Singer 9980 QUANTUM STYLIST Instruction Manual - Page 3

CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY STARTING TO SEW 36 BOUND BUTTONHOLE ......... 72 INSTRUCTIONS 2 A. START AND END OF SEAM B. REVERSE STITCHING 36 38 EYELET 74 MODEL 9980 8 C. AUTO TACK STITCH 38 AUTOMATIC BAR-TACK AND FOR EUROPEAN AND SIMILAR D. TURNING CORNERS 40 DARNING 76 TERRITORIES: 8 E. SEWING HEAVY FABRIC F. SEWING OVER OVERLAPPED 40 SEWING ON BUTTONS ......... 78 MAIN PARTS 10 AREAS 40 A. THREAD SHANK 78 ACCESSORIES 12 G.WIDTH OF SEAM ALLOWANCE ......... 40 NARROW HEMMING 80 DUST COVER 12 THREAD TENSION 42 CORDING 80 REMOVABLE EXTENSION TABLE 14 A. REMOVING THE EXTENSION TABLE 14 B. OPENING THE ACCESSORY CASE .. 14 SELECTING UTILITY STITCH PATTERN 44 A. SELECTING UTILITY STITCH PATTERNS 44 A. SINGLE CORDING 80 B. TRIPLE CORDING 80 CONTINUOUS DECORATIVE PATTERN 82 CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT 14 A. CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT ..... 14 B. REMOVING THE PRESSER FOOT HOLDER 14 B. SETTING (Mirror/reverse, elongation) .. 44 C. SETTING STITCH WIDTH AND LENGTH 46 WHERE TO USE EACH STITCH 48 A. SEWING LIGHTWEIGHT FABRICS .... 82 USING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT 82 A. ATTACHING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT 82 B. SEWING 82 INSERTING THE NEEDLE ..... 16 STRAIGHT STITCH SEWING 50 DARNING/FREE-HAND FABRIC, THREAD AND NEEDLE TABLE 16 A. Straight Stitch B. Straight Stitch With Auto-lock Stitch (Pattern No. 3, 4 50 50 EMBROIDERY 84 A. ATTACHING THE DARING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT 84 CONNECTING THE MACHINE18 BASTING 52 B. DARING 84 FOOT CONTROLLER 18 A. ATTACHING THE DARING/ C. FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY 84 FUNCTION OF EACH PART .. 20 A. START/STOP BUTTON 20 B. REVERSE STITCH BUTTON 20 EMBROIDERY FOOT 52 B. BASTING 52 ELASTIC STITCH SEWING ... 54 D. After darning or free-hand embroidery . 84 TWIN NEEDLE SEWING ........ 86 DECORATIVE & LETTER C. NEEDLE UP-DOWN / SLOW BUTTON 20 QUILTING 54 STITCH SEWING 88 D. SPEED CONTROL BUTTON 20 A. JOINING THE PIECES OF FABRIC .... 54 A. SELECTING DECORATIVE & LETTER E. PRESSER FOOT LIFTER 20 B. QUILTING 54 STITCH (selecting mode 88 F. THREAD CUTTER BUTTON 22 C. HAND LOOK QUILTING B. SHIFTING THE CURSOR 88 G. DROP FEED LEVER 22 STITCH (NO. 8 54 C. TO CHECK SELECTED PATTERNS ... 90 H. THREAD CUTTER 22 ZIGZAG STITCH SEWING ..... 56 D. INSERTING PATTERN 90 I. PRESSURE REGULATOR 22 J. TOP COVER 22 K. HAND WHEEL 22 MULTI-STITCH ZIGZAG ......... FREE ARM SEWING 56 56 E. TO DELETE PATTERN 90 F. EDITING OF EACH PATTERN 92 G. TO RECALL THE SELECTED CONTROL PANEL 24 OVERCASTING- PATTERNS 94 A. LCD DISPLAY 24 OVERLOCKING 58 H. SEWING THE SELECTED PATTERNS 96 B. PATTERN CHART 24 A. USING THE OVERCASTING FOOT .... 58 I. TO SEW PATTERN FROM C. UTILITY STITCH BUTTON 24 B. USING THE GENERAL PURPOSE BEGINNING 96 D. DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH FOOT 58 DECORATIVE AND LETTER BUTTON 24 E. FUNCTION BUTTONS 24 BLIND HEM STITCHING ........ 60 STITCH CHART 98 F. EDIT BUTTON 24 CRAZY PATCH 62 ADJUSTING THE BALANCE OF THE G.SCROLL BUTTONS 24 APPLIQUE 62 STITCHES 98 H. CURSOR BUTTONS 24 ADJUSTING CONTRAST OF LCD; TURNING OFF AUDIBLE BEEP 26 BOBBIN SETTING 28 INSERTING ZIPPERS CENTERED INSERTION ........ LAPPED INSERTION BUTTONHOLE SEWING ........ 64 66 68 MAINTENANCE 100 CLEANING 100 MESSAGES ON LCD 102 HELPFUL HINTS 104 A. REMOVING THE BOBBIN 28 B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN 28 C. WINDING THE BOBBIN 28 D. INSERTING THE BOBBIN 30 THREADING THE MACHINE . 32 A. PREPARING TO THREAD MACHINE . 32 B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN 32 C. THREADING THE UPPER THREAD ... 32 D. THREADING THE NEEDLE EYE ......... 34 DRAWING UP THE BOBBIN THREAD .... 34 CAUTION: To prevent acceidents. Do not pull out the front cover from the machine. 3