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-Now imagine topstitching a seam and the bulkiest part being in the centre, being fed by those short feed dogs? Beside it, going over the longer feed dogs, there may be just one layer of fabric or fewer layers of fabric. When that is the case the risk of irregular feeding increases and with it the risk for skipped stitches. So I prefer to do topstitching so that the bulkiest part of a seam is being properly gripped by those longer feed dogs.
+Now imagine topstitching a seam and the bulkiest part being in the centre, being fed by those short feed dogs? Beside it, going over the longer feed dogs, there may be just one layer of fabric or fewer layers of fabric. When that is the case the risk of irregular feeding increases and with it the risk for skipped stitches. So I prefer to do topstitching so that the bulkiest part of a seam is being properly gripped by at least one of those longer feed dogs. My Babylock Coverstitch machine seems to have more effective feed dogs in the centre as well as a better positioning of the pressure foot, so the risk for skipped stitches is considerably less on a Babylock BLCS.
 I intend to expand a little on this in the chapter on [[Top stitching#Top stitching and feed dogs|Top stitching]].

Coverstitching