Sears 38512102 - Manual (Page 44)

Using the Darning Plate
Sometimes when you sew, you want to conlroi the fabric
yourself.
The Darning Plate covers the feed dogs so that they do not
touch the fabric.
To put on the Darning Plate:
1, Position the darning plate with the 3 pins on the bottom.
2. Fit the darning plate pins into the needle plate holes. The
feed dogs will show through the darning plate holes.
NOTE; The rectangular holes in the Darning Plate match the
holes in the needle plate, in the darning plate, these
holes are slightly to the left of center.
Darning
0 Needle positions selector dial: (CD)CI3(CS)
(D Stitch length dial: Any
(D Stitch width dial: 0
0 Needle thread tension: 1 to 4
(D Darning plate: Attached
*Presser foot Removed
Put the darning plate on the needle plate. Remove the
presser foot and place the fabric on an embroidery hoop with
the hole in the center.
Draw the bobbin thread up through the fabric by holding the
top thread and taking one stitch at the spot where you wish to
start darning. Lower the presser bar and sew at a slow
speed. Move the fabric back and forth slowly until you have
covered the darning area. Turn the fabric a half turn and sew
another layer of stitching over the first layer. After darning is
completed, remove the darning plate.
NOTE: if fabric is thin or badly damaged, use a separate
piece of fabric under the hole to reinforce it.
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