SINGER W431 - Manual (Page 3)

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Parts Identification
Principle Parts......................................................................................................... ^
Accessories .............................................................................................................
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Installing Machine Head onto portable case
or cabinet and Connecting Machine....................................................................... >
Selection of Needles and Threads ...................................................................................^
Needle-Thread-Fabric-Stitching Guide................................................................... 9
Changing Needle.............................................................................................................. 10
Changing Needle Plate ....................................................................................................10
Selection of Presser Foot.................................................................................................. H
Winding Bobbin ................................................................................................................1^
Upper Threading............................................................................................................... 10
Threading Bobbin Case............................................... ,....................................................I'l
Placing Bobbin Case in Shuttle ...................................................................................... 14
Selection of Stitch
Stitch Length Control.............................................................................................. 15
Reverse Button....................................................................................................... 15
Stitch Width Control................................................................................................ 15
Relating Stitch Length to Stitch Width ................................................................... 16
Stitch Selector.......................................................................................................... 1
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Controls
Adjusting Thread Tensions............................................. ....................................... 18
Adjusting Pressure on Fabric and Feed Dog Height............................................... 19
Sewing Light................................................................................. . .......................20
Buttonholer............................................................................................................ 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