baby lock BLSA-CHF Chenille Foot Instructions
- June 12, 2024
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baby lock BLSA-CHF Chenille Foot Instructions
The Chenille Foot is designed to stitch through layers of fabric to create a texturized chenille effect. This foot makes it easy for beginners as well as for experienced quilters and sewers to create gorgeous textured embellishments with strips of fabric.
Instructions:
- Thread your Baby Lock sewing machine with regular weight sewing thread on top and in the bobbin.
- Select a straight stitch, a zigzag stitch or a three-step zigzag stitch. Select short stitch length and a narrow stitch width.
- Remove the foot on the machine and replace by snapping on the Chenille Foot.
- With a rotary cutter, ruler and cutting mat cut bias strips 5/8” (16 mm) wide strips of fabric for the chenille.
- Use a minimum of three layers of fabric strips.
- Place the strips in to the front slot of the presser foot.
- Place the fabric that will be embellished under the presser foot and the strips.
- Sew with a slow to medium speed.
- The Chenille Foot will guide the strips onto the fabric where you want to have the chenille effect. The foot has a channel underneath to allow for the additional layers of chenille strips.
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Using too thin of fabric, fabric that does not ravel or not enough layers can affect the proper feeding of the foot and the look of the finished chenille.
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For extra stability use a Baby Lock Stabilizer underneath the main fabric being embellished.
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Rub the strips with a stiff brush to fray or machine wash project and tumble dry so the edges of the chenille strips fray and raise to create the desired effect.
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This foot also makes it easy to apply prepared chenille tapes. Pre-cut chenille bias tapes such as Chenille-It® Brand are available in various colors.
References
Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
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