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hemmer foot question barney 09-08-2006
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Posted by barney on September 8, 2006, 3:15 pm
I have tried a universal hemmer foot on my Toyota 2400 EC1 machine
without success.
Although the material feed is OK the stiching falls outside the hem!!
A friend mentioned that on her sewing machine there is a needle
position control.
My machine doesn't have this feature.The only way I can think of to try
to make the foot work is to use a small shim to move the foot towards
the left.
Any help welcomed.


Posted by Pogonip on September 8, 2006, 4:42 pm
barney wrote:
> I have tried a universal hemmer foot on my Toyota 2400 EC1 machine
> without success.
> Although the material feed is OK the stiching falls outside the hem!!
> A friend mentioned that on her sewing machine there is a needle
> position control.
> My machine doesn't have this feature.The only way I can think of to try
> to make the foot work is to use a small shim to move the foot towards
> the left.
> Any help welcomed.
>

You may need to widen your stitch.
http://searchwarp.com/swa31749.htm shows how it is done.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by barney on September 15, 2006, 7:31 am

Pogonip wrote:
> barney wrote:
> > I have tried a universal hemmer foot on my Toyota 2400 EC1 machine
> > without success.
> > Although the material feed is OK the stiching falls outside the hem!!
> > A friend mentioned that on her sewing machine there is a needle
> > position control.
> > My machine doesn't have this feature.The only way I can think of to try
> > to make the foot work is to use a small shim to move the foot towards
> > the left.
> > Any help welcomed.
> >
>
> You may need to widen your stitch.
> http://searchwarp.com/swa31749.htm shows how it is done.
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/


Posted by barney on September 15, 2006, 7:35 am
Many thanks for all the suggestions but in the event I just did a
normal hem as I realised that thickness of finished article would be
too thick to go through the hemmer foot.


Pogonip wrote:
> barney wrote:
> > I have tried a universal hemmer foot on my Toyota 2400 EC1 machine
> > without success.
> > Although the material feed is OK the stiching falls outside the hem!!
> > A friend mentioned that on her sewing machine there is a needle
> > position control.
> > My machine doesn't have this feature.The only way I can think of to try
> > to make the foot work is to use a small shim to move the foot towards
> > the left.
> > Any help welcomed.
> >
>
> You may need to widen your stitch.
> http://searchwarp.com/swa31749.htm shows how it is done.
> --
> Joanne
> stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
> http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/


Posted by Kate Dicey on September 8, 2006, 5:41 pm
barney wrote:

> I have tried a universal hemmer foot on my Toyota 2400 EC1 machine
> without success.
> Although the material feed is OK the stiching falls outside the hem!!
> A friend mentioned that on her sewing machine there is a needle
> position control.
> My machine doesn't have this feature.The only way I can think of to try
> to make the foot work is to use a small shim to move the foot towards
> the left.
> Any help welcomed.
>
Does your hem foot have an adjustment on it? Take a look at mine here:
http://tinyurl.com/es9jl

The red bit is an adjuster: you turn it and it moves the hem foot
relevant to the needle/presser foot bar.

If you have a look at the whole article on blind hemming, you can see
how it works: http://tinyurl.com/eayq8

If you don't have an adjustable hemmer, use the stitch width adjustment
on the machine so you take a wider 'bite' at the fabric.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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