Sears 385. 17928 owner manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION

SECTION

SECTION

1.KNOW THE MACHINE

A Portable		Case or	Cabinet is Avialble	3
Locate	and	Identify	the Parts	3_4
Identify	the	Accessories		5

2.PREPARE THE MACHINE FOR SEWING

Set	Up the	Machine		........................			6_10
•	Plug in the		Machine		and	Switch on the Power	6
•	Foot Control Use				..........................		6
•	Set the	Pressure		Dial			7
•	Adjust	the	Presser		Foot	Lever	8
•	Thread	Cutter		............................			8
•	Accessory		Strage	Box			9

•Free Arm Sewing: the Removable

Extension

Table

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

9_10

Know

What

the

Presser

Feet Will Do

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

11_14

•

Check

the

Presser

Foot

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

11

•

Change

the

Presser

Foot

11

•

Presser

Foot

Types

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

12_14

Choose

the

Needle

and

Thread

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

14_15

•

Check

the

Needle

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

14

•

Fabric,

Needle,

Thread

and

Stitch

Length Chart

15

•

To

Change

the

Needle

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

15

Prepare

the

Bobbin

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

16_18

•

To

Remove

the Bobbin from the Machine

16

•

Horizontal

Spool

Pin

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

16

•

Additional

Spool

Pin

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

16

•

Bobbin

W.nd.._g

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

17

•

Insert

the

Bobbin

into

the

Bobbin

Holder

18

Prepare

the

Top

Thread

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

19_22

•

Thread

the

Needle

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

19

•

Pick Up

the

Bobbin

Thread

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

20

•

Adjust

the

Top

Thread

Tension

21_22

Stitch

Selector

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

23

Stitch

Width

Control

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

24

Stitch

Length

Control

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

24

Adjusting

Stretch

Stitch

Balance

24

Reverse Stitch

Control

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

25

Starting

To

Sew

25

3.LEARN THE STITCHES

Practical		Stitch Chart			26_30
Straight		Stitches		..........................	31_35
•	Straight		Stitches		31
•	Use the		Seam	Guides	31
•	Turn	a Square		Corner	31
•	Topstitching			............................	32
•	Sew	in a Zipper		........................	33_34
•	Dropping		the	Feed Dogs	35

•	Darning				...............................					35
Zigzag		Stitches				...........................				36_48
•	Basic		Zigzag			.............................				36
•	Monogramming							..........................		36
•	Satin		Stitch			.............................				37
•	Applique				...............................					38
•	Bar	Tacking				.............................				38
•	Embroidery					.............................				39
•	Sewa			Button						40
•	Overcasting					Stitch		.........................		41
•	Blind		Hemming					..........................		42
•	LaceWork				..............................					43
•	Three-Step					Zigzag		.........................		44
•	Shell		Stitching				...........................			45
•	Box		Stitching			............................				45
•	Fagoting				Stitch			..........................		46
•	Two-Point				Shell		Stitching			46
•	Two-Point				Box		Stitch			47
•	Overedging					Stitch		.........................		47
•	Decorative				with		Geometic Patterns			48
Stretch			Stitches			..........................				49_53
•	Straight			Stretch				..........................		49
•	Rick-Rack				Stretch			........................		49
•	Overcast				Stretch			Stitching		50
•	Smocking					..............................				50
•	Serging			or Pine			Leaf Stretch		Stitching	51
•	Elastic			Stretch			Stitch			51
•	Stretch			Patching				..........................		52
•	Herring			Bone Stretch						52
•	Decorative				Stretch			Patterns	..................	53
Buttonhole					Making			........................		54_60
•	Learning				to	Sew		Buttonholes	.................	54
• Built-in System								........................		55_56
•	Using			Buttonhole				Attachment	(Optional Item) ....	57_60
Twin		Needle			Stitches			(Optional	Item)	61
SECTION 4.	PERFORMANCE							PROBLESM CHART
What to do When							.........................			62_63
SECTION 5.	CARE			FOR		THE		MACHINE
Replace			the		Light		Bulb			64
Clean		the		Bobbin			Holder			64
Clean		the		Hook		Race and Feed			Dogs	65
Oiling		the		Machine				..........................		65
PARTS LIST										66_67
INDEX										6B_69