Serpentine stitch on a Kenmore?
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385 what? That is only the first digits which tell the manufacturer(in this case Janome). Need to know the rest of the digits which are the model number. Like Feline Fanatic said, not all machines have a serpentine stitch.
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Serpentine is a specific decorative stitch. If your machine has it, the icon for it will look like an S. Chances are if you have to ask here, your machine does not do this stitch. Here is a link to a photo of a machine that has the serpentine stitch (#21): http://thesewingcorner.blogspot.com/...stitch-do.html
Edit: Well, I looked at the logo for that serpentine stitch again and it really doesn't look like an S. If you stitch out all the decorative stitches on your machine and none of them look like the serpentine stitch, your machine doesn't have it. Here is a photo of the serpentine stitch (do a ctl/F on your computer and type in serpentine to go directly to the section):
http://www.sew4home.com/tips-resourc...pular-part-1-4
As someone else mentioned, if your machine does not have a serpentine stitch, a good substitute is to use a walking foot and manually guide your quilt sandwich from side to side as you sew.
Edit: Well, I looked at the logo for that serpentine stitch again and it really doesn't look like an S. If you stitch out all the decorative stitches on your machine and none of them look like the serpentine stitch, your machine doesn't have it. Here is a photo of the serpentine stitch (do a ctl/F on your computer and type in serpentine to go directly to the section):
http://www.sew4home.com/tips-resourc...pular-part-1-4
As someone else mentioned, if your machine does not have a serpentine stitch, a good substitute is to use a walking foot and manually guide your quilt sandwich from side to side as you sew.
Last edited by Prism99; 12-24-2015 at 12:15 AM.
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I was surprised that my Janome Magnolia 7330 did not come with a serpentine stitch. Seems like a pretty common stitch that is used a lot by quilters. I will practice using the walking foot & manually guiding my fabric from side to side.
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My Bernina does a serpentine stitch but that isn't the look of it on the stitch selector. It is a zig zag stitch that makes 3-4 stitches on each zig zag direction. When you put the stitch at its largest stitch distance it becomes the serpentine stitch. Do you have a many stitch zig zag on your machine?
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I have an older, small Kenmore and to do the serpentine stitch, I select the zigzag and then adjust both the stitch length and width to 3. It provides a nice curve instead of the sharp corner of the zigzag. You may have to experience with the length & width on your machine, because I have shown this to other people and their machine will be slightly different.
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