TABLE OF CONTENTS

KNOW YOUR SIMPLICITY SEWING MACHINE

PRINCIPAL PARTS........................................................................

4-5

ACCESSORIES .................................................................................

6

SIMPLICITY SEWING MACHINE SET-UP

 

PREPARATION FOR SEWING .........................................................

7

ACCESSORY STORAGE ...................................................................

7

CHANGING PRESSER FEET.............................................................

7

Snap-on feet ...........................................................................

7

Screw-on feet..........................................................................

7

FREE-ARM SEWING ........................................................................

8

PRESSER FOOT PRESSURE REGULATOR ........................................

8

DROP FEED ....................................................................................

8

LEVELING BAR................................................................................

8

STRETCH STITCH ADJUSTMENT. ...................................................

8

CUSTOM STITCH SELECTION

 

STITCH SELECTION ........................................................................

9

Stitch selector dial ..................................................................

9

Stitch width dial......................................................................

9

Stitch length dial.....................................................................

9

Needle plate seam guides.......................................................

9

Reverse sewing lever ..............................................................

9

STITCH SELECTION TABLE ...........................................................

10

TENSION ADJUSTMENTS .............................................................

10

Upper thread tension ...........................................................

10

Lower thread tension ............................................................

10

THREADING YOUR MACHINE

 

WINDING THE BOBBIN...............................................................

11

LOWER THREADING....................................................................

12

Removing the bobbin ...........................................................

12

Inserting new bobbin ............................................................

12

Placing bobbin case in shuttle ..............................................

12

UPPER THREADING .....................................................................

13

Using the needle threader.....................................................

13

Raising the bobbin thread.....................................................

13

SEWING

 

SEWING TIPS ................................................................................

14

BEGINNING TO SEW....................................................................

14

NEEDLE, THREAD & FABRIC GUIDE ............................................

15

BUILT-IN STITCHES

 

STITCH “A” STRAIGHT STITCH ....................................................

16

Seaming................................................................................

16

Basting..................................................................................

16

Topstitching and edgestitching ..............................................

16

Gathering..............................................................................

16

Zipper insertion ....................................................................

17

Piping insertion.....................................................................

17

Narrow hemming..................................................................

17

STITCH “A” ZIGZAG .....................................................................

18

Overedging light to medium fabrics......................................

18

Bartacking.............................................................................

18

Satin stitch appliqué .............................................................

18

Attaching buttons..................................................................

19

Seaming knits .......................................................................

19

STITCH “B, D, E” DECORATIVE SATIN STITCH ............................

20

STITCH “C” SCALLOP HEM..........................................................

20

STITCH “F” BLINDHEM ................................................................

20

STITCH “G” SHELL STITCH ..........................................................

21

Seaming nylon tricot.............................................................

21

Decorative picot hem ...........................................................

21

Folk art appliqué...................................................................

21

Decorative braid application.................................................

21

STITCH “H” DOUBLE ACTION ....................................................

22

Encasing elastic ....................................................................

22

STITCH “I” THREE-STEP ZIGZAG..................................................

22

Attaching flat elastic .............................................................

22

Overcasting ..........................................................................

22

Mending ...............................................................................

22

STITCH “J” MULTI-CORD SEWING ..............................................

23

STITCH “K” FEATHER STITCH ......................................................

23

STITCH “L” HONEYCOMB ...........................................................

24

Decorative ribbon attaching..................................................

24

Mock smocking ....................................................................

24

STITCH “M” OVERLOCK ..............................................................

24

Attaching rib knit trim...........................................................

24

STITCH “N” SLANT OVERCAST....................................................

25

Seaming and overcasting heavyweight fabrics ......................

25

STITCH “O” ARROWHEAD ..........................................................

25

Decorative flat fell seams......................................................

25

STITCH “P, Q” DECORATIVE EDGING.........................................

25

STITCH “R” DECORATIVE TRIM ...................................................

26

STITCH “S” TRIPLE STRETCH STRAIGHT STITCH ........................

27

Seaming bias curves .............................................................

27

Seaming double knits............................................................

27

Triple topstitching .................................................................

27

STITCH “S” RICK RACK ................................................................

27

Overcasting heavy fabrics .....................................................

27

Decorative rick rack..............................................................

27

BUTTONHOLES............................................................................

28

Classic buttonholes...............................................................

28

Corded buttonholes ..............................................................

28

FREE-MOTION SEWING

 

MONOGRAMMING .....................................................................

29

OUTLINE QUILTING ....................................................................

29

DARNING .....................................................................................

29

SPECIALTY SEWING TECHNIQUES

 

SEWING WITH TWO THREADS ...................................................

30

TWIN NEEDLE SEWING ...............................................................

30

Double stitched hem ............................................................

30

SEWING OVER DENSE SEAMS .....................................................

30

CARE AND MAINTENANCE

 

NEEDLES .......................................................................................

31

CLEANING FEED TEETH AND SHUTTLE AREA ............................

31

CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB.....................................................

31

OILING .........................................................................................

31

TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................

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