Table Of Contents - Janome Sewing Machine Instruction Book

KNOW YOUR MACHINE
Names of Parts ................................................................. 2
Attaching the quick referencce board ................................ 2
Standard Accessories ....................................................... 3
GETTING READY TO SEW
Connecting the Power Supply ........................................... 4
Controlling Sewing Speed ................................................. 4
Speed control lever ...................................................... 4
Foot control .................................................................. 4
Function Buttons ............................................................... 5
Raising and Lowering the Presser Foot ............................ 7
Attaching the Knee Lifter ................................................... 7
Variety of Presser Feet and Their Uses ............................ 8
Changing the Presser Foot ............................................... 9
Detaching and Attaching the Foot Holder ......................... 9
Attaching the even feed foot ........................................... 10
Attaching the darning foot P ............................................ 10
Winding the Bobbin ......................................................... 11
Removing the bobbin ................................................. 11
Setting the spool of thread ......................................... 11
Winding the bobbin .................................................... 12
Inserting the bobbin ................................................... 13
Threading the Machine ................................................... 14
Automatic Needle Threader ............................................ 16
Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread ....................................... 17
Changing Needles........................................................... 18
Fabric and Needle Chart ................................................. 18
Balancing Thread Tension ............................................... 19
Adjusting the Foot Pressure ............................................ 20
Dropping the Feed Dog ................................................... 20
BASIC STITCHES
Straight Stitch .................................................................. 21
To sew from the edge of thick fabric .......................... 21
Securing seam ........................................................... 21
Changing sewing direction ......................................... 22
Using the cloth guide ................................................. 22
Using the seam guide lines ........................................ 22
Adjusting the needle drop position ............................. 23
Adjusting the stitch length .......................................... 23
Variety of the straight stitches .................................... 24
Basting ............................................................................ 25
Zigzag Stitch ................................................................... 26
Adjusting the stitch width ........................................... 26
Adjusting the stitch length .......................................... 26
Variety of Overcasting Stitches ....................................... 27
Zipper Sewing ................................................................. 29
Rolled Hem ..................................................................... 32
Shell Tucking ................................................................... 32
Blind Hem ........................................................................ 33
UTILITY STITCHES
Buttonholes ..................................................................... 34
Variety of buttonholes ................................................ 34
Sensor buttonholes .................................................... 34
Double layer buttonhole ............................................. 37
Corded buttonhole ..................................................... 37
Changing buttonhole width ........................................ 38
Changing buttonhole stitch density ............................ 38
Automatic buttonhole ................................................. 39
Button Sewing ................................................................. 41
Darning ............................................................................ 42
To sew a shorter darning ............................................ 43
To sew the same size darning .................................... 43
To adjust the eveness of darning ............................... 43
Tacking ............................................................................ 44
To sew a shorter tack ................................................. 44
To sew the same size tack ......................................... 44
Eyelet .............................................................................. 45
Adjusting the shape of an eyelet ................................ 45
PATCHWORK AND QUILTING
Patchwork ....................................................................... 46
Patchwork stitches ..................................................... 46
Quilting bar for the zigzag foot ................................... 47
Freemotion quilting .................................................... 47
Clasp stitch ................................................................ 48
PATTERN PROGRAMMING AND DECORATIVE STITCHES
Programming a Pattern Combination .............................. 49
Sewing the pattern combiantion from the beginning ..... 49
Pattern combination with auto thread cutting ............. 50
Elongation Sewing .......................................................... 51
Fagoting .......................................................................... 52
Smocking ........................................................................ 52
Applique .......................................................................... 53
Twin Needle Sewing ........................................................ 54
Correcting Distorted Patterns .......................................... 56
Reviewing the Programmed Pattern Combination .......... 57
Deleting a Pattern from the Programmed Combination .. 57
Inserting a Pattern in the Programmed Combination ...... 58
Duplicating a Pattern in the Programmed Combination .. 58
Uniform Stitch Adjustment of the Programmed Patterns . 59
Uniform stitch adjustment after sewing the pattern
combination ................................................................ 59
Individual Stitch Adjustment of the Progarmmed Pattens ... 60
CARE OF THE MACHINE
Cleaning the Hook Race and Feed Dog ......................... 61
Assembling the hook race .......................................... 61
Replacing the Light Bulb ................................................. 62
Problems and Warning Signals ....................................... 63
Troubleshooting .............................................................. 65
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