INSTITUTO QUERÉTANO DE HERRAMENTALES Y CLUSTER DE PLÁSTICOS

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 dealer to demonstrate the operation of each or the booklets give an instruction for using them. Most of the fabric must be fixed to the presser bar in the place of the presser foot. The

attachment that to fast in the presser bar will have prompt similar to presser foot in shade. Some 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.

This is used for applying ready made or self made bias binding to a straight or curved edge 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

The additional that can be made to basic sewing machine are many and they come under the general term work aids. Work aids are devices which are built into machine and added to them afterwards attached alone side or made. Use what ever ways a resourceful engineer can device to improve productivity improve and maintain quality standards. Produce time and minimized fatigue.

10.4 LET US SUM UP

To check and examine the fabrics, the fabric examine machine are used. Through this machine the defect of the fabric can easily found by the different methods of manual, automatic and semi automatic. The machine attachment provides opportunities for decorative sewing and these attachments are easy to attach to the machine. Based on the application, different attachments are available.

10.5 LESSON END ACTIVITIES

The students may do the following activities based on this lesson Ø Collect the defective fabric samples and analyze its reason Ø Functions of different attachments

10.6 POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

Here the students are asked to discuss about the following points Ø The reason for fabric defects

Ø Needs of special attachment today’s garment construction Ø Various special sewing machine attachments

10.7 REFERENCES:

Ø Practical Clothing construction- part 1 & 2, Mary Mathews, Cosmic press. Ø The complete book of sewing, by Dorling Kindersley, Dorling Kindersley L.t.d... Ø Readers Digest Sewing Guide, The Readers Digest Association

Ø The technology of Clothing Manufacturing, Harold Carr and Barbara Latham. Ø Clothing Technology, Europ Lehrmilied, Vollmer GmbH & Co.