INDEX

 

Numerics

 

1/4-inch quilting foot

65

1-Step Automatic Buttonhole

10, 52

A

 

Accessories

12

optional

13, 62

Appliqués

58

B

 

Blind hem stitching

45

Blind stitch foot

67

Bobbin

 

winding

26

Buttonhole

 

adjusting

54

making

52

Buttonhole fine-adjustment screw

54

Buttons

 

sewing

55

C

 

Cleaning

70

Connecting plugs

15

D

 

Darning

58

Darning plate

55, 58, 59, 64

Decorative stitching

50

Double action stitching

47

Drawing up the lower thread

36

E

 

Elastic stitching

46

Embroidering

59

F

 

Fabric, thread, and needle combinations

39

Feather stitching

49

Flat bed attachment

19

Foot controller

15

Free-arm style

19

G

 

Gathering

57

H

 

Handwheel

32

Heirloom stitching

48

L

 

Light bulb

 

changing

69

Light switch

15

Lower threading

28

quick-set bobbin

30, 36

M

 

Main parts

10

Main power

15

Maintenance

69

Monogramming

59

N

 

Narrow hemmer foot

65

Needle

 

checking

16

combinations with fabric and thread

39

replacing

16

Needle threader

34

O

 

Overedge stitching

48

P

 

Pattern selection dial

20

Patterns

21

Presser foot

 

changing

18

Q

 

Quick-set bobbin

30, 36

Quilting foot

63

R

 

Race

 

cleaning

70

Repacking instructions

4

Reverse sewing lever

25

S

 

Satin stitch

44

Shell tuck stitching

46

Spool pin

27, 32

extra

37

Stitch length dial

24

Stitch width dial

25

Stitches

 

built-in

45

names

21

Straight stitching

41

Stretch stitching

24

T

 

Thread cutter

43

Thread tension

38

Threading

 

lower

28, 30

needle threader

34

twin needle

37

upper

32

Triple zigzag stretch stitching

50

Troubleshooting

72

Twin needle

 

attaching

17, 37

sewing

36

U

 

Unpacking instructions

4

Upper tension control dial

38

Upper threading

32

W

 

Walking foot

62

Z

 

Zigzag stitching

43

Zipper insertion

56

79

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Brother XL 2600i, XL2600I operation manual Index, Numerics

XL 2600i, XL2600I specifications

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