10.2 FABRIC INSPECTION MACHINE 10.3 SPEECIAL ATTACHMRNTS 10.3.1 Hemmers 10.3.2 Ruffler 10.3.3 The Binder 10.3.4 Tucker 10.3 .5 Cloth guide
10.3.6 Cording foot or zipper foot 10.3.7 Gathering foot
10.3.8 Feed cover plate 10.3.9 Circular Attachment
10.1 INTRODUCTION
The sewing machine plays an important part in the twentieth century method of clothes-making. It saves a tremendous amount of time. Remarkable little steel attachments that can be quickly and easily snapped into place perform in a few minutes the work that used to take hours to do by hand. Ten yards of material transformed into the finest pin-tucks in ten minutes and it used to take our grandmothers a full day! Shirring, plaiting, ruffling, bindings, even braided designs can now be made right on the sewing machine with amazing rapidity.
Throughout this lesson you will be taught how to make use of the various attachments that came with your sewing machine in applying trimmings and giving a smart, tailored finish to the clothes you make.
10.2 FABRIC INSPECTION MACHINE
Fig 10.1
The fabric examine machine fig 10.1 are use to check and examine the fabrics. Through this machine we can inspect the defects like major and minor defects. The machine can be grouped in the following way.
⋅ Manual fabric examine machine ⋅ Semi automatic
⋅ Fully automatic.
It has a big inspection table (72"x 30") with light source from top and bottom. The unit if fitted with electronic chokes for instant illumination. It has forward as well as reverse operation and has a variable speed control unit.
There is a foot switch for ease of operation. The unit is fitted with a digital fabric length counter and a digital fault counter. Tensioning device for fabrics is an important feature of the machine along with dual mode operation and continuous checking operation for all types of fabrics.
10.3 SPECIAL ATTACHMRNTS
Some machine attachment may be supply along with the machine when may be purchased it. Other may be available at additional cast. Attachment make sewing machine easier and provide opportunities for decorative sewing. After deciding which attachments you need get, the
attachment has hook end and that rest on the needle clamp.
The attachment most commonly used straight stitch machine and they are listed bellow. 10.3.1HEMMERS
The Hemmers
Hemmers make hems from three-sixteenths of an inch to seven-eighths of an inch wide, right on the machine. They really do beautiful work, infinitely more rapid than you could ever expect to do it by hand, and they should be used whenever the material permits.
Machine hemming with the hemmer attachments means hours saved from hand turning and basting. The hem is turned by the hemmer, and at the same time the line of stitching is guided close to the edge of the hem. Always remember, when hemming by machine, to leave threads at the end sufficiently long to thread a hand needle and fasten the end of the hem. Otherwise it is likely to fray.
There are various widths of hems which can be made with the hemmers, suitable for the usual requirements. But any hem that is more than seven-eighths of an inch in width must be turned and basted first, and then stitched on the machine in the ordinary way
10.3.2 RUFFLER
This attachment is capable of taking gathered or pleated frills, and will take and apply frills to another section at the same time. It is useful in making children’s clothes and curtains.
It is one of the most valuable attachments in sewing machine, and reflects a great deal of credit upon the inventors of these remarkable time-and- money-saving bits of steel. The method of using the ruffler attachment varies with different machines.
10.3.3 THE BINDER
Another very valuable attachment in your box of sewing- machine attachments is the binder. Of course fine bindings can be made by hand, but the modern, time-saving method is to make them on the sewing- machine with the aid of the rapid little binder. With this tiny bit of mechanical steel you can make ten yards of binding in ten minutes.
and is a useful attachment for trimming dresses etc. 10.3.4 TUCKER
This is used for making uniform tucks from 1/8 inches to 1 inch in width. Finest pin tucks, or those three-quarters of an inch in width, they can be very easily made without any basting 10.3.5 CLOTH GUIDE
This is the device which is useful and guiding fabric foe uniform stitching. 10.3.6 CORDING FOOT OR ZIPPER FOOT
This is design for stitching close to a raised edge. It used for applying, cording in to seam and the application of zipper.
10.3.7GATHERING FOOT
This attachment gathers the fabric as it is stitch with fullness locked in every stitch. 10.3.8 FEED COVER PLATE
This is used to cover the feed dog while doing machine embroiling and darning. 10.3.9 CIRCULAR ATTACHMENT
Circular Attachment
The Circular Stitcher is the ideal attachment for sewing circles using straight stitch, zigzag, decorative stitches or even lettering. Circles up to 26cm in diameter are stitched perfectly using this very popular attachment so essential for craft and decorative work. - Suitable for most top loading machines
