Sears 385. 1254180, 385. 1264180, 385. 1274180 owner manual Tableofcontents

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

SECTION

1.

t<NOW 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

Machtne

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

 

 

 

5_8

 

o

Plug

in

the Machine

and

Switch on

the Power

5

 

o

Foot

Control

Use

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

 

 

5

 

a

Setting

Spool

Pins

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

 

 

6

 

o

Adiust

the Presser

Foot

Lever

..........

6

 

o

Free

Arm

Sewing:

the

Removable

 

 

 

 

Extens}on

Table

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

 

 

 

7_8

 

Know What the Presser Feet Will Do

..........

 

9_10

 

Choose Your Needle and Thread

 

1!_12

 

Check

Your

Needle

 

 

 

11

 

s

Fabric,

Needle,

 

Thread

and

Stitch

Length Chart

 

12

 

To

Change

 

Your

Needle

 

 

12

 

Prepare

 

the

Bobbin

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

 

 

 

t3_15

 

a

To

Remove

the

Bobbin

Case from

the Machine

....

13

 

o

Wind

the

Bobbin

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

 

 

 

13_14

 

.

tnsert

the

Bobbin into

the

Bobbin

Case

 

15

 

Prepare

 

Your

Top

 

Thread

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

 

 

16_17

 

o

Thread

Your

Needle

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

 

 

16_17

 

o

Pick

 

Up

Your

Bobbin

Thread

 

17

 

Adiust

the

Top

Thread Tension

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

 

18_19

 

Stitch

Selector

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

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

Stitch

Length

 

Controt

 

 

 

21

 

Adiusting

Stretch

 

Stitch

Balance

 

21

 

Reverse

Stitch

 

Control

 

 

 

21

 

Starting

 

To

Sew

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

 

 

 

 

22

SECTION

3.

LEARN

THE

STITCHES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practical

Stitch

Chart

 

 

 

23_25

 

Straight

 

Stitches

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

 

 

 

 

26_27

 

Stragith

Stitch

 

..........

 

 

 

 

26

 

o

Use

the

Seam

Guides

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

 

 

26

 

 

Turn

a Square

Corner

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

 

 

26

 

o

Use

the

Darning

Plate

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

 

 

27

 

a

Topstitching

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

27

 

o

Left

 

Needle

Posltlon

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

 

 

27

 

Darnmg

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

Straight

Stretch

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

 

 

 

28

 

Zigzag

Stitches

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

 

 

 

 

29_36

 

o

Basic Zigzag

 

 

 

 

29

 

e

Satin

Stitch

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

 

 

 

 

30

 

e

Applique

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

e

Bar

Tacking

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

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Monogramming

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

 

 

 

32

 

o

Embroidery

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

 

 

 

 

32

 

e

Sew

a Button

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

 

 

 

33

 

Overcasting

Stitch

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

 

 

34

 

o

Rick-Rack

Stretch

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

 

 

34

 

o

Mending

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

o

Overcasting

Stretch

Stitching

 

36

 

o Serging

or

Pine

Leaf Stretch

Stitching

 

 

 

 

(Mode_s 12741 and

12641)

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

 

36

 

Blind

Hemming

 

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

 

 

 

37

 

Lace

Work

 

 

 

 

,

38

 

Buttonholes

 

 

 

 

 

39_40

 

Sew

in

a

Zipper

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

 

 

 

41_42

 

Shell

Stitching

(Models

12741

and

12641)

..........

43

 

Smocking

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

 

 

 

 

 

43

 

Elastic

Stretch

Stitch

(Model

12741

only)

...........

44

 

Box

Stitching

(Model

12741 only)

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

 

44

SECTION

4.

PERFORMANCE

PROBLEMS

CHART

 

 

What to Do When

45_46

SECTION 5. CARE FOR YOUR MACHINE

 

Replacing

the

Light

Bulb

47

o

Cleaning the Machine

47_50

o

Clean

the

Feed Dogs

47

o

Clean

the

Shuttle

Race

48

o

Oil

behind

the

Face Cover Plate

49

o

Oil

under

the

Top

Cover

49

o

Oil

the

Underside

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

50

PARTS LIST

 

 

 

 

 

51

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

52

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