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Installing the bobbin

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Winding/Installing the Bobbin Installing the bobbin Install the bobbin wound with thread. You can begin sewing immediately without pulling up the bobbin thread by simply inserting the bobbin in the bobbin case and guiding the thread through the slit in the needle plate cover. Memo • If the threads will be pulled to create gathers or the thread at the beginning of sewing will be finished, for example, when free motion quilting, first pull up the bobbin thread. For details, refer to "Pulling up the bobbin thread" on page 20. CAUTION • Use a bobbin that has been correctly wound with thread, otherwise the needle may break or the thread tension will be incorrect. Insert the bobbin into the bobbin case so that the f thread unwinds to the left. Lightly hold down the bobbin with your right hand g (1), and then guide the end of the thread around the tab of the needle plate cover with your left hand (2). 1 Tab • Before inserting or changing the bobbin, be sure to press on the operation panel to lock all keys and buttons, otherwise injuries may occur if the "Start/Stop" button or any other button is pressed and the machine starts. Turn on the machine. a Press (Needle position button) once or twice to b raise the needle. Press . c → The screen changes, and all keys and operation buttons are locked (except ). CAUTION • Be sure to hold down the bobbin with your finger and unwind the bobbin thread correctly, otherwise the thread may break or the thread tension will be incorrect. While lightly holding down the bobbin with your right h hand (1), guide the thread through the slit in the needle plate cover (2) and lightly pull it with your left hand (3). Raise the presser foot lever. d Slide the bobbin cover latch to the right and remove e the bobbin cover. Memo • By guiding the thread around the tab of the needle plate cover, passing the thread as shown by 2 in this illustration, then lightly pulling the thread at 3, the thread will enter the tension spring of the bobbin case to apply the appropriate tension to the bobbin thread during sewing. 16

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Winding/Installing the Bobbin
16
Installing the bobbin
Install the bobbin wound with thread.
You can begin sewing immediately without pulling up the
bobbin thread by simply inserting the bobbin in the bobbin
case and guiding the thread through the slit in the needle
plate cover.
a
Turn on the machine.
b
Press
(Needle position button) once or twice to
raise the needle.
c
Press
.
→
The screen changes, and all keys and operation
buttons are locked (except
).
d
Raise the presser foot lever.
e
Slide the bobbin cover latch to the right and remove
the bobbin cover.
f
Insert the bobbin into the bobbin case so that the
thread unwinds to the left.
g
Lightly hold down the bobbin with your right hand
(
1
), and then guide the end of the thread around the
tab of the needle plate cover with your left hand (
2
).
h
While lightly holding down the bobbin with your right
hand (
1
), guide the thread through the slit in the
needle plate cover (
2
) and lightly pull it with your left
hand (
3
).
Memo
•
If the threads will be pulled to create gathers or the
thread at the beginning of sewing will be finished, for
example, when free motion quilting, first pull up the
bobbin thread.
For details, refer to “Pulling up the bobbin thread” on
page 20.
CAUTION
•
Use a bobbin that has been correctly wound
with thread, otherwise the needle may break
or the thread tension will be incorrect.
•
Before inserting or changing the bobbin, be
sure to press
on the operation panel to
lock all keys and buttons, otherwise injuries
may occur if the “Start/Stop” button or any
other button is pressed and the machine starts.
1
Tab
CAUTION
•
Be sure to hold down the bobbin with your
finger and unwind the bobbin thread
correctly, otherwise the thread may break or
the thread tension will be incorrect.
Memo
•
By guiding the thread around the tab of the needle plate
cover, passing the thread as shown by
2
in this
illustration, then lightly pulling the thread at
3
, the
thread will enter the tension spring of the bobbin case to
apply the appropriate tension to the bobbin thread
during sewing.