Using The Darning Plate; Darning - Kenmore Sears 385.12216 Owner's Manual

Using the Darning Plate
Sometimes when you sew, you want to control the
fabric yourself°
The darning plate covers the feed dogs so that they
do not touch the fabric,
To put on the darning plate:
NOTE= The rectangular holes in the darning plate
match the holes in the needle plate°
1. Potision the darning plate with the 3 pins on the
bottom.
2, Fit the darning plate pins into the needle plate
holes. The feed dogs will show through the
darning plate holes,
Using the darning plate in the following ways:
Darning(E38)
Button Sewing(P.44)
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Darning
(_) Stitch selector: A
(_ Stitch length: Any
(_ Top thread tension: 1 to 4
Q Darning plate:
'_' Presser foot: Removed
Put the darning plate on the needle plate.
Remove presser foot and place fabric on an
embroidery hoop with the hole in the centered°
Draw the bobbin thread up through the fabric by
holding the top thread and taking one stitch at the
spot where you wish to start darning°
Lower the presser bar and sew at slow speed..
Move the fabric back and forth slowly until you have
covered the darning area°
Turn the fabric a half turn and sew another layer of
stitching over the first layer°
After darning is completed, remove the darning
plate,
NOTE: If fabric is thin or badly damaged, use a
separate piece of fabric under the hole to
reinforce ito
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