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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GETTING READY TO SEW
Names of Parts ......................................................................... 2
Standard Accessories ............................................................... 3
Extension Table ......................................................................... 4
Accessories Storage ................................................................. 4
Connecting the Power Supply ................................................... 5
Controlling Sewing Speed ......................................................... 6
Speed control slider ............................................................... 6
Foot control ............................................................................ 6
Machine Operating Buttons....................................................... 7
Start/stop button ..................................................................... 7
Reverse button ....................................................................... 7
Auto-lock button...................................................................... 7
Needle up/down position button ............................................. 8
Thread cutter button ............................................................... 8
Jog dial ................................................................................... 8
Confirm button ........................................................................ 8
Raising and Lowering the Presser Foot .................................... 9
Knee Lifter ................................................................................. 9
Function Keys.......................................................................... 10
Changing the Presser Foot ..................................................... 11
Removing and attaching the Foot Holder ................................ 11
Setting for Dual Feed Sewing ................................................. 12
Attaching the dual feed foot ................................................. 12
Setting the dual feed device ................................................. 12
Disengaging the dual feed device ........................................ 13
Removing the dual feed foot ................................................ 13
Setting the Spool of Thread .................................................... 14
Extra spool pin ..................................................................... 14
Removing the Bobbin .............................................................. 14
Winding the Bobbin ................................................................. 15
Inserting the Bobbin ................................................................ 16
Threading the Machine ........................................................... 17
Built-in needle threader ........................................................ 18
Drawing up the Bobbin Thread ................................................ 19
Changing Needles .................................................................. 20
Balancing Thread Tension ....................................................... 21
Balanced thread tension ...................................................... 21
Manual thread tension adjustment ....................................... 21
Adjusting the Foot Pressure .................................................... 22
Dropping the Feed Dog ........................................................... 22
Selecting Patterns ................................................................... 23
Help key ............................................................................... 24
Customizing Machine Settings ................................................ 25
Screen brightness ................................................................ 25
Buzzer sound ....................................................................... 25
Sub window display time ...................................................... 26
Resumption setting .............................................................. 26
Favorite stitch adjustment ..................................................... 26
Touch panel calibration......................................................... 27
Language selection .............................................................. 28
Deleting stored pattern combinations ................................... 28
Resetting all to default .......................................................... 28
UTILITY STITCHES
Straight Stitch .......................................................................... 29
Starting to sew ..................................................................... 29
Sewing from the edge of thick fabric .................................... 29
Changing sewing direction ................................................... 29
Securing seams ................................................................... 30
Using the Seam Guides .......................................................... 30
Tu r ning a square corner ....................................................... 30
Assembling the Extra Wide Ta ble ........................................... 31
Using the Cloth Guide ............................................................. 31
Adjusting the needle drop position ....................................... 32
Adjusting the stitch length .................................................... 32
Customizing preset values of stitch length and width........... 33
Restoring the default settings ............................................... 33
Automatic plate converter..................................................... 34
Opening the automatic plate converter ................................ 35
Variety of straight stitches .................................................... 36
Sewing with the Dual Feed Device .......................................... 38
Basting .................................................................................... 39
Zigzag Stitch ........................................................................... 40
Adjusting the stitch width ...................................................... 40
Adjusting the stitch length .................................................... 40
Overcasting stitches ................................................................ 41
Zipper Sewing ......................................................................... 43
Rolled Hem ............................................................................. 46
Blind Hemming ........................................................................ 47
Shell Tuck................................................................................ 49
Buttonholes ............................................................................. 50
Square (Sensor) buttonhole ................................................. 51
Corded buttonhole ................................................................ 54
Adjusting the buttonhole width ............................................. 55
Adjusting the buttonhole stitch density ................................. 55
Memory buttonhole .............................................................. 56
Round end and fine fabric buttonholes ................................. 57
Keyhole buttonholes ............................................................. 57
Stretch buttonholes .............................................................. 58
Button Sewing ......................................................................... 59
Darning ................................................................................... 60
Ta c king .................................................................................... 62
Eyelet ...................................................................................... 63
PATCHWORK AND QUILTING
Patchwork Piecing ................................................................... 64
Patchwork Stitches .................................................................. 64
Quilting .................................................................................... 65
Clasp Stitch ............................................................................. 65
Free-motion Quilting ................................................................ 66
DECORATIVE STITCHES
Applique .................................................................................. 67
Smocking ................................................................................ 67
Fagoting .................................................................................. 68
Scallop .................................................................................... 68
Cording (3-strand cording) ...................................................... 69
Cording (1-strand cording) ...................................................... 69
Satin Stitches .......................................................................... 70
Sewing Border Designs with the Border Guide Foot ............... 70
Sewing a Mirror Images of a Pattern ....................................... 71
Sewing a Single Unit of a Pattern ........................................... 71
Twin Needle Sewing ................................................................ 72
PROGRAMMING A PATTERN COMBINATION
Pattern Combination ............................................................... 74
Pattern Combination with a Mirror Image ................................ 75
Programming Automatic Thread Cutting ................................. 76
Checking Properties of a Pattern Combination ....................... 76
Sewing the Pattern Combination from the Beginning ............. 77
Sewing the Current Pattern from the Beginning ...................... 77
Bridge Stitches ........................................................................ 78
Programming French Knots .................................................... 79
MONOGRAMMING
Selecting a Letter Style ........................................................... 80
Selecting a Character.............................................................. 80
Programming a Monogram ..................................................... 81
EDITING A PTTERN COMBINATION
Viewing a Long Combination .................................................. 82
Deleting Patterns or Characters .............................................. 82
Inserting a Pattern ................................................................... 83
Duplicating a Pattern ............................................................... 83
Uniform Stitch Adjustment....................................................... 84
Unified needle drop position ................................................. 84
Programming Satin Stitches and Stretch Stitches .................. 85
Individual Stitch Adjustment .................................................... 85
STORING AND RECALLING A PATTERN COMBINATION
Storing a Pattern Combination ................................................ 86
Overwriting a Stored Combination .......................................... 86
Recalling a Stored Combination ............................................. 87
Deleting a Stored Combination ............................................... 87
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Correcting Distorted Stitch Patterns ........................................ 88
Cleaning the Hook Race, Feed Dog and Thread Cutter
Mechanism ........................................................................... 89
Reattaching the Bobbin Holder and Needle Plate .................. 89
Problems and Warning Signals ............................................... 90
Troubleshooting ....................................................................... 92
