Sears KENMORE 385.12814 - Manual (Page 36)

LEARN THE STITCHES
Set the Machine
Stilch
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Siiteli sateclor
T Y P E
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Top thread tension
control 2 to 6
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SUlch Jength
coniroi red
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L E N G T H
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straight Stitches
• Straight Stitch
1. Raise the presser toot
2- Raise the needle to its highest
position.
3. Piace the edge ot the tabric next
to a stitching guide line on the needle
piate {5/8” is most common).
4. Draw the threads towards the back
and lower the presser toot.
5. Press the foot control.
6. Hold the fabric loosely, and gently
.guide it along the guide line, so that it
feeds naturaliy.
Do not force the tabric or try to pull it
tight.
7. At the end ot the seam, you may
want to reverse to lock the stitch.
8. Raise the presser foot and remove
the tabric.
9. Cut the threads.
The seam guides on the needie plate
are there to heip you measure seam
width. The lines are 1/8" apart, with
the 5/8" and 7/8” lines mari<ed.
To turn a square corner 5/8” from the
tabric edge:
1. Stop stitching and lower the needle
by turning the handwhee! toward
you when the tabric edge iacing
you lines up with the cornering
guide, as shown.
2. Raise the presser foot and turn the
fabric to tine up the edge with the
5/8” seam guide.
3. Lower the presser foot and begin
stitching in the new direction.
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