Table Of Contents - Kenmore 17881 Owner's Manual

KNOWING YOUR SEWING MACHINE
Machine identification ...................... 2 _3
Accessories .............................. 4
Setting spool pins ........................... 5
Converting to free-arm sewing ............... 5
Pressure regulator, Presser foot lever ........... 6
Presser feet, Speed control plug ................ 7
Light and power switch, Sewing light ............ 8
Foot control, Seam guides, Darning plate ....... 9
Needle, thread and fabric chart ................ t0
Needles, Placement of needle ................. 11
Winding the bobbin ...................... 12
Threading the bobbin thread .................. 13
Threading top thread ........................ 14
Picking up bobbin thread .................... 15
Adjusting top thread tensions ................ 16
STARTING TO SEW ....................... 17
SIMPLE SEWING
Straight stitching ..................... 18 _" 19
Fastening a seam, Turning a square corner
Zigzag stitching ......................... 20 *" 21
Checking tensions, Overcasting, Interfacing darts
UTI LITY AND STRETCH STITCH SEWING
Buttonhole making ..................... 22 _ 23
Blind hemming ......................... 24
Shell stitching .......................... 25
Box stitching .................................. 26
Fagoting, Two-point shell stitching ......... 27 "_ 28
Satin stitching, Appliqueing ................ 29 _ 30
Zipper application ..................... 31 _" 32
Mending, Darning ..................... 33 "_ 34
Button sewing, Bar tacking ............... 35 _ 36
Stretch stitching ...................... 37 _ 45
Adjusting stretch stitch balance,
Straight stretch, Rick-rack stretch,
Overcast stretch, Smocking stretch, Serging or
pine leaf stretch, Elastic stretch, Stretch
patching, Herring bone stretch
Geometric decorative stitching .............. 46
Free-arm sewing ......................... 47
CHECKING PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS .... 48 _49
CARING FOR THE MACHINE
Cleaning feed dogs and shuttle .............. 50
Oiling under arm cover plate ................ 51
Oiling underside ........................ 52
Oiling in face cover plate .................. 53
Parts list ........................... 54 _ 55
USING PORTABLE CASE OR CABINET ....... 56