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Quilting ........................................................................................................................................................

104

Free-motion quilting......................................................................................................................................

105

Satin stitching using the sewing speed controller..........................................................................................

106

Reinforcement Stitching ..................................................................................................

108

Triple stretch stitching ...................................................................................................................................

108

Bar tack stitching...........................................................................................................................................

108

Darning.........................................................................................................................................................

110

Eyelet Stitching................................................................................................................

112

Horizontal Stitching ........................................................................................................

113

Decorative Stitching........................................................................................................

115

Fagoting ........................................................................................................................................................

116

Scallop stitching............................................................................................................................................

117

Smocking ......................................................................................................................................................

117

Shell tuck stitching ........................................................................................................................................

118

Joining ..........................................................................................................................................................

119

Heirloom stitching ........................................................................................................................................

119

Sewing the Various Built-In Decorative Patterns.............................................................

122

Sewing beautiful patterns ..............................................................................................................................

122

Sewing patterns.............................................................................................................................................

122

Combining patterns.......................................................................................................................................

123

Repeat sewing patterns..................................................................................................................................

124

Checking the selected pattern .......................................................................................................................

124

Changing the pattern size..............................................................................................................................

125

Changing the stitch density ...........................................................................................................................

126

Changing the pattern length ..........................................................................................................................

127

Shifting patterns ............................................................................................................................................

128

Mirror imaging the pattern ............................................................................................................................

129

Saving patterns..............................................................................................................................................

130

Retrieving a pattern .......................................................................................................................................

130

Realigning the pattern ...................................................................................................................................

131

Designing a Pattern .........................................................................................................

133

Drawing a sketch of the pattern....................................................................................................................

133

Entering the pattern data ...............................................................................................................................

134

Examples of designs ......................................................................................................................................

136

APPENDIX

137

Stitch Settings..................................................................................................................

138

Utility stitches ...............................................................................................................................................

138

Other stitches................................................................................................................................................

144

Care and Maintenance ....................................................................................................

149

Restrictions on oiling.....................................................................................................................................

149

Cleaning the machine surface ................................................................................................................................

149

Cleaning the race ..........................................................................................................................................

149

Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................

151

Frequent troubleshooting topics ....................................................................................................................

151

Upper thread tightened up .....................................................................................................................................

151

Tangled thread on wrong side of fabric ........................................................................................................

152

Incorrect thread tension ................................................................................................................................

154

Fabric is caught in the machine and cannot be removed...............................................................................

155

When the thread became tangled under the bobbin winder seat ..................................................................

158

List of symptoms ...........................................................................................................................................

160

Error messages ..............................................................................................................................................

165

Nothing appears in the LCD..........................................................................................................................

166

Operation beep.............................................................................................................................................

166

Cancelling the operation beep ...............................................................................................................................

166

Index ................................................................................................................................

168

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