Document Outline

• CONTENTS
• Principal Parts
  • . . . and when to use them
  • General Purpose fittings
  • Straight Stitch Fittings
  • Special Purpose Foot
  • Zipper Foot
  • Needles
  • Biindstitch Hem Guide
  • Changing Needle Plates
  • Changing the Needle
  • Changing Presser Feet
• Operating your sewing machine
  • ELECTRIC DRIVE
  • TREADLE DRIVE
  • DUAL PURPOSE ELECTRIC/TREADLE DRtVE
  • Electric Drive
  • Treadle Drive
  • FABRIC, THREAD, NEEDLE AND STITCH LEN6TH TABLE
  • STRAIGHT STITCHING
  • THE BOBBIN THREAD Winding the Bobbin
  • Threading the Bobbin Case
  • THE NEEDLE THREAD
  • Threading the Needle
  • RAISING THE BOBBIN THREAD
  • . . . You are now ready to sew
• Straight stitching
  • SETTING NEEDLE POSITION
  • FITTINGS
  • ADJUSTING FOR YOUR FABRIC
  • Adjusting Stitch Length
  • Setting Selector
  • Adjusting Needle-Thread Tension
  • Adjusting Pressure
• Zig-zag stitching
  • SETTING PATTERN SELECTOR
  • For Plain Zig-Zag Stitching
  • For Blindstitching
  • For Mutt^Stitch Zig-Zag Stitching
  • SETTING STITCH WIDTH AND NEEDLE POSITION
  • SETTING STITCH LENGTH AND NEEDLE^THREAD TENSION
  • Stitch Length
  • Needle-Thread Tension
  • SATIN STITCHING
  • Stitch Length
  • Tension Adjustment
  • SETTING PATTERN SELECTOR
  • For Rlc-Rac Stitch
  • For Slant Overe^e Stitch
  • For Faggoting Stitch
  • SETTING STITCH WIDTH AND NEEDLE POSITION
  • ADJUSTING NEEDLE-.THRgAD TENSION
  • ADJUSTING STITCH BALANCE
  • SEWING KNIT ÄND STRETCH FABRIC
  • GUIDING AND SUPPORTING FABRIC
• Twin-needle stitching
  • SETUNG THE MACHINE
  • Straight Stitching
  • Zig-Zag stitching
  • INSERTING THE TWIN NEEDLE
  • THREADING
• Sewing the professional way
  • SEWING A SEAM Pin Basting
  • Starting a Seam
  • Keeping the Seam Straight
  • Guiding and Supporting the Fabric
  • SEAMING AND FINISHING
  • Ladder Seams
  • SEAMS
  • Plain Stretch Seams
  • Stretch Seaming
  • Seam Finishes
• „,3;
  • lingerie Seams
  • DARTS
  • DARTS IN INTERFACING
  • ZIPPERS AND CORDING
  • Zippers
  • Cording
  • Buttonholes made with the Built-in Four-Step Buttonholer
  • Procedure
  • Step I; Side Stitching
  • Step 2: Bar Tack
  • Step 3: Side Stitching
  • Step 4: Bar Tack
  • BALANCING THE TWO LINES OF STITCHING
  • Buttons
  • HEMS
  • Bifndstitch Hems
  • HEMSTITCHING
  • Slant Overedge Hemstitching
  • Finishing touches
    • FAGGOTING
    • PATCHWORK QUILTING
    • APPLIQUE
    • Hemstitched Applique
    • LEATHmOOK VINYL t
    • erne (WeMook Taffeta and Tricot) t
    • VELVET AND VELVETEEN
  • Keeping up appearances
    • TEARS
    • MENDING
    • Bar Tacks
    • Repairing Seams
    • Repairing Stretch Garments
    • Darning without Embroiderer Hoop
    • Darning with Embroidery Hoopt
  • Caring for your sewing machine
    • EVERY FEW MONTHS
    • REMOVING AND REPLACING CARRYING CASE BASE
    • SPECIAL CARE
    • Removing and Replacing Bobbin Case
    • Removing Face Plate
    • Replacing Face Plate
    • CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB
    • REPLACING THE SLIDE PLATE
  • Hints for home service
  • Your personal measurement chart