SINGER 1200 Athena - Manual (Page 18)

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You wiH find a bobbin in place under the slide
piate of your machine. (To open shoe piafe,
simpiy draw it gerttiy toward you.) if the bob­
bin runs out of thread during sewing, you can
rewind it without removing it from the
machine. The window in the slide piate iels
you see bobbin-thread supply at a glance, to
help avoid running out of thread in the middie
of a seam.
Preparation Steps
® Raise the needie and iake-uo lever to high­
est position by turning the hand wheel
toward you.
® Raise the presssr foot to release tension
discs.
® Open slide piate and make sure bobbin is
empty. For removal of bobbin and thread,
see page 17.
1. Rotate group selector dial to right until
blindstitch symbol ^ appears in the yellow
field above pattern selector button,
2. Activate blindstitch ^ by pressing button
under the graphic on stitch panel.
3. Then press pattern repeat symbol 0 to
stop needie from its up and down motion.
This
Will ensure a smooth flow of thread
from the thread spool to the bobbin.
Detailed information on seiecting stitches is
found on page 20.
Winding Steps
1. ypve bobbin latch A to extreme right (wind
position).
2. Draw needie thread back between toes of
presser foot, under left side of prssser foot
then up, into and around thread retainer.
Start machine, running it at a moderate
speed.
3. Puli thread end away alter it has separated
from bobbin.
« Watch the bobbin as it fliis. Do not allow
thread to wind beyond the outside FULL
ring B.
4. Close slide piate to release bobbin latch to
sewing position.