Brother LS-1717 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
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CONTENTS
KNOWING YOUR
SEWING MACHINE
STRAIGHT AND ZIGZAG
STITCHING
BUILT-IN STITCHES
USING ATTACHMENTS
AND APPLICATIONS
BUTTONHOLE
AND
BUTTON SEWING
MAINTENANCE
INDEX
Page
A
Accessories .........................................................................3
Appliques..........................................................................47
Attaching Lace ..................................................................46
B
Blind Hem Stitch...............................................................48
Bobbin
Threading .......................................................... 15, 16
Winding .................................................................. 14
Bridging Stitch................................................................... 11
Buttonhole Sewing ............................................................36
Button Sewing...................................................................40
C
Chart of Sewing Fabrics, Needles and Thread Combinations...
23
Cleaning ...........................................................................55
Connecting Plugs ................................................................4
Cording.............................................................................50
D
Darning............................................................................. 45
Drawing Up The Bobbin Thread ....................................... 18
E
Embroidering ....................................................................51
F
Feed Dog
Cleaning.................................................................. 55
Finishing a Seam ...............................................................26
Foot Controller
Connecting................................................................ 5
Operating .................................................................. 5
Free-Arm Sewing.................................................................8
G
Gathering..........................................................................44
Guiding the Fabric ............................................................30
L
Light Bulb Replacement ....................................................53
Lower (bobbin) Threading .................................................15
M
Main Power Switch .............................................................5
Monogramming ................................................................51
N
Needle
Inspection ................................................................. 6
Position selector ...................................................... 12
Replacement ............................................................. 6
Threading ................................................................ 16
Page
O
Oiling ...............................................................................54
Over Edge Stitch ...............................................................49
P
Performance Checklist ................................................ 57–58
Presser Foot Replacement ...................................................7
Principal Parts .....................................................................2
R
Repacking .........................................................................65
S
Sewing Direction ..............................................................26
Sewing Fabric Edges..........................................................27
Sewing Light
Bulb Replacement ................................................... 53
Switch ....................................................................... 5
Sewing on Very Thin Fabric ..............................................29
Shuttle Hook Removal ......................................................55
Shuttle Race Cleaning .......................................................55
Spool Installing .................................................................16
Steadying the Machine........................................................8
Stitch Length Knob ..............................................................9
Stitch Width Knob ............................................................. 11
Straight Stitching ...............................................................25
Stretch Fabric Sewing........................................................30
T
Threading
Bobbin .................................................................... 15
Needle .................................................................... 16
Thread Tension..................................................................21
Troubleshooting .......................................................... 57–58
Twin-Needle Sewing .........................................................19
U
Upper Tension Control Dial ..............................................21
Upper Threading...............................................................16
W
Winding the Bobbin ..........................................................14
Z
Zigzag Stitching ................................................................31
Zipper Inserting.................................................................42