Singer 9970 Instruction Manual - Page 3

CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2 MODEL 9970 4 FOR EUROPEAN AND SIMILAR TERRITORIES: ...... 4 MAIN PARTS 5 ACCESSORIES 6 DUST COVER 6 REMOVABLE EXTENSION TABLE 7 A. REMOVING THE EXTENSION TABLE 7 B. OPENING THE ACCESSORY CASE 7 CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT 7 A. CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT 7 B. REMOVING THE PRESSER FOOT HOLDER 7 INSERTING THE NEEDLE 8 FABRIC, THREAD AND NEEDLE TABLE .......... 8 CONNECTING THE MACHINE 9 FOOT CONTROLLER 9 FUNCTION OF EACH PART 10 A. START/STOP BUTTON 10 B. REVERSE STITCH BUTTON 10 C. NEEDLE UP-DOWN / SLOW BUTTON 10 D. SPEED CONTROL BUTTON 10 E. PRESSER FOOT LIFTER 10 F. THREAD CUTTER BUTTON 11 G. DROP FEED LEVER 11 H. THREAD CUTTER 11 I. TOP COVER 11 J. HAND WHEEL 11 EXTRA WIDE TABLE 11 CONTROL PANEL 12 A. LCD DISPLAY 12 B. LCD CONTRAST CONTROL 12 C. PATTERN CHART 12 D. DIRECT STITCH SELECTION BUTTONS 12 E. UTILITY STITCH BUTTON 12 F. DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH BUTTON 12 G. FUNCTION BUTTONS 12 H. EDIT BUTTON 12 I. CLEAR BUTTON 13 J. SCROLL BUTTONS 13 K. CURSOR BUTTONS 13 L. TACK BUTTON 13 M. TWIN NEEDLE BUTTON 13 TO TURN OFF THE AUDIBLE BEEP 13 BOBBIN SETTING 14 A. REMOVING THE BOBBIN 14 B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN 14 C. WINDING THE BOBBIN 14 D. INSERTING THE BOBBIN 15 THREADING THE MACHINE 16 A. PREPARING TO THREAD MACHINE 16 B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN 16 C. THREADING THE UPPER THREAD 16 D. THREADING THE NEEDLE EYE 17 E. DRAWING UP THE BOBBIN THREAD 17 STARTING TO SEW 18 A. START AND END OF SEAM 18 B. REVERSE STITCHING 19 C. AUTO TACK STITCH 19 D. TURNING CORNERS 20 E. SEWING HEAVY FABRIC 20 F. SEWING OVER OVERLAPPED AREAS 20 G. WIDTH OF SEAM ALLOWANCE 20 THREAD TENSION 21 SELECTING UTILITY STITCH PATTERN ....... 22 A. DIRECT STITCH PATTERN 22 B. SELECTING OTHER UTILITY STITCH PATTERNS 22 C. MIRROR/REVERSE STITCH 22 D. ELONGATION 23 E. SETTING STITCH WIDTH AND LENGTH 23 WHERE TO USE EACH STITCH 24 STRAIGHT STITCH SEWING 25 A. STRAIGHT STITCH 25 B. STRAIGHT STITCH WITH AUTO-LOCK STITCH (PATTERN NO. 3, 4 25 BASTING 26 A. ATTACHING THE DARNING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT .......... 26 B. BASTING 26 ELASTIC STITCH SEWING 27 QUILTING 27 A. JOINING THE PIECES OF FABRIC 27 B. QUILTING 27 C. HAND LOOK QUILTING STITCH (NO. 8 27 ZIGZAG STITCH SEWING 28 MULTI-STITCH ZIGZAG 28 FREE ARM SEWING 28 OVERCASTING-OVERLOCKING 29 A. USING THE OVERCASTING FOOT 29 B. USING THE GENERAL PURPOSE FOOT 29 BLIND HEM STITCHING 30 PATCH WORK 31 APPLIQUE 31 INSERTING ZIPPERS CENTERED INSERTION 32 LAPPED INSERTION 33 BUTTONHOLE SEWING 34 BOUND BUTTONHOLE 36 EYELET 37 AUTOMATIC BAR-TACK AND DARNING ....... 38 SEWING ON BUTTONS 39 A. THREAD SHANK 39 NARROW HEMMING 40 CORDING 40 A. SINGLE CORDING 40 B. TRIPLE CORDING 40 CONTINUOUS DECORATIVE PATTERN ........ 41 A. SEWING LIGHTWEIGHT FABRICS 41 USING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT 41 A. ATTACHING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT 41 B. SEWING 41 DARNING/FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY .......... 42 A. ATTACHING THE DARNING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT .......... 42 B. DARNING 42 C. FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY 42 D. AFTER DARNING OR FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY 42 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 43 TWIN NEEDLE SEWING 49 DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH SEWING ... 50 A. SELECTING DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH (selecting mode 50 B. SHIFTING THE CURSOR 51 C. TO CHECK SELECTED PATTERNS 51 D. INSERTING PATTERN 51 E. TO DELETE PATTERN 51 F. EDITING OF EACH PATTERN 52 G. TO RECALL THE SELECTED PATTERNS 53 H. SEWING THE SELECTED PATTERNS 54 I. TO SEW PATTERN FROM BEGINNING 54 DECORATIVE AND LETTER STITCH CHART 55 ADJUSTING THE BALANCE OF THE STITCHES ... 55 MAINTENANCE 56 CLEANING 56 HELPFUL HINTS 57 MESSAGES ON LCD 58 3