|
Thank you to Bryden S. for sharing this method with me.
I hope everyone finds it as useful and timesaving as I do!
I use a stand-alone Babylock Coverstitch machine. You should
be able to follow along with different brands, but some of the
steps may be different (releasing tension, for example). Belinda
has put together an excellent tutorial for ending the coverstitch
on the Brother 2340CV, here.
|
|
1. Stop stitching with the needles in the highest
position, or turn the handwheel to raise them if needed. Next,
raise the presser foot and release needle tension. (On the Babylock,
raising the presser foot releases tension at the same time.)
|
2. With a long, skinny tool (I use the needle
allen wrench which came with my machine), sweep under the
presser foot and behind the needles, "hooking" the
needle threads.
|
3. Continue sweeping forward until the needle
threads are pulled out in front of the presser foot.
|
4. Continue pulling the needle threads until
you have a thread loop about 4" long.
|
5. Snip the thread loop in the center so both
needle threads are cut at the same time. (I usually snip while
the skinny tool is still pulling the threads out, but I couldn't
balance the tool, the scissors and the camera all at the same
time.)
|
6. After the needle threads are cut, pull the
fabric straight back.
|
7. Continue pulling straight back until the
needle threads are pulled to the underside (this will happen
as you pull the fabric back), and stop when you have about
5-6 inches of needle thread.
(In this photo, you see the needle threads where
they were cut laying on top of the fabric. The needle threads
in the coverstitch have just disappeared to the underside
by my pulling the fabric.)
|
8. Turn the fabric over and there are your needle
threads on the underside!
|
9. Cut the looper thread, leaving a 4-5 inch
tail at the machine for your next project.
|
10. Needle and looper thread tails ready for
next project.
|
11. Underside. These stitches will not pull
out. Try it! You can finish the tails by threading them under
the looper stitches with a wide-eyed blunt needle, tying a
knot, or applying Fray Block.
(If you are hemming or stitching in the round,
you will need to manually pull the needles threads at the
beginning of your stitching to the back before you get to
the end. I usually do stop hemming right before I get to the
end to do that, and then I continue the last few inches, stitch
over the existing stitches for 2-3 stitches and then use the
method above to pull the ending needle threads to the back.
I hope that was clear!)
|