SINGER W426 - Manual (Page 3)

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Parts Indentification
Principle Parts......................................................................................................... ^
Accessories ............................................................................................................ ^
Installing Machine onto portable case
or cabinet and Connecting Machine........................................................................7
Selection of Needles and Threads ................................................................................... 8
Needle-Thread-Fabric-Stitching Guide................................................................... 9
Changing Needle............................................................................................................. ^9
Changing Needle Plate ................................................................................................. ^9
Selection of Presser Foot..................................i..............................................................
Winding Bobbin ................................................................................................................
Threading Bobbin Case....................................................................................................
Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle .......................................................................................
Selection of Stitch
Stitch Length Control............................................................................... ■ • ■ • 1 5
Reverse Push Button.............................................................................................15
Stitch Width Control.............................................................................................. 16
Relating Stitch Length to Stitch Width .................................................................. 16
Stretch Stitch Lever ............................................................................................... 17
Stitch Pattern Selector [MODEL 426].................................................................... 17
Blind Stitch Selector [MODEL 415] .......................................................................18
Controls
Adjusting Thread Tensions.................................................................................... 18
Adjusting Pressure on Fabric and Feed Dog Height............................................. 19
Sewing Light........................................................................................................... ..
Buttonholer [MODELS 415 & 426] 20
Creative Embroidery Control ................................................................................ 20
Preparing to Sew ............................................................................................................. 21
Guiding Fabric................................................................................................................. 21
Turning Corners...............................................................................................................21
Curved Seams................................................................................................................. 22
Sewing Across Heavy Seams.......................................................................................... 22
Removing the Work......................................................................................................... 22
Straight Stitch
Seam......................................................................................................................23
Basting/Topstitching...............................................................................................23
Darning.................................................................................................................. 23
Cording/Sewing on Zipper .................................................................................... 24
Quilting................................................................................................................... 24
Zigzag Stitch
Overcasting ........................................................................................................... 25