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Sears 385 owner manual Portable Case or Cabinet is Available, Locate and Identify the Parts

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SECTION 1. KNOW YOUR MACHINE

A Portable Case or Cabinet is Available

A full line of sewing cabinets is available at your

nearest Sears retail store or through our general catalog.

Another option . . . buy a Carrying Case . . . then

your Kenmore goes anywhere, can be stored any- where.

Locate and Identify the Parts

Thread Spool Pins

Upper Thread Guide

Take up Lever

Top Thread Tension

Control

Face Cover Plate

Thread Cutter

Needle Plate

Extension Table

(Accessory storage box )

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Sears 385 owner manual Portable Case or Cabinet is Available, Locate and Identify the Parts

Contents

SEA/RS Kenmore Sewing Machine SEARS, Roebuck and COImportant Safety Instructions Table of Contents Locate and Identify the Parts Portable Case or Cabinet is AvailableSect on 1. Know Your Machine Needle set Identify the AccesSoriesYour machine will not operate unless Light/power switch is turned on. If you areChildren X represents numbers 00O throughSet the Pressure Dial Set Up the MachineMacpi E High Adjust the Presser Foot LeverPresser Foot Lever raises and lowers your presser foot To Attach Lid of the accessory storage box lifts open toward youPull gently toward you Extension table will snap out Or areas of wear in childrensclothes Sectjon 2. Prepare Your Machine for SewingDarning socks or mending knees, elbows Know What the Presser Feet Will Do Check Your Presser Foot To AttachTo Remove To Attach Change the Presser Foot Match the hole in the foot holder with the threaded holePin Presser Foot Types Zigzag Foot Straight FootUse This Know What the Presser Feet Will DoPresser Foot Types Check Your Needle To Change Your Needle Ripar10-12stitches Section !2 Prepare Your Machine for Sewing Prepare the BobbinTo Remove the Bobbin from the Machine Wind the BobbinPrepare Your MACHIN6.!P-OfNG Prepare the Bobbin Threading chart is located behind the face cover plateInsert the Bobbin into the Bobbin Holder You Through Tension TowardPrepare Your Top Thread Thread Your Needle Prepare Your Top Thread Pick Up Your Bobbin Thread Prepare Your Machine ForsewingType of stitch Adjust the Top Thread TensionTension is too loose Thread willPrepare Your Machinefor Sewing Fabric when selecting a stitchStitch Selector Top Tension Too Tight Loose Just RightStitch Width Control Stitch Length ContrOl Adjusting Stretch Stitch BalancePrepare Your Machine for Sewing WidlhStitch on Scrap Reverse Stitch Control Starting To SewPlan to SuitableRefer to Practical Stitch ChartIII lu 6Yellow35 49Orange35Check38 Chort On p On p Learn the StitchesStitch Section Learn StitchesStraight Stitches Use the Darning Plate HeresHowTopstitching Set the Machine Control orangeStraight Stretch DarningOr as a decorative stitch Zigzag StitchesStretch Stitch Zigzag foot Satin Stitch Set the Machine Stitch width Top thread tension Control To t Baste Fuse With Iron-on Applique Bar Tacking Set the MachineControl to Top Thread tension Control 2 to Set the same as satin stitch Monogramming MachineEmbroidery Set the Machine Sew a Button Stitch several timesStitch width control Top thread tension control 2 toControl 3 to Zigzag Stitches Overcasting StitchControl Io tt Set the Machine Stitch width control 2 toFop thread tension Three-Step ZigzagControl 0 5 to MendingRaveling Needle, which effectively Overcast Stretch StitchingWidth Blind HemmingTrim excess fabric close to stitching Lace WorkHave two Buttonhole MakingLearning to Sew Buttonholes Lower GarmentLearn the Stitches Template 213504005 213505006 213506007 Sizes 15/16 13/16 Buttonhole Making Using Buttonhole AttachmentFtook Buttonhole guide plate Fabrics Fine stitches for light Thread tension at 2 to Reset stitch length at 2 and topFold back the left seam allowance As shownTop side of fabric LearnthestitchesHe re1.How Two-Point Shell StitchingStretch Patching SmockingHerring Bone Stretch Fagoting StitchBox Stitching ElasticStretch StitchTwo-point Box Stitch Overedging Stitch Special effects Decorate with Geometric PatternsTile Stitches and T!leir Uses What to Do When PerformanceHolder Thread caught Hook Race Lint in bobbin Holder Or hook raceReplace Replace the Light Bulb Clean the Bobbin HolderCare for Your Machine Bobbin holder so the knob fits Clean the Hook Race and Feed Dogs Oiling the MachineNext Shown aboveParts List 213506007 Index 19-20 Memo Memo SEARS, Roebuck and CO., D/817 WA, Hoffman Estates, IL Warranty385 SEARS, Roebuck and CO., Chicago, IL60684 U.S.A