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Using zigzag foot ............................................................................................................................................ 47
Using overcasting foot .................................................................................................................................... 48
BASIC STITCHING ............................................................................................................49
Basic stitching ................................................................................................................................................ 49
BLIND HEM STITCHING .................................................................................................. 50
BUTTONHOLE SEWING ...................................................................................................53
Button sewing ................................................................................................................................................. 57
ZIPPER INSERTION ...........................................................................................................59
Stretch stitching .............................................................................................................................................. 61
Elastic attaching ............................................................................................................................................. 61
Appliqués ....................................................................................................................................................... 64
Piecing ........................................................................................................................................................... 64
Quilting ........................................................................................................................................................... 65
Free-motion quilting ....................................................................................................................................... 66
REINFORCEMENT STITCHING .........................................................................................68
Triple stretch stitching .................................................................................................................................... 68
Bar tack stitching ............................................................................................................................................ 68
DECORATIVE STITCHING ................................................................................................70
Fagoting ......................................................................................................................................................... 71
Scallop stitching ............................................................................................................................................. 72
Smocking ....................................................................................................................................................... 72
Shell tuck stitching ......................................................................................................................................... 73
Joining ............................................................................................................................................................ 73
Heirloom stitching ........................................................................................................................................... 74
Sewing beautiful patterns ............................................................................................................................... 75
Selecting characters ....................................................................................................................................... 75
Checking characters ...................................................................................................................................... 78
Deleting characters ........................................................................................................................................ 78
Sewing the character stitches ........................................................................................................................ 78
4. APPENDIX .....................................................................................................81
STITCH SETTINGS .............................................................................................................81
Utility stitches ................................................................................................................................................. 81
Mirror image stitches ...................................................................................................................................... 87
MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................91
Restrictions on oiling ...................................................................................................................................... 91
Cleaning the machine surface ........................................................................................................................ 91
Cleaning the race ........................................................................................................................................... 91
TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................94
Upper thread tightened up ............................................................................................................................. 94
Incorrect thread tension ................................................................................................................................. 98
List of symptoms .......................................................................................................................................... 105
ERROR MESSAGES .......................................................................................................... 110
Operation beep ............................................................................................................................................ 110
INDEX ............................................................................................................................. 111
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