Sears 385.17724 owner manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION	1.	KNOW YOUR				MACHINE
	A Portable			case or Cabinet				is Available	2
	Locate		and Identify				the parts		2_'3
	identify		the Accessories						4
SECTION	2.	PREPARE			YOUR		MACHINE FOR SEWING
	Set Up the Machine						.........................		5_9
	e	Plug in the			Machine and Switch on the Power				5
	o	Foot	Control			Use			5
	o	Setthe		Pressure Dial					6
	o	Setting		Spool		Pins			7
	=	Adjust		the	Presser Foot			Lever	7
	a	Accessory			Storage Box			....................	8

•Free Arm Sewing: the Removal Extension Table . _ . 8"9

Know

What the

Presser Feet Will

Do

............

10_!3

o

Check

Your

Presser Foot

10

a

Change the

Presser Foot

10

•

Presser FootTypes

,

11"_13

Choose Your Needle and

Thread

, . ,

13_14

o

Check

Your

Needle

13

o

Fabric,

Needle,

Thread

and Stitch

Length Chart

14

o

To Change Your

Needle

14

Prepare the

Bobbin

........................

15_16

o

To

Remove the

Bobbin

from

the

Machine

15

•

Wind

the

Bobbin

15

•

insert

the Bobbin into the Bobbin Holder

16

Prepare Your Top

Thread

....................

17_20

o

Thread

Your

Needle

t7

o

Pick Up

Your

Bobbin

Thread

.................

18

o

Adjustthe

Top

Thread

Tension

19_20

Stitch

Selector

..............................

20

Stitch

Width

Control

21

Stitch

Length

Control

21

Adjusting

Stretch Stitch Balance

................

21

Reverse Stitch

Control

22

Starting

To

Sew

...........................

22

SECTI ON 3.

LEARN

THE

STITCHES

Practical

Stitch

Chart

23"_27

Straight

Stitches

.......................

28"_29

e

Straight

Stitch

...........................

28

o

Use the Seam Guides

28

o

Turn

a Square Corner

......................

28

•

Use the

Darning

Plate

.....................

29

•

Topstitching

............................

29

Darning			..............................					30
Straight		Stretch			...........................			30
Zigzag Stitches					..........................			31_38
o	Basic Zigzag				...........................			31
o	Satin Stitch				............................			32
o	Applique							33
	Bar Tacking				.........................			33
o	Monogramming						........................	34
o	Embroidery				.........................			34
o	Sewa		Button					35
o	Overcasting				Stitch			36
• Rick-Rack Stretch								36
o Three-Step Zigzag								37
	Overcast			Stretch			Stitching	38
•	Serging			or Pine Leaf Stretch Stitching				38
Blind Hemming					............................			39
Lace Work				................................				40
Buttonhole				Making			........................	41_47
•	Learning to Sew						Buttonholes	41
o	Built-in			System			........................	42_-43
o	Using		Buttonhole				Attachment	44_47
Sew in		a Zipper			..........................			48_49
Shell Stitching					............................			50
Two-Point				Shell Stitching				50
Smocking				...............................				51
Stretch		Patching						52
Fagoting			Stitch		...........................			52
Herring		Bone Stretch						52
Elastlc		Stretch			Stitch		.........................	53
Box Stitching								53
Two-point				Box	Stitch			54
Overedging				Stitch		...........................		54
Decorate			with Geometric Patterns					55
SECTION 4.	PERFORMANCE						PROBLEMS CHART
When to Do When						........................		56"_57
SECTION 5.	CARE		FOR YOUR MACHINE
Replace the Light						Bulb		58
Clean the			Bobbin			Holder		58
Clean the			Hook		Race and Feed Dogs			59
Oiling the				Machine			..........................	59
PARTS LIST								60"61