Janome 4800 Straight Stitch Sewing, Starting to sew, Changing sewing direction, Finishing sewing

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SECTION III BASIC SEWING

Straight Stitch Sewing

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1 Stitch pattern: 01

2Presser foot: Foot A or foot H

•Starting to sew

Raise the presser foot and position the fabric next to a seam guide line on the needle plate (see page 24).

Lower the needle to the point where you want to start.

Lower the presser foot and pull the threads toward the back. Depress the foot control. Gently guide the fabric along a seam guide line letting the fabric feed naturally.

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•Changing sewing direction

Stop the machine and bring the needle down into the fabric by pressing the Up/down needle position button.

Raise the presser foot.

Pivot the fabric around the needle to change sewing direction as desired. Lower the presser foot.

1Up/down needle position button

2Presser foot lifter

•Finishing sewing

To fasten the ends of seams, press the reverse button and sew several reverse stitches.

Raise the presser foot. Remove the fabric, draw the threads to the back and cut using the thread cutter.

The threads are cut at the proper length for starting the next seam.

-When pattern is selected, reverse stitches are sewn automatically at the beginning of the seam, then sewing continue forward.

-When you reach the end edge of the fabric, press the reverse button once.

The machine will sew four reverse stitches, four forward stitches then stop sewing.

1Reverse button

2Thread cutter

3Fabric

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