Kenmore 385.115518, 385.101118 owner manual Index

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A

 

 

 

 

Appliqueing

 

27

B

 

 

 

 

Bar tacking

"

20,

27

Base

 

 

2

Basic zigzag

20,

25

Bobbin

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

 

!1, t3,43

Bobbin

case

 

11, 13, 40,

43

Bobbin

thread

15_16

Bobbin

winding

11_12

Buttonhole

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

 

 

21,

32_33

Buttonhole

guide

foot

....

3, 8, 21, 32_33,

43

Buttonhole

opener

3,

33, 43

Button

sewing

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

 

 

20, 29

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabinet

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

 

 

 

 

 

2

Changing

 

presser

foot

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

 

7

Cleaning

feed

dogs and

shuttle

race ....

39_40

Clutch

 

knob

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

 

 

3,

11

Cording

 

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

 

 

 

 

35

Cornering

guide

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

 

 

22

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darning

 

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

 

 

 

20,

24

Darning

plate

.........

3, 23_24, 28_29,

43

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embroidery

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

 

 

 

 

28

Extension

table

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

 

2, 5

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabric,

needle,

thread

and

 

 

 

stitch

length

chart

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

 

10

Face

cover

plate

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

 

2,

41

Feed

dogs

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

 

 

 

 

39

Foot

control

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

 

 

3_4

Free

arm sewing

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

 

5_6

H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hand

wheel

 

 

 

3,

15

INDEX

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invisible

zipper

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

 

35

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light

and power

switch

3, 4

Light

bulb

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

 

4, 39, 43

Lint

brush

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

 

3, 39, 43

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monogramming

 

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

 

28

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needle

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

 

 

9_10

Needle clamp

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

3, 43

Needle plate

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

2, 39

Needle,

th read and fabric chart

.........

10

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oiling

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

 

 

 

41_42

Overcasting

stitch

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

 

30

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parts

list

 

 

 

43

Performance

problems

37_38

Plug

connector

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

3_4

Portable

case

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

 

2

Power switch

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

3_4

Practical

stitch

chart

20_21

Presser

foot

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

 

3, 7_8

Presser

foot

lever

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

3,

5

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Replacing

bobbin

case

11,

13

Reverse stitch

control

18,

22

Rick

rack stretch

stitching

21, 30

s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Satin stitch

foot

..........

3, 20, 26_28,

43

Satin stitching

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

20,

26

Seam guides

 

 

22

Sewing light

 

 

4

Shuttle

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

 

 

40, 43

Shuttle

 

cover

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

 

 

2,

11

Shuttle

 

race

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

 

 

 

40

Smocking

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

 

 

21,36

Spool

 

pin felt

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

3,

5, 43

Spool

 

pins

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

 

3,

5, 43

Stitch

 

length

adjustment

 

 

18

Stitch

 

length

control

 

 

 

18

Stitch

 

selector

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

 

 

 

18

Straight

 

stitching

........

20, 22, 24,

34_36

Straight

 

stitch

foot

3, 7, 20_24,

43

Straight

 

stretch

stitching

21,

24

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thread

guide

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

3,

I4_15

Thread take-up lever

 

 

2,

14

Thread

tensions

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

 

16"17

Three-step

zigzag

 

 

21,31

Top cover

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

 

 

 

3, 41

Topstitching

 

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

 

 

20,

23

Top

thread

 

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

 

14_17

Top

thread

tension

 

16_17

Turning

a square corner

 

 

22

Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zigzag foot

 

.....

7, 20_25,

27, 29_31,

 

36,

43

Zigzag stitching

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

20,

25_31

Zigzag overcasting

 

 

 

30

Zipper

 

application

 

34_35

Zipper

 

foot

 

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

3, 8, 34_35,

43

!

!

I

44

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385.101118, 385.115518 specifications

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