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Decorative sewing and embroidery techniques
Floral embroidery
For this fl ower arrangement, only a dense
zigzag stitch was used in combination with the
variable stitch width and the various needle
positions.
• Place stabilizer under the fabric.
• Draw the contures of a fl ower motif with a
self-erasing textile pen.
• Set needle thread tension to “buttonhole”,
select zigzag stitch G (1540), E (1530/
1520), set stitch length to “buttonhole”.
• Flowers:
Select center needle position
and
embroider individual petals. Adjust the stitch
width with the width dial (34) during sewing
according to the contures of the fl ower .
• Leaves:
Select right needle position
and
embroider half of the leaf. Vary the stitch
width using the width dial (27). Turn the
handwheel towards you after fi nishing
the fi rst half of the leaf until the needle is
positioned in the material.
• Turn the material 180 degrees and
embroider the other half of the leaf
Embroidering corners
By changing the stitch width during sewing
of dense zigzag stitches you can embroider
corners with 45 degree angles.
• Set needle thread tension to “buttonhole”,
zigzag stitch G (1540), E (1530/1520), set
stitch length to “buttonhole” and stitch width
5 mm.
• Select right needle position
and embroider a straight line.
• Embroider corner:
After the needle has penetrated the material
to the right, reduce the stitch width using the
width dial (27) by 0.5 mm to 4.5 mm. Sew
a stitch.
• Reduce the width once again by 0.5 mm
and sew a stitch. Continue in this manner
until the stitch width is 0.5 mm.
• Turn the handwheel towards you until the
needle penetrates the material. Turn the
material 90 degrees and sew a stitch.
• Increase the width by 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm.
Sew one stitch.
• Increase the width by 0.5 mm again and
sew one stitch. Continue in this manner until
the initial width is achieved. Now embroider
a straight line.
If the corner is to continue in the opposite
direction, use the outermost left needle position
.
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