LIESEL'S PRACTICAL POUFBUNNY AREA

on Petticoat Pond


6. STITCH SETTINGS


Some machines let you select the number of stitches per inch and the width of the stitch. About ten or twelve stitches per inch seems to be the general purpose setting. More stitches per inch gives a tighter seam and uses more thread per inch of seam sewn. I’ve found that high numbers of stitches per inch don’t seem to work well with some materials. Experiment with some scraps of the material you will be using in your project before you start on the real sewing. A stitch width of zero is a normal straight stitch. That’s what I use most of the time. A stitch width of more than zero is a zigzag stitch and the higher the stitch width the wider the zigzag is. Zigzag stitches seem to work good where you need to let the material stretch in the direction of the sewing. Wide zigzags stretch more than narrow ones. A straight stitch will not stretch.

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