3
PRINCIPAL PARTS............................................................4-5
ACCESSORIES .....................................................................
6
PREPARATION FOR SEWING .............................................7
CHANGING PRESSER FEET.................................................7
Snap-on feet.................................................................7
Screw-on feet...............................................................7
ATTACHING SEAM GUIDE .................................................7
FREE-ARM SEWING ............................................................8
ACCESSORY STORAGE .......................................................8
PRESSER FOOT PRESSURE REGULATOR ............................8
DROP FEED ........................................................................8
LEVELING BAR....................................................................8
STITCH SELECTION ............................................................9
Stitch width selector dial..............................................9
Stitch length dial..........................................................9
Needle plate seam guides ............................................9
Reverse sewing lever....................................................9
STITCH SELECTION TABLE ...............................................10
TENSION ADJUSTMENTS .................................................10
Upper thread tension dial ..........................................10
Lower thread tension .................................................10
WINDING THE BOBBIN ...................................................11
LOWER THREADING........................................................12
Removing the bobbin.................................................12
Inserting new bobbin .................................................12
Placing bobbin case in shuttle ...................................12
UPPER THREADING..........................................................13
Raising the bobbin thread ..........................................13
SEWING TIPS ....................................................................14
BEGINNING TO SEW........................................................14
NEEDLE, THREAD & F
ABRIC GUIDE ................................15
STRAIGHT STITCH............................................................16
Seaming.....................................................................16
Basting.......................................................................16
Topstitching and edgestitching ...................................16
Gathering...................................................................17
Zipper insertion .........................................................17
Piping insertion..........................................................17
ZIGZAG STITCH ...............................................................18
Overedging................................................................18
Bartacking..................................................................18
Satin stitch for appliqué .............................................18
Attaching buttons.......................................................19
Seaming knits.............................................................19
BUTTONHOLE SEWING...................................................20
FREE-MOTION MONOGRAMMING.................................21
FREE-MO
TION QUILTING................................................21
DARNING .........................................................................21
CHANNEL QUIL
TING.......................................................22
HEMMING JEANS
.............................................................22
SEWING WITH
TWO THREADS........................................22
NEEDLES
...........................................................................23
CLEANING FEED
TEETH AND SHUTTLE AREA.................23
CHANGING
THE LIGHT BULB.........................................23
OILING
.............................................................................23
TROUBLESHOO
TING .................................................24-25
TABLE OF CONTENTS
KNOW YOUR SIMPLICITY SEWING MACHINE
SIMPLICITY SEWING MACHINE SET-UP
CUST
OM STITCH SELECTION
THREADING YOUR MACHINE
SEWING
SPECIALTY SEWING TECHNIQUES
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
FREE-MOTION SEWING
BUILT-IN STITCHES
