Sears 385. 1884180 owner manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION1.

SECTION 2.

SECTION 3.

KNOW YOUR

MACHINE

A Portable

Case or

Cabinet _sAvailable

2

Locate

and

Identify

the Parts

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

2_3

Identify

the

Accessories

4

PREPARE

YOUR MACHINE

FOR SEWING

Set

Up

the

Machine

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

5_9

o

Plug

in

the

Machine

and Switch

on

the Power

5

u

Foot

Control

Use

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

5

•

Set the Speed Range Switch

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

6

•

Set

the

Pressure

Dial

6

•

Setting

Spool

Pins

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

7

o

Adjust

the

Presser

Foot

Lever

7

•

Thread

Cutter

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

7

•

Accessory

Storage

Box

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

8

o Free-Arm Sewing: the Removable Extension Table. o 8_9

Know

What the Presser Feet Will Do

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

t0_14

e

Check

Your

Presser Foot

t0

e

Change

the

Presser

Foot

t0

o

Presser

FootTypes

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

t!_14

Choose

Your

Needle

and

Thread

14"15

•

Check

Your

Needle

t4

o

Fabric,

Needle,

Thread

and

Stitch

Length Chart

15

a

To Change

Your

Needle

15

Prepare

the

Bobbin

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

16_t7

e

To

Remove

the

Bobbin

from the

Machine

t6

o

Wind

the

Bobbin

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

16

•

Insert

the

Bobbin

into

the

Bobbm

Holder

17

Prepare

Your

Top

Thread

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

18_21

o

Thread

Your

Needle

18

o

Pick

Up Your

Bobbin

Thread

19

e

Adjust

the

Top

Thread

Tension

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

20_2t

Stitch

Selector

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

21

Stitch

Length

ControI

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

22

Adjusting

Stretch

Stitch

Balance

22

Stitch

Width

Contro_

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

23_24

•

Three

Needle

Position

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

23_24

Reverse

Stitch

Control

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

25

Starting

To

Sew

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

25

LEARN

THE

STITCHES

Practical

Stitch

Chart

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

26_30

Straight

Stitches

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

31_33

•

Straight

Stitch

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

31

•

Use

the

Seam

Guides

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

31

•

Turn

a Square

Corner

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

3t

Use

the

Daring

Plate

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

32

•

Topstitching

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

32

•	Quilting				............................			33
Darning				..............................				34
Stralght				Stretch				34
Zigzag			Stitches			...........................		35_42
o	Basic			Zigzag				35
•	Satin			Stitch		............................		36
-	Applique				...............................			37
•	Bar		Tacking			...........................		37
•	Monogramming						........................	38
o	Embrmdery					.............................		38
•	Sew		a Button					39
•	Overcasting					Stitch	........................	40
o	Rick-Rack					Stretch	...... _	40
•	Three-Step					Zigzag	........................	41
•	Overcast				Stretch		Stitching	42
®	Serging				or	Pine Leaf Stretch Stitching		42
Blind		Hemming				........................		43
Lace		Work			................................			44
Buttonhole					Making		......................	45_5t
•	Learning				to	Sew	Buttonholes	45
•	Built-in				System		....................	46_47
o	Using			Buttonhole			Attachment	48_51

Sew	in	a Zipper			...........................		52_53
Shell	Stitching				............................		54
Two-Point			Shell		Stitching	......................	54
Smocking			.............................				55
Stretch		Patching			............................		55
Fagoting		Stitch			.............................		56
Herring		Bone		Stretch			56
Elastic		Stretch			Stitch		57
Box	Stitching			..............................			57
Two-point			Box		Stitch		58
Overedg_ng			Stitch				58
Decorative			Stretch Patterns			....................	59
Decorate		w_th		Geometric		Patterns	60

SECTION 4.	PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS CHART
	What to		Do When	.........................	61_62
SECTION 5.	CAREFORYOUR			MACHINE
	Replace the Light			Bulb	63
	C_ean	the	Bobbin	Holder	63
	Clean	the	Hook Race and Feed Dogs		64
	Oiling	the Machine		........................	64
PARTS LIST	...................................				65_66
INDEX					67_68