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3. UTILITY STITCHES ........................................................................................45
OVERCASTING STITCHES ................................................................................................45
Using zigzag foot ............................................................................................................................................45
Using overcasting foot .................................................................................................................................... 46
BASIC STITCHING ............................................................................................................47
Basic stitching ................................................................................................................................................47
BLIND HEM STITCHING ..................................................................................................48
BUTTONHOLE SEWING ...................................................................................................51
Button sewing .................................................................................................................................................55
ZIPPER INSERTION ...........................................................................................................57
SEWING STRETCH FABRICS AND ELASTIC TAPE ............................................................59
Stretch stitching ..............................................................................................................................................59
Elastic attaching .............................................................................................................................................59
APPLIQUÉ, PATCHWORK AND QUILT STITCHING ........................................................61
Appliqués .......................................................................................................................................................62
Patchwork (crazy quilt) stitching .....................................................................................................................62
Piecing ...........................................................................................................................................................62
Quilting ...........................................................................................................................................................63
Free-motion quilting .......................................................................................................................................64
REINFORCEMENT STITCHING .........................................................................................66
Triple stretch stitching ....................................................................................................................................66
Bar tack stitching ............................................................................................................................................66
DECORATIVE STITCHING ................................................................................................68
Fagoting .........................................................................................................................................................69
Scallop stitching .............................................................................................................................................70
Smocking .......................................................................................................................................................70
Shell tuck stitching .........................................................................................................................................71
Joining ............................................................................................................................................................71
Heirloom stitching ...........................................................................................................................................72
4. APPENDIX .....................................................................................................73
STITCH SETTINGS .............................................................................................................73
Utility stitches .................................................................................................................................................73
MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................78
Cleaning the machine surface ........................................................................................................................78
Cleaning the bobbin case ...............................................................................................................................78
TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................81
Frequent troubleshooting topics ..................................................................................................................... 81
Upper thread tightened up .............................................................................................................................81
Tangled thread on wrong side of fabric .......................................................................................................... 82
Incorrect thread tension .................................................................................................................................85
Fabric is caught in the machine and cannot be removed ...............................................................................86
List of symptoms ............................................................................................................................................90
ERROR MESSAGES ............................................................................................................95
Operation beep (for models equipped with the operation beep).....................................................................95
INDEX ...............................................................................................................................96