Singer 518 Sewing Machine Parts Manuals

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Singer 518 Instruction Manual (77 pages)

Brand: Singer | Category: Sewing Machine | Size: 4 MB

Introduction
2
Contents
3
Principal Parts
4
And What They Do
5
Accessories and When to Use Them
8
General Purpose Foot and Needle Plate
8
Straight Stitch Foot and Needle Plate
8
Feed Cover Needle Plate
8
Special Purpose Foot
9
Buttonhole Foot
9
Zipper Foot
9
Blindstitch Hem Guide
9
Changing Presser Feet
10
To Remove the Complete Foot
10
Changing Needle Plates
10
Bobbins
11
Needles
11
Changing the Needle
11
Stitch Pattern Discs
11
Preliminary Steps
12
Connecting the Machine
12
Operating Machine and Controller
12
Choosing Needle and Thread
13
Fabric, Thread and Needle Table
13
Threading Your Sewing Machine
14
The Bobbin Thread
14
Winding the Bobbin
14
Removing Bobbin
14
Bobbin Winder Switch
15
Threading the Bobbin Case
16
The Needle Thread
17
Threading the Needle
17
Raising the Bobbin Thread
18
Setting the Machine
19
Choosing Accessories
19
Starting to Sew
19
Straight Stitch Accessories
19
Adjusting Selectors for Your Fabric
20
Adjusting Stitch Length
20
Setting Selector
20
For Reverse Stitching
20
Adjusting Pressure
21
Regulating Thread Tension
22
Needle-Thread Tension
22
Sewing a Seam
23
Pin Basting
23
Starting a Seam
23
Keeping the Seam Straight
24
Turning Square Corners
24
Guiding and Supporting the Fabric
25
Curved Seams
25
Reinforcing End of Seam
26
How Patterns Are Produced
27
Releasing Pattern Disc
27
Changing Fashion and Flexi-Stitch Discs
27
Seating Pattern Disc
27
Fashion Discs Patterns
28
To Use a Fashion Disc
28
Adjusting Width of Design
29
Adjusting Stitch Placement
29
Adjusting Needle-Thread Tension
29
Adjusting Pressure and Choosing Accessories
30
Satin Stitching
31
Accessories and Selector Settings
31
Adjusting Thread Tension
31
Flexi-Stitch Discs
32
Patterns Produced by Flexi-Stitch Discs
32
To Produce a Flexi-Stitch Disc Pattern
32
To Produce a Basic Zig-Zag Pattern with a Flexi-Stitch Disc
32
Setting Stitch Length Dial
34
Adjusting Stitch Balance
34
Preparation
35
Straight Stitching
35
Zig-Zag Stitching
35
Inserting the Twin Needle
36
Threading for Twin-Needle Stitching
36
Buttons
37
Attaching a Button
37
Buttonholes
38
Buttonhole Position
38
Buttonhole Length
38
Four-Step Buttonholes
39
Procedure
39
Side Stitching
39
Bar Tack
39
Stitch Balance
40
Balancing the Two Lines of Stitching
40
Sewing Knit and Stretch Fabric
41
Stretch Stitch Chart
41
Plain Stretch Seams
42
Guiding and Supporting Fabric
42
Applying Gentle Tension
42
Attaching Elastic with Multi-Stitch Zig-Zag
43
Blindstitching Ladder Seams
43
Opening Seam to Form Ladder Effect
43
Overedged Seams
44
Trimming Seam Edges
44
Mock Overedging with the Multi-Stretch Stitch
44
Mock Overedging
45
Finishes for Hems and Facings
45
Applying Facing Finish
45
Finished Hem Edge
45
Lingerie Seams
46
For a 5/8-Inch Seam
46
For a Narrow Seam
46
Hints on Sewing Special Fabrics
47
Leather-Look Vinyl
47
Cire (Wet-Look Taffeta and Tricot)
47
Deep-Pile Fabrics (Fake Fur)
48
Velvet and Velveteen
48
Construction Details
49
Zipper Insertion
49
Attaching the Zipper Foot
49
Corded Seam
49
Blindstitch Zipper Insertion
50
Final Step of Blindstitch Zipper Insertion
50
Completed Blindstitch Zipper Insertion
50
Blindstitch Hems
51
Creating Soft Fold
51
Blindstitch Hems Completed
51
Seams in Fabrics that Ravel
52
Trimming Seam Edges after Stitching with Multi-Stretch Stitch
52
Overedging Trimmed Seam Edge with Blindstitching
52
Topstitching with Crescent Stitch
53
Steps in Making a Dart in Interfacing
53
Decorative Touches
54
Applique
54
Trimming after Stitching
54
Stitching after Trimming
54
Hemstitched Applique
55
Hemstitching
55
Drawing out Threads
55
Stitch with Hem Toward Left
56
Hemstitched Corner
56
Stitching a Picot Edge
56
Trim Fabric Close to Stitching
56
Fagoting a Seam
57
Fagoted Seam Detail
57
Patchwork Quilting
57
Shell Edging with the Blindstitch
58
Smocking
58
Gathering Stitches for Smocked Band
58
Smocked Band Completed
58
Keeping up Appearances
59
Mending a Tear
59
Tear Mended with Multi-Stitch Zig-Zag
59
Bar-Tacked Belt Loops
59
Repairing Stretch Garments
60
Repairing Seams
60
Darning Without Embroidery Hoop
61
Darning with Embroidery Hoop
62
Feed-Cover Needle Plate
62
Darning with Embroidery
62
Cleaning the Machine
63
Removing Covers, Bobbin Case and Bulb
64
Removing and Replacing Top/Bottom Cover
64
Removing and Replacing Carrying Case Base
64
Removing and Replacing Face Plate
64
Removing and Replacing Bobbin Case
65
Changing the Light Bulb.
66
Removing and Replacing the Bulb
66
Replacing the Slide Plate
66
Removing Machine from Cabinet
67
To Remove Machine from Cabinet
67
To Replace Machine in Cabinet
67
Performance Checklist
68
Special Accessories for Special Jobs
70
Fashion Aids
72
Fashion Discs
72
Singer Oil
72
Your Personal Measurement Chart
73
Index
74

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