CONTENT_
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
............ 2
MODEL 9940 ......................................................
8
FOR EUROPEAN AND SIMILAR TERRITORIES: ......8
MAIN PARTS ....................................................
10
ACCESSORIES
................................................
12
DUST COVER ..................................................
12
EXTENSION
TABLE .........................................
14
a.
REMOVING
THE EXTENSION
TABLE ................................
14
b.
OPENING
THE ACCESSORY
CASE ...................................
14
CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT ................. 14
A.
Changing
the presser
foot .....................................................
14
B.
Removing
[he presser foot holder .........................................
14
INSERTING THE NEEDLE ...............................
16
FABRIC, THREAD AND NEEDLE TABLE ........ 16
CONNECTING
THE MACHINE ........................
18
FUNCTION OF EACH PART ............................
20
A.
REVERSE
STITCH
BUTTON
...............................................
20
B.
NEEDLE
UP/DOWN
BUTTON
.............................................
20
C. SLOW SEWING
BUTTON
....................................................
20
D. PRESSER
FOOT LIFTER
....................................................
20
E.
DROP FEED LEVER
............................................................
20
F.
PRESSURE
REGULATOR
...................................................
20
G. HAND WHEEL
......................................................................
20
H. TOP COVER .........................................................................
20
CONTROL PANEL ............................................
22
A.
L.C.D. DISPLAY ....................................................................
22
B.
L.C.D. CONTRAST
CONTROL
............................................
22
C. PATTERN
CHART ................................................................
22
D. UTILITY
STITCH BUTTON
...................................................
22
E.
DECORATIVE
& LETTER
STITCH BUTTON
.......................
22
F.
FUNCTION
BUTTONS
.........................................................
22
G. MODE BUTTONS
.................................................................
22
H. SCROLL
BUTTONS
.............................................................
22
I.
CURSOR
BUTTON
...............................................................
22
BOBBIN SETTING
............................................
24
A.
REMOVING
THE BOBBIN ....................................................
24
B.
SETTING
SPOOL OF THREAD
ON SPOOL PIN ................
24
C. WINDING
THE BOBBIN
.......................................................
24
D. INSERTING
THE BOBBIN ....................................................
26
THREADING
THE MACHINE ...........................
28
A.
PREPARING
TO THREAD
MACHINE
.................................
28
B.
SETTING
SPOOL OF THREAD
ON SPOOL PIN ................
28
C. THREADING
THE UPPER THREAD
...................................
28
D. THREADING
THE NEEDLE
EYE .........................................
30
E.
DRAWING
UP THE BOBBIN THREAD
................................
30
STARTING
TO SEW .........................................
32
A.
START AND END OF SEAM ................................................
32
B.
REVERSE
STITCHING
........................................................
32
C. TURNING
CORNERS
...........................................................
34
D. SEWING
HEAVY FABRIC
....................................................
34
E.
SEWING
OVER OVERLAPPED
AREAS ..............................
34
F.
WIDTH OF SEAM ALLOWANCE
.........................................
34
ADJUSTING
THE THREAD TENSIONS
.......... 36
SELECTING
UTILITY STITCH PATTERN
....... 38
A.
SELECTING
THE PATTERN
................................................
38
B.
SETTING
STITCH WIDTH AND LENGTH
...........................
38
C. TWIN NEEDLE
SETTING,
MIRROR/REVERSE
STITCH AND
ELONGATION
......................................................................
40
WHERE TO USE EACH STITCH ..................... 42
STRAIGHT
STITCH SEWING
..........................
44
A.
Straight Stitch ........................................................................
44
B.
Straight Stitch With Autodock
Stitch (Paffem
No. A-3) ......... 44
BASTING ..........................................................
46
CAUTION:
To prevent
acceidents.
Do not pull out the front cover from the
machine.
ELASTIC STITCH SEWING
.............................
46
Quilting ..............................................................
48
A.
Joining the pieces of fabric ...................................................
48
B. Quilting
..................................................................................
48
C. Hand Look Quilting Stitch (No. 7) .........................................
48
ZIGZAG STITCH SEWING ...............................
50
MULTI-STITCH
ZIGZAG ...................................
50
FREE ARM SEWING ........................................
50
OVERCASTING-OVERLOCKING
.................... 52
A.
USING THE OVERCASTING
FOOT ....................................
52
B.
USING THE GENERAL
PURPOSE
FOOT ...........................
52
C. NOTE:
....................................................................................
52
BLIND HEM STITCHING
..................................
54
PATCH WORK ..................................................
56
APPLIQUE
........................................................
56
NARROW HEMMING
.......................................
58
CORDING .........................................................
58
A.
SINGLE
CORDING
...............................................................
58
B. TRIPLE
CORDING
...............................................................
58
INSERTING ZIPPERS
CENTERED
INSERTION ..................................
60
LAPPED INSERTION
.......................................
61
A.
TO OPEN THE ZIPPER
WHILE STITCHING
.......................
62
BUTTONHOLE
SEWING ..................................
62
AUTOMATIC
BAR-TACK AND DARNING
....... 68
SEWING ON BUTTONS ...................................
70
A.
Thread Shank
.......................................................................
70
CONTINUOUS
DECORATIVE
PATTERN ........ 72
A.
SEWING
THIN FABRICS
.....................................................
72
USING THE EVEN-FEED
FOOT ...................... 72
A.
ATTACHING
THE EVEN-FEED
FOOT ................................
72
B. SEWING
...............................................................................
72
DARNING/FREE-HAND
EMBROIDERY
.......... 74
A.
ATTACHING
THE DARING/EMBROIDERY
FOOT .............
74
B. DARING
................................................................................
74
C. FREE-HAND
EMBROIDERY
................................................
74
D. After darning or free-hand
embroidery
..................................
74
TWIN NEEDLE SEWING ..................................
76
DECORATIVE
& LETTER STITCH SEWING ... 78
A.
SELECTING
DECORATIVE
& LETTER
STITCH
.................
78
B. TO CHANGE
THE MODE .....................................................
78
C. SHIFTING
THE CURSOR
....................................................
80
D. TO CHECK
SELECTED
PATTERNS
...................................
80
E.
INSERTING
PATTERN
.........................................................
80
F. TO DELETE
PATTERN
........................................................
80
G. SETTING
OF EACH PATTERN
............................................
82
H. TWIN NEEDLE
SETTING
.....................................................
84
I.
SINGLE/REPEAT
SEWING
................................................
84
J.SEWlNG
THE SELECTED
PATTERN
....................................
84
K. TIPS ......................................................................................
84
DECORATIVE
AND LETTER STITCH CHART 86
MAINTENANCE
................................................
88
CLEANING ........................................................
88
HELPFUL HINTS ..............................................
90