Mode d'emploi BERNINA 530

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[. . . ] Flat joining seams, visible seams, attaching elastic, decorative seams Sewn out zig-zag Edge finishing and reinforcing, attaching elastic, decorative seam 16 Lycra stitch All two-way stretch fabrics, flat joining seams and hems, reinforced seaming on underwear 17 Stretch stitch All stretch fabrics; open seam in sportswear 18 Reinforced Overlock For medium-weight knitware and toweling; overlock seam, flat joining seam 19 Knit Overlock For knit material, hand- and machine made items, overlock seam = sewing and finishing in one step 20 Simple darning program Automatic darning of fine to medium weight materials 22 Basting stitch For basting seams, hems, quilts, etc. 15 9 38 Practical stitches Stitch pattern selection Via menu selection ██ press «Home»-button select the desired main category 1-4 via the «Navigation»-buttons Practical stitches Decorative stitches Alphabets Buttonholes ██ press «OK»-button to confirm ►► the available stitch patterns are displayed All of the other stitch patterns can be selected by scrolling via the «Navigation»-buttons. ██ select desired stitch number via «Navigation»-buttons ██ press «OK»-button to confirm 1 2 3 4 ██ 1 2 3 4 By stitch number ██ select the desired stitch number via the «Direct selection»-buttons ►► stitch number and basic setting of stitch width and stitch length appear on the display The «Direct selection»-button 0 selects stitch number 51 (standard buttonhole). 033471. 52. 04_2014-02_Manual_B530_550_EN Practical stitches 39 Temporary altered stitch memory Customizing stitch pattern individually According to material and purpose a stitch pattern can be altered individually. The alterations described here are applicable for all practical and many decorative stitches. Any stitch length or width alterations will be saved automatically. For example: ̶̶ sew an altered stitch, e. g. zig-zag ̶̶ select and sew another stitch, e. g. straight stitch ̶̶ return to zig-zag, your alterations are still active Return to basic settings Individual stitch patterns can be reverted to basic settings manually. ██ press «clr»-button or ██ switch off the sewing computer ►► any alterations of all stitches are deleted Application: ̶̶ for all stitch patterns ̶̶ especially useful for alternate applications The temporary altered stitch memory is unlimited. It can hold alterations to any number of stitches (stitch length, stitch width, needle position, mirror images and balance). The temporary altered stitch memory fix The factory basic stitch settings may be altered and saved, even after the sewing computer is turned off. The original settings are always visible. Altering the basic settings ██ select stitch pattern e. g. 3cm ̶̶ same procedure as with foot No. 1 Reinforcement Use fine material or (adhesive) interlining as a backing. Darning area becomes distored Correct with the Balance function (see Balance-Function page 36). Zig-zag Reverse pattern foot/sole No. 2 ̶̶ ̶̶ ̶̶ ̶̶ for all fabrics for finishing raw edges elastic seams decorate sewing A B C Finishing edges ██ guide edge of fabric into the center of the presser foot ██ do not select too wide a stitch ██ do not select too long a stitch ██ needle goes into fabric on one side and over the edge into the air on the other side ̶̶ the edge of the fabric should lie flat and not roll ̶̶ use a fine darning thread for lightweight fabric Satin stitch ̶̶ dense, short zig-zag (stitch length 0. 5-0. 7mm) ̶̶ use satin stitch for appliqué, embroidery, etc. A Zig-zag with altered stitch width B Zig-zag with altered stitch length C Finishing edges with zig-zag 033471. 52. 04_2014-02_Manual_B530_550_EN Practical stitches 45 Double overlock Reverse pattern foot/sole No. 10 Closed seam Double overlock seam in loose knits and cross seams in knits and jerseys. Knits and jersey ̶̶ use a new Jersey needle to prevent damaging the loops ̶̶ if necessary loosen presser foot pressure Sewing stretch materials If necessary use a stretch needle (130/705 H-S). 033471. 52. 04_2014-02_Manual_B530_550_EN 46 Practical stitches Top stitching edges Blindstitch foot/sole No. 1 Narrow edgestitching Outer edges ██ place edge of fold left against the guide on the blindstitch foot/sole ██ select needle position at the desired distance left from the folded edge 5 Hem edges ██ place edge of fold (inside upper edge of hem) right against the guide on the Blindstitch foot/sole ██ select needle position to the right to sew along the upper edge Blindstitch foot/sole No. 10 (optinal accessory) Any needle position possible. Wide edgestitching Material guidance Presser foot as guide: ██ guide the folded edge along the edge of the presser foot Stitch plate as guide: ██ guide the folded edge along the marks on the stitch plate (1 to 2. 5cm) Seam guide as guide: ██ loosen the screw on the back of the presser foot ██ insert the seam guide into the hole of the presser foot ██ adjust the wide as desired ██ tighten the screw ██ guide the folded edge along the seam guide Presser foot shaft/sole ██ insert the seam guide into the hole of the presser foot shank ██ adjust wide as desired ██ guide the folded edge along the seam guide To sew parallel wide lines, guide the seam guide along a previously sewn line of stitches. 033471. 52. 04_2014-02_Manual_B530_550_EN Practical stitches 47 Blind hem Blindstitch foot/sole No. 9 For invisible hems in medium to heavy cotton, wool and blended materials. Preparation ██ finish raw edges ██ fold and baste or pin the hem Wrong side of the material ██ ██ ██ fold the fabric back over the right side of the fabric to expose the finsihed lower edge place under presser foot and move the folded edge against the metal guide on the presser foot Right side of the material Sewing ̶̶ the metal guide on the sole of the blindstitch sole can be adjusted sideways by turning the screw on the right ̶̶ the needle should just pierce the edge of the fold (as when hand blindstitching) ██ after sewing about 10cm, check both sides of fabric and adjust width again if necessary Fine stitch width adjustment Guide the folded edge evenly along the metal guide on the foot = even depth. [. . . ] speeding up) can result in slightly too short or too long stitches ̶̶ continuous movement (no abrupt movements) will provide best results ̶̶ do not pivot the fabric while sewing Quilt gloves with rubber fingertips will help when guiding the work. Application example: ̶̶ BSR with zig-zag No. 2 ̶̶ the zig-zag can be used for thread painting ̶̶ areas can be filled and therefore forms or pictures can be created BSR Function deactivation pull out the plug of the BSR presser foot connection cable on the sewing computer ██ remove the BSR presser foot ██ 033471. 52. 04_2014-02_Manual_B530_550_EN 70 Alphabets Alphabets ██ press «Home»-button select the «Alphabet»-icon on the Main Display via the «Navigation»-buttons press the «OK»-button to confirm the Alphabet Display providing the following four alphabets appears: Block alphabet Double Block alphabet Cyrillic alphabet Hiragana ██ A B C D ►► A B C D ██ select the desired alphabet via the «Navigation»-buttons press the «OK»-button to confirm ►► the character set appears ██ ██ 033471. 52. 04_2014-02_Manual_B530_550_EN Combi mode 71 Combi mode/memory Programming practical stitches/decorative stitches/alphabets 100 stitch patterns, lettering or numbers can be combined and saved in the combi mode/memory. The contents are kept until they are deleted by the user. A power cut or switching off the sewing computer does not have any effect on the stored contents. [. . . ]