5
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Using zigzag foot
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47
Using overcasting foot
....................................................................................................................................
48
BASIC STITCHING
............................................................................................................
49
Basic stitching
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49
BLIND HEM STITCHING
..................................................................................................
50
BUTTONHOLE SEWING
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53
Button sewing
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57
ZIPPER INSERTION
...........................................................................................................
59
SEWING STRETCH FABRICS AND ELASTIC TAPE
............................................................
61
Stretch stitching
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61
Elastic attaching
.............................................................................................................................................
61
APPLIQUÉ, PATCHWORK AND QUILT STITCHING
........................................................
63
Appliqués
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64
Patchwork (crazy quilt) stitching
.....................................................................................................................
64
Piecing
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64
Quilting
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65
Free-motion quilting
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66
REINFORCEMENT STITCHING
.........................................................................................
68
Triple stretch stitching
....................................................................................................................................
68
Bar tack stitching
............................................................................................................................................
68
DECORATIVE STITCHING
................................................................................................
70
Fagoting
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71
Scallop stitching
.............................................................................................................................................
72
Smocking
.......................................................................................................................................................
72
Shell tuck stitching
.........................................................................................................................................
73
Joining
............................................................................................................................................................
73
Heirloom stitching
...........................................................................................................................................
74
SEWING CHARACTERS (for models equipped with character stitches)
............................
75
Sewing beautiful patterns
...............................................................................................................................
75
Selecting characters
.......................................................................................................................................
76
Checking characters
......................................................................................................................................
79
Deleting characters
........................................................................................................................................
79
Sewing the character stitches
........................................................................................................................
79
ADJUSTING STITCHES (for models equipped with character stitches)
.............................
80
4. APPENDIX
.....................................................................................................
82
STITCH SETTINGS
.............................................................................................................
82
Utility stitches
.................................................................................................................................................
82
Satin stitches
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89
Mirror image stitches
......................................................................................................................................
90
Character stitches
..........................................................................................................................................
93
MAINTENANCE
................................................................................................................
95
Restrictions on oiling
......................................................................................................................................
95
Precautions on storing the machine
...............................................................................................................
95
Cleaning the machine surface
........................................................................................................................
95
Cleaning the race
...........................................................................................................................................
95
TROUBLESHOOTING
.......................................................................................................
98
Frequent troubleshooting topics
.....................................................................................................................
98
Upper thread tightened up
.............................................................................................................................
98
Tangled thread on wrong side of fabric
..........................................................................................................
99
Incorrect thread tension
...............................................................................................................................
102
Fabric is caught in the machine and cannot be removed
.............................................................................
103
Error message “E6” appears in the LCD
......................................................................................................
107
List of symptoms
..........................................................................................................................................
109
ERROR MESSAGES
..........................................................................................................
114
Operation beep
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114
INDEX
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115