Pfaff 295-1 Owner's Manual - Page 17

Regu ate the stitci atn to su t u u sewing the monogram. Remove the foot and drop the ma chine feed Attach the darning foot and lower the presser bar lifter Insert a No. 70 needle and use No. 50 embroidering and darning thread. Ease the needle thread tension somewhat. Trace the monogram on the fabric. Let the needle stitch into the fabric at the beginning of the design and craw the bob bin thread up through the fabric Hold octh thread ends and start your macnine. Hold the fabric taut with noth hands. F:msy fabrics are best piaced in darning hooos. Slowly move the material n writing direction. iithout turning c. 'ihiie the macn:ne s un ing at hgn speed. Sewing Curtains Stitch length: 3 Use a thin needle isee Needle and Thread Chart) and sew with straight or very narrow zigzag stitches. Sew synthetic materials with synthetic thread. 4 Hold syntretic materials a ittle taut while sewing. Ease the needle Thread tension somewhat. -s-I I IJ \\ \' '\ \J U Lti I. 30 Changing the needle position Some special sewing jobs are made with the needle switched to the right or left of .the needle plate slot. This is done cy moving lever (19) to the right arid left, respectively. The needle position lever is indispensable for sewing on buttons and sewing button holes, for instance. ze 19 CPFAFFD - - Button sewing Attach clear-view sewing foot No. 93-100 179-00. Flick the needle to its left position and drop the machine feed. Turn utility-stitch control to zigzag symbol. Raise the needle. Place fabric and button under the foot so that the holes in the button are visible through the needle slot in the foot. Regulate the stitch width until the needle al ternately stitches through both holes. Before sewing on the button, rotate the balance wheel to check the stitch width. If necesarry. adjust. Sew on the button. Move the stitch width control toward the right (straight stitchi and make two or three tying stitches. (• D 4- C.D t c-z Needle positions left center right 31