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such as threading needle, changing needle, threading bobbin, or changing presser foot, etc. • Always unplug sewing machine from the electrical outlet when removing covers, lubricating, or when making any other user servicing adjustments mentioned in the instruction manual. • Never drop or insert any - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 3
2:9 Lowering feed dogs 2:9 Presser foot lift 2:9 Changing the presser foot 2:9 Buttons for ambition™ 1.5 machine 2:10 Touch screen for ambition™ 1.5 machine 2:11 Buttons for ambition™ 1.0 machine 2:12 Graphic Display on ambition™ 1.0 machine ..........2:13 Settings 2:14 Sewing - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 4
needle threader 7. Buttonhole lever 8. Needle bar 9. Stitch plate 10. Bobbin cover 1:4 20 11. Lower thread guide 12. Presser foot lift 13. Needle screw 14. Needle thread guide 15. Presser foot bar and presser foot holder 16. Presser foot 17. Free arm 18. Buttons and touch screen (ambition™ 1.5) 19 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 5
switch, connectors for power cord and foot control 33. Handle 34. Presser foot lift 35. IDT™ 36. Slide for lowering the feed dogs 32 Accessory tray The accessory tray features special compartments for presser feet and bobbins, plus space for needles and other accessories. Store the accessories in - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 6
one) 47. Stylus (ambition™ 1.5) 48. Edge guide 49. Auxiliary spool pin Included accessories not in picture • Foot control • Power cord • Needles • Hard cover 41 40 44 45 47 48 42 43 46 49 Presser feet Standard presser foot 0A with IDT™ system (attached on the machine upon delivery) This foot - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 7
decorative sewing. Honeycomb stitch 12 10 Bridging stitch 13 11 Decorative stitch for stretch fabrics and hems. Also used with elastic thread in the bobbin. Joining fabrics and quilt batting, decorative stitch for quilting, hemstitching. Foundation elastic stitch Joining stitch for undergarments - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 8
for light garments or jackets. Stretch buttonhole 38 28 Buttonhole for stretch fabrics. Button sewing 39 29 Sew on buttons or tacking. Eyelet 40 30 Heirloom sewing decorative trim. Programmable darning Darning holes or damaged fabric. 41 31 stitch Programmable Reinforced darning holes or - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 9
92 93 94 - 95 Decorative stitches Stitch 1.5 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 1.0 - 121 122 123 124 144 125 Stitch 1.5 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 1.0 126 - 127 - 128 129 - 130 Sewing techniques stitches Stitch 1.5 190 191 192 193 194 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 10
Introduction Alphabets Block letters Outline letters (ambition™ 1.5) Script letters (ambition™ 1.5) Cyrillic letters 1:10 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 11
flat surface. Lift the machine out of the box, remove the outer packaging and lift off the machine carrying case. 2. Remove all outer the machine around the free arm. 5. Place the foot control in the space above the free arm. 6. Put on the hard cover. For the USA and Canada This sewing machine has - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 12
plate adjusting screw (A) by hand. Turn clockwise to lower and counter-clockwise to raise the base plate. Mounting machine in sewing cabinet There are two holes on the underside of the machine designed for mounting the machine into a sewing cabinet. Align the holes (indicated in the picture) with - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 13
. Auxiliary spool pin The auxiliary spool pin is used when winding a bobbin thread from a second spool of thread or for a second spool when sewing with a twin needle. Insert the auxiliary spool pin into the hole at the top of the machine (A). Slide on a large spool cap and place a felt pad under the - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 14
manually, make sure that the needle is threaded from front to back. Threading for twin needle Replace the sewing needle with a twin needle. Make sure that the presser threads into the lower thread guide (D). Place one thread into the slot on the left side of the needle thread guide (E) and the - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 15
the thread into the thread guide (A) from back to front. Pull the thread clockwise around the bobbin winder tension disc (B). 3. Thread through the hole in the bobbin (C) from D the inside to the outside. 4. Place an empty bobbin on the bobbin spindle. 5. Push the bobbin lever to the right to - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 16
into the stitch plate thread guide from (D) to (E). 5. To cut off excess thread pull thread back over the cutting off blade at point (E). 6. Replace the bobbin cover. 1 3 D E 2 B A 4 C IDT™ system (integrated dual feed) For sewing any fabric precisely, PFAFF® ambition™ sewing machine provides - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 17
most cases, you do not need to adjust the presser foot pressure. When using specialty techniques, or when sewing on stitch appearance and durability, make sure the needle thread tension is correctly adjusted. For general sewing, the threads evenly meet between the two layers of fabric. If the bobbin - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 18
sewing. Use only quality needles. We recommend needles of system 130/705H. The needle package included with your machine contains sizes. For general sewing in a variety of fabric types and weights. Stretch needle (C) Stretch needles have a special scarf to eliminate skipped stitches when there is - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 19
the free arm to the left. Move the A switch to the right if you wish to raise the feed dogs. Note: The feed dogs will not raise immediately when the lever is switched. Turn the handwheel one full turn or start sewing to re-engage the feed dogs. Presser foot lift The presser foot is lowered or - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 20
down is activated. You can also tap the foot control to raise or lower the needle. Stitch restart (2) If you stop sewing in the middle of the stitch, press stitch restart to start sewing at the beginning of the stitch again without having to reset any special settings you have made. If you press the - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 21
Preparations Touch screen for ambition™ 1.5 machine (9) The touch screen lets you view all your selections and options. Stitches are shown in real size. Touch wheel (10) The touch wheel has several functions. In sewing mode it adjusts stitch width/positioning and stitch length/density. In - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 22
When having stopped sewing in the middle of a stitch, press stitch restart to start sewing at the beginning of the stitch again without having to reset any special settings you have made. If pressing the stitch restart button while sewing, the stitch will be finished and the machine will then stop - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 23
stitches, set the size of a buttonhole stitch or sequence. Save personal stitch or sequence (19) Press this button to save a stitch or sequence to the machine memory. Delete (20) For deleting stitches in a sequence, or sequences saved in the machine memory. Graphic Display on ambition™ 1.0 machine - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 24
to prevent damage to the needle, presser foot or stitch plate. Touch the stitch width safety icon to activate. When activated, the stitch width safety icon will be shown in sewing mode. The setting is kept until you deactivate it. Note: When turning on the machine with this setting activated and for - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 25
down arrow buttons on the wheel. ambition™ 1.0 Twin needle Press OK (B) stitches to prevent damage to the needle, presser foot or stitch plate. When activated, the stitch width safety icon will be shown in sewing mode. The setting is kept until you deactivate it. Note: When turning on the machine - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 26
Preparations 2:16 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 27
sewing. Straight stitch is selected by default. Sewing mode - overview (1.5) 1. Selected stitch number and name 1 11 2. Stitch field 3. Sequencing 2 4 12 13 4. Mirror side to side 3 5. Mirror end to end 5 14 6. Presser foot recommendation 7. Stabilizer recommendation 6 8. Feed dog - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 28
Sewing mode - overview (1.0) 1. Selected stitch number and name 2. Stitch field 3. Stabilizer recommendation 4. Presser foot recommendation 5. Feed dog/IDT™ recommendation 6. Needle recommendation/setting Set for twin needle Wing needle recommended Set for stitch width safety 7. Recommended thread - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 29
the actual length of the entire stitch. For satin stitches, use "+" and "-" to increase or decrease the stitch density. When a satin stitch is selected, the icon (B) changes to show that stitch density is active instead of stitch length. ambition™ 1.0 1 A 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 B Sewing 3:3 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 30
and adjust the thread tension setting. ambition™ 1.0 3 3 4 ambition™ 1.5 Mirroring To mirror stitches or sequences side to side, press mirror side to side (A). To mirror end to end, press mirror end to end (B). A B Note: Buttonholes cannot be mirrored. Sewing ambition™ 1.0 A B 3:4 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 31
. 2 1 ambition™ 1.0 Sewing with tie-off options selected 1. The tie-off beginning (A) will be performed as C soon as you start to sew. 2. Press the reverse button to activate tie-off end (B). The programmed tie-off indicator will be lit. The machine will finish the stitch and do a A tie - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 32
, density and mirroring will be saved. Note: Some special stitches, such as buttonholes, cannot be saved. A pop-up will inform you of this when you try to save such a stitch. ambition™ 1.5 1.5 ambition™ 1.5 Load personal stitch Loading a stitch works just like loading a sequence. Open the load - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 33
the edge on the right side. Stitch number 9 can also be used as an elastic stitch to allow seams to stretch when sewing knit fabrics. Sewing Buttonholes Your machine's buttonholes are specially adjusted for different kinds of fabric and garments. Look at the stitch table on page 1:8 in this book - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 34
excess. 5. Use the seam ripper to carefully open the buttonhole. Sewing Sew on a button 1. To sew on a button, remove the presser foot and select the button sewing stitch. 2. Lower the feed dogs. 3. Place the button under the presser foot holder. Use the mirroring function to make sure the - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 35
plate and lower the buttonhole lever to sew the stitch. Sewing hems in heavy fabric When sewing over seams in extra heavy fabric or a blue jeans hem, the foot can tip as the machine climbs over the seam. Use the multi-purpose tool to balance the height of the presser foot as you sew. One side - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 36
to your quilt. Free-motion stippling is done with the feed dogs lowered. You move the fabric manually to determine the stitch length. 1. Set your sewing machine for stippling by selecting the straight stitch no 1. 2. Attach the optional Open Toe Free-Motion foot #820 988-096. 3. Lower the feed dogs - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 37
. For all types of zippers it is important to sew close to the teeth of the zipper. The zipper foot 4 can be snapped to the presser foot bar on the left or right, depending on how you will insert your zipper. Set the stitch position so the needle enters close to the edge - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 38
-up appears on the screen. Replace the empty bobbin with a full one and press OK to confirm. 1.5 Main motor overload If you are sewing on very heavy fabric or if the machine is blocked when sewing, the main motor can get overloaded and the machine will stop sewing. The pop-up message will close when - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 39
to an existing stitch. Save your own stitches and sequences on your machine and reload and sew them any time you like. All stitches in your sewing machine can be used for sequencing except for buttonholes, darning stitches, button sewing and bartacks. Overview 1. Current stitch number and name - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 40
Using the alphabet (1.5) ambition™ 1.5 Alphabet mode overview 2 1. Font selection/font preview 1 3 2. Name of selected font 4 3. Drop down font selection list 4. Stitch field 5. Keyboard 5 6 6. Change character set (upper case/lower case, 8 normal/special letters and symbols) 7 7 7. - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 41
Using the alphabet (1.0) ambition™ 1.0 Alphabet mode overview 2 1. Font selection/font preview 1 2. Name of selected font 3 3. Stitch field 4. Keyboard 5. Change character set (upper case/lower case, 4 normal/special symbols) 6 5 6. Delete Create a text sequence • Press the left or - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 42
will only affect the highlighted stitch. If you return to sewing mode, all adjustments made there will affect the entire sequence and will not be saved. ambition™ 1.5 9 9 Delete stitches or letters in a sequence To delete a stitch, move the cursor to that stitch and press delete (9). To delete - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 43
stitches, return to sequencing by selecting the B sewing mode tab (B). Move the cursor through the text and insert the decorative stitches the previously saved stitch with the new one. Select OK/yes (C) to overwrite, or cancel/no (D) to close the popup without saving. ambition™ 1.5 8 For - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 44
touch cancel (D). For 1.0: To exit the load sequence menu without loading, press the load button (7). ambition™ 1.5 7 ambition™ 1.0 7 CD C Sequencing Sewing a sequence To sew the sequence, return to sewing mode by pressing the sequencing button (4) or step on the foot control. Your sequence is - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 45
lower the feed dogs and turn off the machine. Remove the presser foot. Push the bobbin cover release button (A) to the right and remove the bobbin cover (B) and the bobbin. Use the screwdriver to remove the two screws (C) in the stitch plate. Lift up the stitch plate. C B C A Clean the feed dogs - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 46
The needle breaks? The machine will not sew? The sewing machine function buttons do not respond to touch? Icons on the screen are not activated when touched? (1.5) Remedy Clean lint from bobbin area. Make sure that the feed dogs are not lowered. Deactivate twin needle or stitch width safety in the - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 47
collected between the feed dogs? Remove the stitch plate and clean the feed dogs with a brush. Have your sewing machine serviced regularly by your local authorized PFAFF® dealer! If you have followed this trouble shooting information and still have problems, take your sewing machine to your dealer - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 48
stitches or letters in a sequence 4:4 Direct selection 2:11, 2:13 Display contrast 2:14, 2:15 Dual feed 2:6 E Edge guide 1:6 Elongation 2:11, 2:13, 3:4 F Feed dogs, lower 2:9 Felt pad 1:6, 2:3, 2:4 Foot control 2:1 Free arm 2:2 G Graphic Display on ambition™ 1.0 machine ..... 2:13 - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 49
away after sewing 2:1 Pop-ups 3:12 Presser feet 1:6 Presser foot Attach 2:9 Change 2:9 Pressure 2:7 Remove 2:9 Presser foot lift 2:9 Presser foot pressure 2:7 Problem/cause 5:2 Programmed tie-off 2:10, 2:12, 3:5 Q Quilting 3:10 Quilt stitches 1:9 R Recycling 5:5 Reverse - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 50
screen calibration 2:14 Touch screen for ambition™ 1.5 machine .......... 2:11 Touch wheel 2:11 Troubleshooting 5:2 Twin needle Set for twin needle 2:14, 2:15 Threading for twin needle 2:4 U Unpacking 2:1 Utility stitches 1:7-1:8 W Warning sound 2:14, 3:3, 3:4 Wheel 2:13 Z Zippers - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 51
reserve the right to change the machine equipment and the assortment of accessories without prior notice, or make modifications to the performance or design. Such modifications, however, will always be to the benefit of the user and the product. Intellectual property PFAFF, AMBITION and IDT (image) are - Pfaff ambition | Owner's Manual - Page 52
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