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Sewing hook-and-loop fastener

CAUTION

●Use only the ungummed hook-and-loop fastener which is for sewing. If the glue is attached to the needle or the bobbin hook race, it may cause malfunction.

●If the hook-and-loop fastener is sewn with the thin needle (65/9-75/11), the needle may bend or break.

Note

●Before start sewing, baste together the fabric and the hook-and-loop fastener.

Make sure that the needle passes through the hook- and-loop fastener by turning the handwheel and lower the needle into the hook-and-loop fastener before sewing. And then, sew the edge of the hook- and-loop fastener at a slow speed.

If the needle does not pass through the hook-and- loop fastener, replace the needle with the needle for thick fabrics (page 30).

aEdge of the hook-and-loop fastener

Pulling up the bobbin thread

When making gathers or before free-motion quilting, first pull up the bobbin thread as described below.

aInsert the bobbin into the bobbin case.

•Refer to steps a through d of “Installing the bobbin” (page 18).

bPass the bobbin thread through the slot. Do not cut the thread with the cutter.

cWhile lightly holding the upper thread with your left hand with the needle in the up- position, press (needle position button) twice to lower and raise the needle.

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aNeedle position button

XThe bobbin thread is looped around the upper thread and can be pulled up.

dCarefully pull the upper thread upward to pull out the end of the bobbin thread.

ePull out about 10 cm (4 inches) of the bobbin thread under the presser foot toward the rear of the machine.

fReattach the bobbin cover.

Insert the tab in the lower-left corner of the bobbin cover (A), and then lightly press down on the right side (B).

B

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