Sears 385.1884180 - Manual (Page 3)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1* KNOW YOUR MACHINE
A Portable Case or Cabinet is Available
Locate and Identify the Parts
Identify the Accessories
SECTION 2. PREPARE YOUR MACHINE FOR SEWING
Set Up the iVlachme
• Plug in the Machine and Switch on the Power
» Foot Control Use
« Set the Speed Range Switch
« Set the Pressure Dial
• Setting Spool Pins
» Adjust the Presser Foot Lever
» Thread Cutter , ..... ............ ..
iB Accessory Storage Box
• Free-Arm Sewing: the Removabte Extension Table
Know What the Presser Feet Will Do , = .
« Check Your Presser Foot
« Change the Presser Foot. ^
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• Presser Foot Types
Choose Your Needle and Thread . . . . . .
» Check Your Needle .................................... .. . , . ,
» Fabric, Needle, Thread and Stitch Length Chart
» To Change Your Needle ... ......................
Prepare the Bobbin
• To Remove the Bobbin from the Machine . . . .
• Wind the Bobbin
« Insert the Bobbin into the Bobbin Holder . . . .
Prepare Your Top Thread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
« Thread Your Needle , .
» Pick Up Your Bobbin Thread
• Adjust the Top Thread Tension . . . . . . . .
Stitch Selector
Stitch Length Control ............................. ..................
Adjusting Stretch Stitch Balance
Stitch Width Control
• Three Needle Position
Reverse Stitch Control
Starting To Sew .........................................................
SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES
Practical Stitch Chart
Straight Stitches .........................................................
• Straight Stitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Use the Seam Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Turn a Square Corner . , , . .... ............ ..
• Use the Darning Plate............... ..
• Topst’rtching
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e Quilting , ...... ............ .. , , . ,
Darning
Straight Stretch
Zigzag Stitches
» Basic Zigzag
o Satin Stitch . . . . . . . . . .
e Applique.............................. ..
• Bar Tacking , . . , ................
• Monogramming
• Embroidery . . . . . . .
e Sew a Button
e Overcasting Stitch . . . . . .
e Rick-Rack Stretch . , . , ,
» Three-Step Zigzag . . . . .
0 Overcast Stretch Stitching
« Serging or Pine Leaf Stretch Stitching .
Blind Hemming
Lace Work
Buttonhole Making
« Learning to Sew Buttonholes .
• Built-in System
o Using Buttonhole Attachment.
Sew in a Zipper
Shell Stitching ... ..............................
Two-Point Shell Stitching
Smocking
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Stretch Patching
Fagoting Stitch . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hernng Bone Stretch
Elastic Stretch Stitch . . . . . . . . .
B o x S t i t c h i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Two-point Box Stitch .......................
Ova redging Stitch
Decorative Stretch Patterns ...
Decorate with Geometric Patterns
SECTION 4, PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS CHART
What to Do When
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36
3?
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“51
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“51
“S3
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SB
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61-62
45’
4é'
48'
52-
SECTION 5. CARE FOR YOUR MACHINE
Replace the Light Bulb 63
Clean the Bobbin Holder 63
Clean the Hook Race and Feed Dogs .................... . . . . . 64
Oiling the Machine ..................................................................... 64
PARTS LIST . . . . . ................. .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-66
INDEX .......................................................... . .......................................67-68
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