Operation Manual

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3:8
Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques
Richelieu
This artistic form of eyelet and insert
embroidery is easy to sew with your
sewing machine.
• Using a magic marker, draw your
motif onto the right side of the fabric.
• Then place two layers of water-soluble
stabilizer underneath the fabric to be
embroidered and hoop both the fabric
and the stabilizer into an embroidery
hoop.
• Insert decorative embroidery foot
number 1.
• To lend more durability to the
embroidery, sew all of the contours twice
using the straight stitch (stitch length
approx. 1 mm).
• Then carefully cut out the fabric 2 mm
next to the contour from the areas which
are to be hollow. The stabilizer must not
move.
• Embroider the contours with a dense
zigzag stitch.
• Finally, simply dissolve the stabilizer
in cold water and your one-of-a-kind
design is À nished.
Eyelet embroidery
Traditional eyelet embroidery which
previously had to be made laboriously
by hand can now be made quite easily
with the help of an eyelet plate (special
accessory).
This is very effective on blouses, bed or
table linen. Use utility stitches such as the
zigzag stitch, blindhem stitch, or elastic
stitch. .
For classic eyelet embroidery, use stitch G
(1546), E (1536/1526), with a stitch width
3-5
mm.
• Remove the presser foot. Set the
presser bar lifter at the darning position
(see page 2:17).
• Place the eyelet plate on the needle
plate, making sure pin A À ts in the
middle cutout of the needle plate. Then
push the plate down at the front.
• Place the marked fabric taut in an
embroidery hoop. Cut one or two of the
fabric threads and push the fabric over
the pin in the eyelet plate. The fabric must
À t snugly around the pin.
• Draw up the bobbin thread and hold
it for the À rst few stitches.
• Stitch around the cut with the selected
stitch. It is important to turn the fabric
slowly and evenly. The stitches should be
very close to each other.
• Afterwards secure with straight stitch.