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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
SEWING CHARACTERS (for models equipped with character stitches) ............................73
Selecting characters ....................................................................................................................................... 73
Checking characters ......................................................................................................................................75
Deleting characters ........................................................................................................................................75
Sewing the character stitches ........................................................................................................................76
ADJUSTING STITCHES (for models equipped with character stitches) .............................77
4. APPENDIX .....................................................................................................79
STITCH SETTINGS .............................................................................................................79
Utility stitches .................................................................................................................................................79
Mirror image stitches ......................................................................................................................................85
Character stitches (for models equipped with character stitches) .................................................................. 88
MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................89
Restrictions on oiling ......................................................................................................................................89
Precautions on storing the machine ...............................................................................................................89
Cleaning the machine surface ........................................................................................................................ 89
Cleaning the race ...........................................................................................................................................89
TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................92
Frequent troubleshooting topics ..................................................................................................................... 92
Upper thread tightened up ............................................................................................................................. 92
Tangled thread on wrong side of fabric .......................................................................................................... 93
Incorrect thread tension .................................................................................................................................96
Fabric is caught in the machine and cannot be removed ...............................................................................97
List of symptoms ..........................................................................................................................................101
ERROR MESSAGES ..........................................................................................................106
Operation beep ............................................................................................................................................106
INDEX .............................................................................................................................107