SINGER W1550 - Manual (Page 25)

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Keeping Stitching Straight
Your machine has three aids to help
keep your stitching straight, whether
stitching seams or doing decorative
stitching.
* Numbered guidelines on the right
side on needle plate.
Numbers indicate distance, in eights
of an inch, form the needle. For 5/8"
seam, line up your fabric with the
' numbered 5/8" ^guideline.
Cloth guide attachment
Use for stitching seam widths that
are wider than markings on needle
plate, and for making wide hems.
Also use as a guide for blindstitching.
Fasten cloth guide to machine by
inserting thumb screw into hole in
bed of machine. Adjust cloth guide
to desired distance from needle and
tighten screw.
Quilting attachment
Use for stitching parallel lines with­
out marking fabric when quilting
shirring, smocking, or making rows
of decorative stitches.
Insert bar (A) into hole in the Foot
Bracket (B). It is movable from side
to side to set it at the desired position.
Pin Basting
Place pins at right angles to presser foot
with pins just nipping into fabric at
stitching line. Never place pins on
underside of fabric in contact with
fabric feed or so presser foot ride;
over head of pin.
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