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User Manual
QUILT MAKER PRO 16
4. Aft er the thread is in place, be sure that the
thread catches on the take-up spring and then
pull it down under the sti rrup thread guide ⑦.
5. Bring the thread up and through the take-up
lever from back to front ⑧, and then to the
pigtail thread guide ⑨, and thread through the
needle bar thread guide hole ⑩.
6. Make sure the thread is following the groove
down the front of the needle and insert thread
through the eye of the needle from front to back
11 . While pulling thread through the eye of the
needle, be careful that the thread does not twist
around the needle.
NOTE
: Before threading the needle, confi rm
that the machine is threaded properly and the
tension is correct by carefully pulling the top
thread. It should pull smoothly with light to
medium tension. If thread pulls freely with no
tension, rethread the machine, ensuring that the
thread is fl ossed into the tension discs.
IMPORTANT
: The Quilt Maker Pro 16 does not
have a presser foot lever or top tension release
like a home sewing machine. On a home sewing
machine the top tension is released when the
presser foot is raised, allowing the thread to
come freely out of the machine. When a home
machine is threaded the tension discs are
released and open to allow the thread to easily
fall between the tension discs. This isn’t the case
with the Quilt Maker Pro 16 quilti ng machine.
The top tension is always ti ght and the tension
discs are never open. Therefore the thread
must be pulled up, or fl ossed, between the
tension discs or it will stay outside the discs and
fl oat without tension, causing serious tension
problems and/or thread nests.
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