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Presser Foot L-shaped mechanical lever with a large opening in the base through
which the needle must pass when sewing. For each stitch
penetration, the presser foot comes down and pushes the fabric flat
against the machine table, holding it steady for the needle to
penetrate. After the needle raises back up, the presser foot rises as
well, allowing the pantograph to move the garment to the next stitch
point.
Puckering Result of the fabric being gathered by the stitches. Many possible
causes include loose hooping, lack of backing, incorrect tension, or
dull needle.
Punching Conversion of artwork into a series of commands to be read by an
embroidery machine's computer. Derived from an early method of
machine embroidery where paper tapes or jacquards punched with
holes that represented stitches.
Push - Pull
Compensation
A software function that changes the width of the stitches to
compensate for the "give" of a fabric. Adjusting the pull-
compensation setting is useful if you are sewing on knit fabrics
because these fabrics tend to stretch. Suppose that you have
punched a design with a Satin border. You sew the sample and
realize that there is a gap between the Satin border and Fill stitches.
To solve this problem, you increase the pull-compensation.
Some general rules
• Circular shapes tend to pull in at the sides and pull out at the top
and bottom during sewing. You need to compensate for this by
increasing the pull-compensation so that your circular shape
appears oval on-screen. When you sew the shape, due to the
give of the fabric, the shape sews out perfectly round.
• Straight column stitches pull in during sewing. To compensate for
this pulling, you need to increase the pull-compensation.
ESX Unified File
Format
The ESX file format contains outlines and stitches in a single design
file. The icon and the imported bitmaps are also stored in this file.
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