DARNING/FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY

No. 1.Center needle Position

Darning/Embroidery Foot

A. ATTACHING THE DARNING/

EMBROIDERY FOOT

1.Lower the feed dogs by moving the drop feed lever to the left.

2.Remove the presser foot and holder. (See page 14)

3.The arm of darning/embroidery foot should ride onto the shaft of the needle clamp screw.

4.Slide the plastic attaching head from your left to right so that it is fitted into the presser bar.

5.Tighten the presser foot thumb screw.

B. DARNING

1.Place fabric under foot and lower it.

2.Grasp fabric firmly in front and back of area to be darned. Operate machine, moving fabric by hand forward and backward with an even motion, stitching in closely spaced rows over the hole or worn area.

3.When the area is filled with new stitches, move fabric from side to side in a similar manner to weave or reinforce the stitching.

a.Note:

Reinforce open areas with an underlay, baste undelay in place before darning.

C. FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY

1.Outline the design for embroidery on the surface of the fabric.

2.Place design to be embroidered between the two sections of embroidery hoop.

Note:

Embroidery hoop is not included with this machine.

3.Set embroidery hoop under needle and lower the foot.

4.Start the machine at medium speed, guiding hoop carefully so needle moves along line of the pattern.

D. After darning or free-hand embroidery Raise the feed degs by moving the drop feed lever to the right.

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Singer 9940 instruction manual DARNING/FREE-HAND Embroidery, Attaching the Darning Embroidery Foot

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