SEWING BASICS
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Starting to sew
a
Turn on the sewing machine.
b
Raise the needle to its highest position by
turning the handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise).
c
Raise the presser foot lever.
a
Presser foot lever
d
Place the fabric under the presser foot, pass
the thread under the presser foot, and then
pull out about 5 cm (2 inches) of thread
toward the rear of the machine.
a
5 cm (2 inches)
e
While holding the end of the thread and 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.
f
Lower the presser foot lever.
a
Presser foot lever
g
Slowly press down on the foot controller.
X
The machine starts sewing.
h
Take your foot off the foot controller.
X
The machine stops sewing.
i
Raise the needle to its highest position by
turning the handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise).
j
Raise the presser foot lever.
k
Pull the fabric to the left side of the machine,
and then pass the threads through the thread
cutter on the back of the presser foot bar to
cut them.
a
Thread cutter
Sewing in reverse
Reverse sewing is used to lock the threads at the end
of the seam or wherever reinforcement is needed.
a
Press and hold down the reverse sewing lever
while sewing.
b
To sew forward, release the reverse sewing
lever.
