For reinforcing pocket openings, zippers and slits
in medium-weight to heavy fabrics.
27 Small Fly Stitch For reinforcing pocket openings, zippers and slits
in fine to medium-weight fabrics.