TABLE OFCONTENTS

SECTION 1.

KNOW THE MACHINE

 

A Portable Case or Cabinet is Avaialble

3

Locate and Identify the Parts

3_4

Identify the Accessories

4

SECTION 2.

PREPARE THE MACHINE FOR SEWING

 

Set Up the Machine

5_7

Plug in the Machine and Switch on the Power

S

Foot Control Use

5

Setting Spool Pins

6

Adjust the PresserFoot Lever

6

Thread Cutter

6

Free Arm Sewing: the Removable Extension Table . . . 7

Accessories Storage Box

'

7

Change the PresserFoot

 

7

Choose the Needle and Thread

 

7_8

To Change the Needle

 

7

Check the Needle

 

B

Fabric,

Needle, Thread and Stitch Length Chart

......

8

Prepare the

 

Bobbin

 

9_10

To

Remove the Bobbin Case from the Machine

......

9

Wind the

Bobbin

 

9_10

Insert the

Bobbin into the Bobbin Case

 

10

Prepare the Top Thread

 

11_12

Thread the Needle

 

11

Pick Up the Bobbin Thread

 

12

Adjust the Top Thread Tension

 

13_14

Reverse Stitch Control

 

14

Stitch

Selector

 

15

Stitch

Length Control

 

16

Adjusting Stretch Stitch Balance

 

16

Starting

To Sew

 

17

SECTION 3.

LEARN

THE STITCHES

 

 

Straight

Stitches

 

18_22

Straight Stitch

 

18

Use the Seam Guides

 

18

Turn a Square Corner

 

18

Topstitching

 

19

Left Needle Position

 

19

Sew in a Zipper

 

20_21

Use the

Darning

 

Plate

22

Darning

 

 

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

 

 

22

Zigzag Stitches

 

 

23_30

Basic Zigzag

 

 

23

Satin

Stitch

 

 

24

Applique

 

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

 

 

25

Bar Tacklng

 

 

25

Sew a Button

 

 

26

Overcasting Stitch

27

Three-Step

Zigzag

28

LaceWork

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

 

 

28

Blind

Hemming

 

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

29

Shell Stitching

(Models 12712and 12714)

30

Box

Stitching (Model 12714

only)

30

Stretch

Stitches

 

 

31 _33

Straight

 

Stretch

 

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

31

Rick-Ruck

Stretch

31

Smocking

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

 

 

32

Overcast

Stretch

Stitching

32

• Serging

 

or Pine

Leaf Stretch

Stitching

 

 

(Models

12712

and 12714)

33

Elastic Stretch Stitch (Model 12714 only)

33

Buttonholes

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

 

 

 

34_35

SECTION 4.

PERFORMANCE

PROBLEMS CHART

 

What to

Do When

 

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

36_37

SECTION 5.

CARE

FOR THE

MACHINE

 

 

Replacing

the Light

Bulb

38

Cleaning the

Machine

38_39

Clean the

Feed Dogs

38

Clean the

Shuttle

Race

39

Oiling the

Machine

 

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

40

Oil behind

the Face Cover Plate and Under

 

 

Arm

Cover Plate

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

40

Oil the

Underside

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

40

PARTS LIST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42

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Sears 385. 12708, 385. 12714, 385. 12712, 385. 12710 owner manual Table Ofcontents

385. 12712, 385. 12714, 385. 12710, 385. 12708 specifications

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