TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION I NAMES OF PARTS

SECTION Ill CONVENTIONAL

SEWING

Names

of

Parts

......................................................

 

 

2, 4

Removable

Extension

Table

 

4

Standard

Accessories

 

 

6

SECTION

II

GETTING

READY TO SEW

 

 

Connecting Machine

to Power Supply

8

To Sew Using Foot Control

8

To Sew Using Start/Stop Button

8

Controlling Sewing Speed

.........................................

8

Language Selection Key

10

Changing

Needles

 

 

l 0

To Attach

and Remove Presser Foot

10

Winding

the

Bobbin

.........................................

12,

14

Setting

the Spool

 

12

Winding

the Bobbin

.....................................

12

Removing the Bobbin

14

Inserting

the Bobbin

.....................................

14

Threading

the Machine

16,

18

Threading

the Machine

16

Needle Threader

 

16

Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread

t8

Presser Foot

Lifter

 

 

18

Pressure Dial

........

...................................................

 

20

Up/Down Needle, Auto-Lockand ReverseButtons

20

Up/Down

Needle Button

20

Auto-Lock Button

20

Reverse Button

..............................................

20

Selecting Needle

and Thread

22

Adjust the Top Thread Tension

26

Choose

the Correct

Tension

26

Tension

is too Tight

......................................

26

Tension

is too

Loose

26

Selecting

 

Patterns

(Conventional

Sewing)

28

Changing

 

the

Screen

28

Selecting

Patterns

..........................................

28

Straight

Seam

Sewing

 

..............................................

 

30

Up/Down

 

Needle

Position

Key

30

Starting

to

Sew

..............................................

 

30

Changing

 

Sewing

Direction

..........................

30

Finishing

Sewing

...........................................

32

Seam Allowance

 

Lines

32

• Sewing on Heavy Fabrics

32

Setting Stitch Length and Left/Right

 

Needle

 

Position

.......................................................

 

 

 

 

34

Manual

Stitch

 

Length

34

Variable

Needle

Position

34

Straight

Stitches

.................................................

 

 

 

36,

38

Basic Straight

Stitch

36

Loek-A-Matic

................................................

 

 

36

Triple

Stretch

Stitch

36

Stretch

Stitch

 

 

 

36

Quilting

........................................................

 

 

 

 

38

Zigzag

Stitch

...........................................................

 

 

 

 

 

40

Manual Stitch Width and Length

40

Three

Stitches

for Overcasting

42

Zigzag

Stitch

 

 

 

42

Multiple

Zigzag

Stitch

42

Overcasting

...................................................

 

 

 

42

Sensor

Buttonholes

 

 

 

44

Three

Styles of

Buttonhole

............................

44

Preparation

for Sewing

44

To

Sew

 

 

 

 

44, 46,

48

To

Alter

Buttonhole Sdtch Width and Density...

48

Corded

 

Buttonhole

 

 

 

50

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385. 19000 specifications

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