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Foot
Hemmer-Hemming
Raise
the
needle
to
the
highest
point.
Substitute
the foot
hemmer
for
the
presser
foot
(see
Fig.
L7).
Clip
off
the rieht
hand
corner
of
the
cloth,
so that
it will
take
the roll
more
natur-
ally,
turn up
the
edge about
a
quar-
ter
of an inch,
insert
it
in the
mouth
of
the
hemmer
and
draw
or
push
it
along
with
the
sti-
letto
until
under
the
needle.
Then let
down
the
presser
bar
and
after taking
two or three stitches,
draw
gently
on
the
ends
of the
threads to
help
the
work
along
till
the feed
catches
it.
In
orde{
tq
produce
a smooth
even
hem the
mouth of the
hemmer
must
be
kept
just
full, the edge
of
the
goods
entering
the
hemmer
must
be
moved
to
the left to
fill the
hemmer, or to
the
right
if
too
full.
Fig.
17
shows
also
what
is known
as
a bag
seam
or fell, made
by
passing
both
edges
of two
pieces
of
fabric
through
the
hemmer
togdther
and
hemming
them down.
Hemmirrg
and
Sewing
on Lace
in One
Operation
19
needle
goes
down
through
the
lace
and
hem
together.
Then
let
down
the
presser
bar
and
guide
the
lace
ovel
the
front
of
the
hemmer,
keeping
it
well
into
the
slot.
\
The
two
pieces
wrong
side
out,
the
Foot
Hemmer-Felling
of
cloth
to
be felled
should
be laid
together,
edge
of the
under
piece
being
a little
farther
to
the
right
than
the
upper
piece.
Stitch
them
together
using
the
hemmer
as
a
presser
foot,
the
front
end
of
the
hemmer
forming
a
guide
for
the
edges
of
both
pieces,
the
upper
piece
being
guided
by the
inside
and the
under
piece
by
the
outside
of
the
projecting
front
of
the foot hemm.i
(*..
Fig-
19).
Then
open
the
work
out
flat,
wrong
side
up,
the
edges
standing
up
straight,
and taking
the
edges
near
the
beginning
of
the
first
s@am
in
the
right
hand,
and
the
ends
of
the
thread
in
the
left
hand,
draw
the
edges
into
the
hem-
mer
which
will
turn
them
as in
hemming
and
guide
straight
to
ensure
a
perfect
fell
(see
Fig.
20).
.
Start
the
hem
as
started
raise the
needle
relieve
its
pressure
on
the
hem,
pass
the
end of
the
lace
through
the slot
in
the side of the
hem-
mer,
under
the
back
of
the
hemmer
and
over the
hem,
as
shown
in
Fig.
18.
Take
care
that
the
hem is
not dis-
placed
in the hem-
mer and that
the
previously
explained,
and
when
it is well
to its
highest
point.
Raise
the
hemmer to
Frc.
L7
Frc.
19
Frc.
20
Frc.
18