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User Manual
QUILT MAKER PRO 16
Quilting With the Quilt Maker Pro 16
Preparing to Quilt
1. Make sure your machine has been cleaned, oiled, has a new needle, and that the tracks on the frame
are free from threads or other debris. If the machine isn’t already plugged in, plug it in now.
2. Select your thread and wind one or more bobbins.
3. Turn on the power switch at the back of the machine.
4. Set your bobbin tension and thread your machine.
5. Aft er loading your quilt, use a scrap of fabric along the edge of the quilt backing and batti ng to test the
top tension. Make adjustments to the top tension as needed.
Using the Handlebar Butt ons
To bring bobbin thread to the top of the quilt
1. Aft er the machine is threaded, move the machine over the quilt to your
starti ng locati on.
2. While fi rmly holding the tail of the needle thread, press the needle up/
down butt on twice, causing the needle to go down through the quilt
sandwich and then back to the up positi on. Or press and hold the up/down
butt on unti l the needle does a full revoluti on; then release the butt on.
3. Move the machine four to six inches while holding the needle thread in place. The bobbin thread will
pull up through to the top of the quilt.
4. Grasp the bobbin thread loop and pull it to the desired length. Repositi on the needle to the starti ng
locati on, and ti e off the threads by quilti ng a few sti tches in place. Then begin quilti ng.
To start or stop quilti ng
• Start or stop the machine at any ti me by pressing the Start/Stop butt on
on the handlebars.
