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SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.
Kenmore Sewing Machine
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECT ON 1. KNOW YOUR MACHINE
Identify the AccesSories
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SECTION _2. PREPARE YOUR MACHINE FOR SEWING
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
"SECTION! 2:.'- _P__U R:M ACPI _ E__ Set Up the Machine (Continued)
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2. Pull gently toward you. The extension table will snap out.
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To Attach:
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SECTION 2. :_,I_RE'_.,__='__WIN_ Know What the Presser Feet Will Do (Continued)
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SECT ONe2 PREPARE YOUR MACHINE FOR SEWING Choose Your Needle and Thread
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2-2.5 (10-12 stitches per inch)
To Change Your Needle
Prepare the Bobbin
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SECTION 2. PREPARE YOUR MACHIN6;.!P-O_fNG Prepare the Bobbin (Continued)
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Prepare Your Top Thread Thread Your Needle
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SECTION 2.
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Stitch Selector
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Stitch Width Control
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Reverse Stitch Control Starting To Sew
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Practical Stitch Chart
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Straight Stitches
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SECTION 3. Darning
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LEARN THE STITCHES Straight Stretch
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7. When you finish darning, remove the darning plate and replace foot holder and foot.
Zigzag Stitches
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Zigzag Stitches (Continued)
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Zigzag Stitches (Continued}
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Back the fabric with paper or interfacing, Draw the letters on the fabric with tailor's chalk.
If using paper, carefully remove it when you have finished sewing.
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4. Stitch several times.
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Zigzag Stitches (Continued) Overcasting Stitch
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SECTION 3. LEARN THESTITCHES, Zigzag Stitches (Continued)
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Blind Hemming
SECTION 3, Lace Work
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Buttonhole Making
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Buttonhole Making (Continued)
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Buttonhole Making (Continued)
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Sew in a Zipper
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Place the zipper teeth next to the 1/8"fold and pin in place.
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Shell Stitching Two-Point Shell Stitching
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Smocking
Stretch Patching
Fagoting Stitch Herring Bone Stretch
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SECTION3. LEARNTHESTITCHES Elastic
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Two-point Box Stitch Overedging Stitch
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This stitch is useful for elastic fabrics to join them together.
This stitch can be used for a over- edgingstitch,
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SECTION 4. PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS CHART What to Do When
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SECTION;-4. PERFORMANCEPROBLEMSCHART
Thread caught in hook race. Lint in bobbin holder or hook race.
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SECTION 5. CARE FOR YOUR MACHINE" Replace the Light Bulb Clean the Bobbin Holder
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Clean the Hook Race and Feed Dogs
SECTION 5. Oiling the Machine
CARE FOR YOUR MACHINE
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WARRANTY