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Now what happens when you actually are trying to go up and over a really thick area, like
denim seam? You’ve got usually about 9 layers that you’re going through at the highest
point of your hem.
Before we do this, I’ve gone ahead and stitched 2 pieces together here and I’m going to
do a little top stitching first. I’m going to cheat … you wait, you can use a foot
that comes with your machine for a little top stitching. Now it will not work all the
time. I said cheating, cheating is okay. You can definitely have some fun with this.
This is your bling hem foot. The blind hem foot is actually got a high to low side or
the blind hem but if we actually find our self with your opened up top, we can do a
little top stitching. First off, I’m going to make sure I tell it, that I am working
with a woven heavy, so select C in the sewing advisor.
Next, we’re going to move our needle position to the far left needle. It’s going to say
minus 3.5 on your screen when we’re all set up properly.
Next, move or as the guide the seam. I know it’s going to be dark here so it’s going
to be hard to see but right down the seam through the … where the 2 feet come together
and when I stitch it’s just going to kind of guide itself all the way down. Now the
true foot you should be using is an edge stitch foot and that’s available at your local
Husqvama Viking dealer.
Because an edge stitch foot is going to have a guide, a blade and the foot is not uneven
so like I said, this isn’t good for all the time, but since we had 2 different heights
here, I had my high side on the left, my low side on the right and it guided it perfectly
down the seam.
Okay. Now we’re switching back. We’re going to talk about how we get up and over
that really thick, thick area.
The multipurpose tool that’s optional is great. We got a lot of uses for it. Putting
in a needle in and out that little hole will allow you to hold it and kind of get it up
there and for the thick and thin side for these seams but also for sawing buttons on.
The buttons if you want a little shrink a thread, you can put it underneath the button
or here and it creates that little spacer or spacer gap.
I’m just going to reselect stitch number 1 that will return my needle back to the center
needle position.
Next, we’re going to go ahead and turn the fabric up 2 times. What normally happens here?
We find our self pushing, pulling, breaking needles, skipping stitches when we go over
that super thick seam. Most people want to saw from this side, believe it or not, when
you top stitch, meaning saw from the top side and look better. You’re going to get a nice
even stitch.
Here’s what we’re going to do, we’re going to set the machine to stop with the
needle in the down position. All right. Up to where the foot starts to get a little bit
angled. You can kind of see it looking up at us. That’s where we have the tendency
to start to push and we put the needle back, we break it, it’s not fun, but with the
tool it’s super easy. Just lift up the presser foot, slide the tool underneath the foot and
right up to the seam, they’ll kind of stop right where the needle is, lower it down.
Now we have our foot is level with the seam we’re about ready to go over. You don’t
even have to push or pull, you don’t even have to hold it. It’s guiding itself right
even with the new height because it was helped to get there. It’s kind of like on a plateau
right now. Then when we come off of this, we can do the exact same thing. Just put the
tool in front of the toes, stitch forward … thread there. There we go. Now, all you
have to do is just make sure you stop eventually. When the foot looks like when you lift it
up, it will come and sit back down and not on that really thick seam, that’s when can
go ahead and take it out. Now you have nice, even stitches.
I always think about the Panama Canal. When you take the ships up through the different
locks, that’s what they’re doing. They’re not pushing the ships up, they’re lifting
it up and look how even those stitches are all the way across your hem.
Anytime you have something thick … to work on, this is the tool that you want to have.
Another thing you can do is if you were starting right on the edge here, what’s going to
happen? Look at that. You’re going to get kind of hung up, tight up, little tiny stitches
and you’re going to have to push it. Take the same tool, put it underneath the foot
back here just to level up the foot until it gets on to the fabric there and see, it’s
already there. Even stitches from the very first stitch it takes.