SINGER W312 Old - Manual (Page 2)

CONTENTS
■SEC1S0N r PfíELtMINARY INFORMATION
PAGE
Parts identification
Principle Parts.......................................................................................................... 4
Accessories ........................................................................................................... 6
Installing Machine Head into Portable Case
or cabinet and Connecting Machine....................................................................... 7
Selection of Needles and Threads ............................................................................... 8
Needle-Thread-Fabric-Stitching Guide .... ............................................................ 9
Changing Needle..................................................................................................... ,10
Changing Needle Plate................................. ................................................................... 10
Selection of Presser Foot............................................................................................. ; ,11
Winding Bobbin .......................................................................................................... 12
Upper Threading .......................................................................................................... 13
Threading Bobbin Case...................................................................................................14
Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle ....................................................................................... 14
Selection of Stitch
Stitch Length Control..................................................................................... , 15
Reverse Button ................................................................................................... 15
Stitch Width Control............................................................................................... 16
Relating Stitch Length to Stitch Width ................................................................. 16
Stitch Selector....................... ................................................................................ 17
Controls
Adjusting Thread Tensions....................................................................................18
Adjusting Pressure on Fabric and Feed Dog Height............................................. 19
Sewing Light.......................................................................................................... 20
Creative Embroidery Control. ..... ..........................................................................20
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Preparing to Sew ............................................................................................................ 21
Guiding Fabric................................................................................................................ 21
Turning Corners...............................................................................................................21
Curved Seams................................................................................................................ 22
Sewing Across Heavy Seams .. ... .................................................................................. 22
Removing the Work......................................................................................................... 22
Straight Stitch
Seams................................................................................................................ 23
Basting/Topstitching.............................................................................................. 23
Darning ................................................................................................................ 23
Cording/Sewing in Zipper...................................................................................... 24
Quilting...................................................................................................................24
Zigzag Stitch
Overcasting ........................................................................................................... 25