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SEWING BASICS — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

While holding the end of the thread and

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the fabric with your left hand, turn the

handwheel toward you

(counterclockwise) with your right hand

to lower the needle to the starting point of

the stitching.

Lower the presser foot lever.

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1 Presser foot lever

Slowly press down on the foot controller.

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The machine starts sewing.

Take your foot off the foot controller.

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The machine stops sewing.

• You can use reverse sewing for back tacking

and reinforcing seams by pressing the reverse

sewing lever. Refer to "Reverse sewing lever"

on page 11 for the details.

Raise the needle by turning the

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handwheel toward you

(counterclockwise).

Raise the presser foot lever.

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Pull the fabric to the left side of the

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machine, and then pass the threads

through the thread cutter to cut them.

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1 Thread cutter

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A trial piece of fabric should be sewn. Use a piece of

fabric and thread that are the same as those used for

your project, and check the thread tension and stitch

length and width.

Changing the sewing

direction

Stop the machine with the needle in the fabric at the

point where you want to change the sewing direction,

and then raise the presser foot lever. Using the needle

as a pivot, turn the fabric, lower the presser foot lever,

and then continue sewing.

■ If the fabric does not fit under the presser

foot

If the fabric does not fit easily under the presser foot,

raise the presser foot lever even higher to bring the

presser foot to its highest position.

CAUTION

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If fabric more than 6 mm (15/64 inch)

thick is sewn or if the fabric is pushed

with too much force, the needle may

bend or break.

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