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  • Page 2 Be sure to use only a 15-watt light bulb in the sewing lamp. d) The drive belt must never be adjusted by anyone but an authori zed Pfaff agent. “ome safety rules valid for United Kingdom only The wires in the mains lead are colour...
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  • Page 9 Max.wthN Applicat ion Descript ion in mm For buttonho les in outerwea r, costume s, Eyelet buttonho le with lengthw ise tack coats, etc. For buttonho les in heavy-du ty Eyelet buttonho le — with crosswis e tack outerwea r, For joining terry cloth, jersey and Coverin g stitch inserting patches (flat seam with double...
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  • Page 14 ______________ Electrical connection Lift off the cover and fold down the carrying handle. Compartment A is for storing the foot control, mains lead and instruction book. Open cover 2. 11io° Connect the mains lead.
  • Page 15 Pull the power lead out of the foot control. Plug the foot control lead into connec tion socket 31 and place the foot con trol on the ground. Press main switch 9, the sewing lamp then goes on. •11...
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  • Page 26 The exclusive Pfaff solution ist built-in dual feed, a walking foot that simul taneously feeds the fabric from above as the feed dog moves it from below.
  • Page 27 Swing work support 11 against the machine arm. £ Switch off main switch 9. Now place the material under the sewing foot. —. To place extra thick materials below the presser foot, raise presser bar lifter 17 higher and hold until fabric is in correct sewing position.
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  • Page 34 _____ prog Program selection: When the Creative is switched on, pro gram -00- appears in display 21. Enter the required number in program dis play 22 using programming keys 21, The alphabet and number symbols are selected with the left keys, while let ters and numbers are selected with the right keys.
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  • Page 45 Detachable work support and accessories: The work support can be lifted out (A). Open its lid and take out accessory box C. Underneath the box is an accessory compartment B. Illustration D shows how to arrange sewing feet, needles and bobbins in the accessory box.
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  • Page 50 • Before you begin, first try sewing on a piece of waste fabric. • Check the stitch formation and tension. • Secure the beginning and end of the seam by pressing “tie-off/button-toIe” key 19. • For sewing light, soft and stretch materials hold the thread ends at the beginning of sewing (Fig.
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  • Page 66 ‘nocking ith elastic thread 5__DA 3 to 4 mm ch length: bbin thread: elastic thread, (wind tension- free on bobbin) edle thread: sewing thread sewing with elastic threads we recommend wing an additional bobbin case. Dause elastic threads are much thicker than an mary bobbin thread, the tension on the bobbin e has to be set looser.
  • Page 71 Change of bartack width Elastic stitch (for underwear) and length prog The bartacks can be changed to different width or lengths, or only in width or length (Fig. 4 Cut off the stretched elastic tape close to the prog edge. Gather the fabric to the waist size using straight stitch.
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  • Page 89 p109 _i_o /,o/ & Adapting the buttonhole seam Linen buttonholes (fully automatic) lengths with the balance keys prog-- With ‘balance” keys 5 the left buttonhole seam length can be adapted to the right one. Sew a sample buttonhole first. Sewing thread: Embroidery and darning thread Example: Mark the location of the buttonhole.
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  • Page 92 prog dapting the buttonhole length garment may consist of different numbers of bric plies. e. g. the buttonhole strip may consist three plies and the collar stand of six owing to — e folded seam edge. In this case it is necessary program the buttonhole for varying numbers of bric plies in order to maintain the same button )le length as on the three-ply buttonhole strip.
  • Page 93 1’ prog Stretch buttonho le, reinforce d Adaptin g the buttonho le seam length with the balance keys prog With “balance” keys 5 the left buttonhole seam —3+ length can be adapted to the right one. Make a sample buttonhole first. Sewing thread: embroidery and darning thread 18 buttonhole lengths are stored In the compu Example:...
  • Page 94 prog -‘“O emi-auto matic) you wish to determin e the second bartack in a ogramm ed buttonho le, press “tie-off/b utton )le” key 19 (Fig. 7). A dash then flashes in display (Fig. 6) at the right side of program 151. The achine now sews slowly just before the end of e second seam.
  • Page 95 prog For every type of fabric, the correspo nding but tonhole width can be determin ed up to 5.5 mm Determi ning your own buttonho le length and For heavy material s select a wide buttonho le am bartack for light material s a narrow one. With stitch widtt When you press right (+) program key (22) the keys 8.
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  • Page 105 ______ iIiiiiiiii± i prog prog •1 prog prog Correcting a buttonhole Eyelet buttonhole (fully automatic) If a buttonhole does not turn out well, cancel it b prog pressing “pattern start” key 26 and sew it again. 154a, b. c 3± Changing the buttonhole width Sewing thread: embroidery and darning thread press “slow sewing”...
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  • Page 107 Buttonhole with gimp thread Eyelet buttonhole with gimp thread In the case of elastic materials, it is possible that the buttonholes extend. Therefore, the button Suitable threads: bead yarn No. 8, or thick hole strip should be reinforced with interlining sewing thread material.
  • Page 109 Place a match stick or a toothpic k on the butto When you cut open a buttonho le it is importan t between the two holes and sew the button on a not to damage the bartacks . To avoid this, insert describe d (Fig.
  • Page 111 Cording Cording foot tongue (special acces cording sOry) prog —5+ uldng toot Needle: Double needle Cording seams are especially popular as a deco ration on underwear, dresses, blouses, etc. Cording sewn with the cording tongue Cording is always sewn with two needle threads. Place a spool of thread on each spool pin and secure it in position with the corresponding unwinding disc.
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  • Page 115 ______ prog 3—5 OA,4 • Edge guide Seams stitched on articles filled with cotton wool or some other soft padding have a very prominent effect. For this purpose, batting, foam plastic or flannel is placed between the top ply and a light weight bottom ply (Fig.
  • Page 117 ____H Attaching lace Inserting lace For this work, two worksteps are required For this work, two worksteps are required Ffrst workstep First workstep prog prog —_______ -3+OA Second workstep Stitch width: 5.0 mm Stitch length: 1 5 mm Second workstep prog —...
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  • Page 124 ______ 4£ Shell edging prog 1416 Stitch length; 1.5 mm 28 pattern mirror in program 16 f(ey; Shell edging provides nice trimming, especially on sheer, soft materials. Fold over the fabric edge once along the line which is to be decorated. During sewing the blindstitches draw inthefabric edge at regular intervals, thus producing a shell- edge effect.
  • Page 125 Fringe seams Butterfly Flower Two worksteps are required for this: prog First workstep (wings) 066263 prog Mark out the pattern of the flower on the fabric. ftoLJ jFdn Sew the petals, stem and leaves as shown in the illustration, Now fill in the seed capsule using a Stitch width: fringe seam, working spirally from the outside Stitch length:...
  • Page 126 imIflIflh 1 lltflUflh Ji*flflhli iliII Hem-sti tching As the illustrations show, hem-stitching can be used in different ways, both as an edge reinforce ment and as a fancy effect on table linen or cloth ing articles. “Ladder” hem-stitching ‘11 prog —3+ Stitch width 2 mm...
  • Page 127 ,,_•,...,,,. ,,te em-stitching with wing needle hread: embroidering/darning thread feedle: wing needle or this work, four threads are drawn, five threads re left in, then a further four threads drawn. Over the fabric using pro- ew the five threads left ram 164 or 166 (Figs.
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  • Page 130 Ring of flowers The illustration above shows a pretty ring of flow ers. For this type of embroidery it very important to guide the embroidery hoop evenly and steadily. Here are the instructions for sewing the different motifs: Motif 1: 2 worksteps workstep:program reverse pattern...
  • Page 131 ___-- ewing monogra ms with ie embroid ery foot prog 101262 read: embroidering/darning thread ear-lined block letters or monograms made by mbining different ornamental patterns can be wn without any difficulty. Trace the monogram paper first, then transfer it to the fabric. Having ne so, follow the outlines with the programmed tch pattern chosen.
  • Page 132 Lengthening a pattern at the same stitch density Fancy stitch programs can be varied in length at the same stitch density when the display at key 5+ lights up. The pattern length selector is set be tween 6,0 an 90 mm. The maximum pattern length at short stitch lengths is limited (Fig.
  • Page 133 Programming the computer with embroidery stitches and monograms Compiling various programs from 00 to 177 • The Creative computer has 16 M-memories, from M 0 to M 15. up to 84 pro • Per one pattern sequence — — grams can be entered in one M-memory. •...
  • Page 134 UI 111/1111 ri Iiii prog prog To enter the programs from 00 to 177 first select a free M-memory. How to select an Single patterns M -memory: If you wish to sew only one pattern sequence or just one pattern, press the key Fig.
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  • Page 140 Ornamental borders You can give free rein to your creativity by combi ning various patterns. The ornamental borders illustrated on this page and described below are intended as a stimulus to your imagination. • For sewing ornamental borders we recom mend using the fancy-stitch sewing foot No.
  • Page 142 Border 2 consists of the Second workstep , middle motif followin g program s: • Select program 45 140, 62 and 00 Sew the pattern at sewing-f oot width along the fancy seam sewn before. First workstep • Select program 140 Third workstep , final motif •...
  • Page 143 ewing fancy seams with e twin needle optional Optional edle: twin needle, 1.6 mm gauge “twin needle” ry attractive fancy patterns can be sewn with a twin needle. The illustrations above show me of the dainty patterns that can be produced th a little imagination.
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  • Page 154 proc <) Proc A dot can be used as a full stop or period, for -““;- example between the letters of an abbrevia tion. A dot can be selected together with every letter or i i i i i i figure in italics.
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  • Page 156 Sewing texts Correcting program entries If you wish to divide a text into several lines, select If you have missed out a letter or figure or entered a free M-memory for each line and enter the text. a wrong one, you can correct the entry. Cancel After the last program entry, press the single pat the individual entries back up to the mistake using rn em...
  • Page 158 II!IIIIIIIIIII!Iij prog ooo& Correcting characters with the balance key Sometimes, letters or words may shift, depending on the fabric used. This can be corrected with the balance key (Fig. 2). Words or texts can only be corrected together. The letter or figure last entered is corrected towards plus or minus with key Sand entered with “memt-”...
  • Page 162 z :[: :[: <x (XX< ><<)<< 0< K> — CXX( xX> Xx)<x zzEj )0< EjEEHE Arrow Sewing direction Cross-stitches Point Beginning of sewing (needle penetra tion) • When sewing is begun the needle always ent 70-79 ers in the middle of the foot. The red dot on the If you have no cross-stitch pattern available, you pattern marks each starting point.
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  • Page 172 130/705 H-SUK jersey fabrics, Quiana and Simplex. ball point 70,110 Medium Stretch-fabric needle developed 130/70511-PS —zE especially for Pfaff. Particularly suitable ball point 75, 90 for delicate stretch and knitted fabrics. —.-— Wide-meshed corsetry, Lycra, Simplex Heavy 130/705 H-SKF ball point and Lastex.
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  • Page 174 Fault finding Cause: Remedy: 1. Machine skips stitches Needle not inserted correctly. Push needle up as far as it will go, its flat shank side facing rear. Wrong needle used. Insert system 130/705 H needle. Needle bent or blunt. Insert new needle. Machine threaded improperly.

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