Creating bobbin work, 25 e nglis h, Positioning the fabric and sewing – Baby Lock Ellegante 3 (BLG3) Instruction and Reference Guide Addendum User Manual
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NGLIS
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Creating Bobbin Work
Positioning the Fabric and Sewing
a
Place stabilizer on top (wrong side) of the 
fabric.
b
If thread is too thick to pull through fabric to 
machine surface use an awl to punch a small 
hole in the fabric at the beginning of stitching 
so the bobbin thread can be fed through the 
opening.
c
Use the presser foot lever to raise the presser 
foot.
d
With the wrong side facing up, place the 
fabric with stabilizer under the presser foot.
a
Wrong side of fabric
b
Stabilizer on wrong side of fabric
e
Turn the handwheel toward you 
(counterclockwise) to feed the needle into the 
fabric or punched hole. Position the upper 
thread over the presser foot and lightly hold 
then, lower the presser foot lever.
a
Punched hole
b
Upper thread over the presser foot
f
Pulling the upper thread gently, turn the 
handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) 
until the mark on the handwheel aligns with 
the center top of machine.
→ A loop of the bobbin thread comes up through the
hole in the fabric.
Note
• Recommended stitches for bobbin work are open
“airy” type stitches.
• Be sure to sew trial stitches using same fabric and
threads as your project in order to check the sewing 
results.
• The bobbin thread may become tangled due to the
type of pattern and thread that are being used. Since 
this may cause the needle to break, immediately 
stop sewing if this occurs. Turn off the machine and 
cut out the tangled thread with scissors. Then, clean 
the race and bobbin case as described in “Preparing 
the Bobbin Thread” on page 21.
Note
• Type and weight of stabilizer will depend on fabric
and thread being used.
Note
• If the bobbin thread does not come up, hold the
upper thread as shown below to pull up the bobbin 
thread.
a
Upper thread