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Tapering
You can taper the beginning and end of the decorative
stitch patterns to create tapered corners and points.
Press the tapering icon key to enter the tapering mode
(refer to page 31).
q Tapering icon key
Stitch reference chart for tapering
Press the stitch reference key to show the stitch
reference chart for the tapering.
w Stitch reference key
e Stitch reference chart for tapering
r Page number
Tapered stitch sample 1
Example: To sew the tapered stitch pattern #9
Select the stitch pattern #9.
Start the machine. The machine sews the start tapering
pattern and pattern body.
Sew to the required length, then press the auto-lock
button. The machine sews the end tapering pattern and
stops.
!0 Auto-lock button
!1 Required length
!2 Start tapering pattern
!3 End tapering pattern
Preview
Press the edit box to preview the selected tapering stitch.
The left column shows the start tapering pattern y.
The center column shows the pattern body u.
The right column shows the end tapering pattern i.
t Edit box
y Start tapering pattern
u Pattern body
i End tapering pattern
When the size of the tapering stitch is set, the number of
the pattern body to be sewn appears above the center
column.
o Number of body patterns
To sew the same sized tapered pattern
When nished sewing, a conrmation message will
appear. The number shown indicates the number of the
body patterns.
!4 Number of the body pattern
Press OK and simply start the machine to sew another
tapered pattern of the same size.
To sew the same tapered pattern in a different size, press
the X key.
NOTE:
• The tapering length varies depending on the
stitch pattern and its tapering shape. Make a test
stitch on an extra piece of the fabric to check the
tapering length.
• If you stop the machine while sewing, and change
the stitch width, center needle position or stitch
length, the machine will start tapered sewing from
the beginning.
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