Kenmore 1791 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
KNOWING YOUR MACHINE Page
Knowing parts and features 1 - 2
GETTING READY TO SEW
Setting up your machine 3
Electronic needle contro|, stitch selector and indicator 4
Winding the bobbin
Threading your machine
Checking for correct tension
Changing needies, needleplates
Special fabnc chart
STRAIGHT AND ZIGZAG SEWING
Using the free-arm
Straight stitching
Securing seams, top-stitching
3 ways to do basting
Zigzag sewing -- the basics
Blind hemming
Mending, darning, fagoting, bar-tacking
Interfacing
BUTTONHOLES AND FASTENERS
Using your "built-in" system
Your "attachment" system
Choosing the right buttonhole
"'Regular-worked" buttonholing
Purl-edging, bound buttonholes
installing zippers
5 Machine-sewing buttons
6- 7 STRETCH AND SPECIAL STITCHES
8 Straight stretch stitching
9 Rick-rack, stretch
10 Feather, elastIc and overcast stretch
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Paris point stretch, built-in decorative stretch stitches 33
13 FINISHING AND PERSONAL TOUCHES
14 Satin stitches, machine emboridery
15 Narrow hemming
16 Edgestitchlng, even feed foot
17 Shell stitching, lettuce edging
19 Appliques and quilting
20 CARING FOR YOUR MACHINE
22 Performance check chart
Keeping your machine clean
23 Oiling your machine
24 Ordenng replacement parts
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