Sears 385. 11607 owner manual Contents

TABLE

SECTION 1.

KNOW THE MACHINE

A Portable

Case or

Cabinet

is Avaialble

3

Locate and

Identify

the

Parts

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

3_4

Identify

the

Accessories

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

4

SECTION 2.

PREPARE

THE MACHINE

FOR SEWING

Set

Up

the

Machine

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

5_7

=

Plug

in

the

Machine

and

Switch on

the Power

5

=

Foot

Control

Use

5

•

Setting

Spool

Pins

6

,=,

Adjust

the

Presser Foot

Lever

6

o

Thread

Cutter

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

6

a

Free

Arm

Sewing:

the

Removable

Extension Table . , , 7

,

Accessories

Storage

Box

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

7

=

Change

the

Presser

Foot

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

7

Choose

the

Needle

and

Thread

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

7_8

o

To

Change

the

Needle

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

7

=

Check

the Needle

8

=

Fabric,

Needle,

Thread

and

Stitch

Length Chart ....

8

Prepare

the

Bobbin

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

9"_10

=

To

Remove

the

Bobbin

Case from

the Machine

9

•

Wind

the

Bobbin

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

9_--10

=

Insert

the

Bobbin

into

the

Bobbin

Case

10

Prepare

the

Top Thread

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

11_12

=

Thread

the

Needle

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

!1

o

Pick

Up

the

Bobbin

Thread

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

12

Adjust

the

Top

Thread

Tension

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

13_14

Reverse

Stitch

Control

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

14

Stitch

Selector

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

15

Stitch

Length

Control

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

16

Adjusting

Stretch Stitch Balance (Model 12714 only)

_ . _ 16

Starting

To

Sew

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

17

SECTION 3.

LEARN

THE

STITCHES

Straight

Stitches

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

18_22

o

Straight

Stitch

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

18

•

Use the Seam Guides

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

18

o

Turn

a Square

Corner

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

18

o

Topstitching

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

19

o

Left

Needle Position

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

19

o

Sew in a Zipper

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

20_21

OF CONTENTS

=,	Use the Darning					Plate		22
•	Darning							22
Zigzag Stitches								23_30
•	Basic Zigzag							23
•	Satin		Stitch					24
.	Applique							25
=	Bar Tacking							25
•	Sew a Button					.........................		26
,	Over,casting Stitch							27
	Three-Step				Zigzag			28
o	LaceWork				...........................			2B
o	Blind			Hemming		.........................		29
o	Shell		Stitching					30
o	Box		Stitching					30
Stretch Stitches (Model 12714 only)								31_33
=	Stratght Stretch					.......................		31
=	Rick-Ruck				Stretch			3t
o	Smocking				...............................			32
o	Overcast Stretch					Stitching		32
•	Serging or				Pine Leaf Stretch Stitching			33
=	Elastic			Stretch Stitch				33
Buttonholes								34_35
SECTION 4.	PERFORMANCE					PROBLEMS	CHART
What to				Do When		......................		36-'_37
SECTION 5.	CARE			FOR THE		MACHINE
Replacing				the	Light	Bulb		38
Cleaning				the	Machine	..................		38_39
o	Clean			the	Feed Dogs			38
-	Clean			the	Shuttle	Race		39
Oiling		the		Machine		..........................		40
o Oil		behind			the Face Cover Plate		and Under
	Arm		Cover		Plate	..........................		40
=	Oil	the		Underside		........................		40
PARTS LIST								41

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