1. Stitching along lines: Tighten the clutch or thumb screw and without threading the machine, lower the presser foot and practice stitching on paper along lines of various shapes (straight lines, curved lines, broken lines and lines with corners) until you can control the machine reasonably well. To turn corners, stop with the needle down at the exact corner, raise the presser foot and turn the paper to the desired position, leaving the needle in, then lower the presser foot again and stitch.

2. Describe about different types top stitched seam. 3. Explain on types seam finish. Answers for objective questions: 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (d) 134 3. Shell or Scalloped tucks: This is a very decorative tuck made by hand. Make a tuck of � finished width. On the stitch line mark uniformly spaced dots � apart. Do overcasting stitches pull tight on each dot inserting the needle from the wrong side and bring back the needle to wrong side after overcasting and reinsert to the next dot the same way. Repeat the same till the dots end. This is called as shell or scalloped tuck.