Kenmore 385. 17622 owner manual Table of Contents

TABLE •OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1. KNOW THE MACHINE
A Portable Case or Cabinet		is Available	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 PresserFoot	Lever	6
•	Thread Cutter		6

•Free Arm Sewing: the Removable Extension Table , , . 7

•	Accessories				Storage Box			7
•	Change the Presser Foot							7
Choose the Needle and Thread								7_8
•	To Change the Needle							7
•	Check the Needle							B
•	Fabric,		Needle, Thread and Stitch				Length Chart	8
Prepare the				Bobbin				9_10
•	To	Remove the Bobbin Case from					the Machine	9
•	Windthe			Bobbin				9_10
•	Insert the Bobbin into the Bobbin Case							10
Prepare the Top Thread						.....................		11_12
•	Thread		the Needle					11
•	Pick Upthe				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		16
Starting To				Sew				17

SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES

Straight		Stitches		..........................	18_22
• .	Straight		Stitch	...........................	18
•	Usethe		Seam Guides		18
•	Turna		Square	Corner	1B
•	Topstitching			............................	19
•	Left	Needle Position			l g
•	Sew	in	a Zipper	........................	20_21
•	Use the		Darning	Plate	22
•	Darning		...............................		22

Zigzag Stitches									23_31
•	Basic Zigzag								23
•	Satin		Stitch						23
•	Applique			...............................					24
•	Bar Tacking								24
•	Sew a Button								25
•	Overcasting Stitch						.........................		: 26
•	Three-Step				Zigzag		.........................		27
•	Blind		Hemming						28
•	LaceWork				..............................				29
•	Shell		Stitching			...........................			29
•	Box Stitching								30
•	Fagoting			Stitch		..........................			31
•	Decorate			with		Geometic		Patterns	31
Stretch		Stitches							32_35
•	Straight			Stretch					32
•	Rick-Rack				Stretch		........................		32
•	Smocking				..............................				33
•	Overcast			Stretch Stitching				...................	33
•	Serging or Pine Leaf Stretch Stitching								34
•	Elastic Stretch Stitch								34
•	Herring Bone Stretch								35
•	Decorative Stretch Patterns								35
Buttonbholes					............................				36_37
SECTION 4. PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS CHART
What to			Do When			...............		, •	38_39
SECTION 5. CARE FOR THE MACHINE
Replacing			the		Light		Bulb		40
Cleaning			the		Machine		......................		40_41
•	Clean		the		Feed	Dogs			40
•	Cleanthe				Shuttle		Race	.....................	41
Oiling		the Machine					..........................		42
•	Oil	behing			the	Face Cover		Plate and Under
	Arm	Cover			Plate		..........................		42
•	Oil	the Underside					.........................		42
PARTS LIST									43
INDEX									44

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