Singer M100A User Manual download pdf (Page 14)

DIRECTIONS FOR USING

To Commence Sewing.

With the left hand, taVe hold of the needle thread (leaving it slack

between the hand and the needle), turn the balance-wheel over toward

you until the needle moves down and up again to its highest point, thus

catching the shuttle thread ; draw up the needle thread, and the shuttle

thread will appear ; then draw the shuttle thread up through the hole in

the throat-plate, lay both threads back across the feed points, and catch

them behind the thread-cutter, place the material beneath the needle,

lower the presser-foot upon it, and commence to sew, turning, the wheel

over toward you.

TO TURN A CORNER,

stop the machine without raising the needle more than half way out of

the goods. Raise the presser-foot and turn the work in the manner

desired, the needle as a pivot.

FOR SEWING FLANNEL OR BIAS SEAMS,

use a fine stitch and as light a tension as possible so as to leave the

thread loose enough to stand the strain of stretching the goods,

A STII'CH 'rO RAVEL EASILY

can he had, if desired, by leaving the upper tension so light that the

under ihreail will not draw into the goods, hut lie straigliL

To Remove the Work.

Let the take up rest at its highest point; take hold of the upper thread

between the take up lever and the eyelet on the face-plate and draw down

about two inches of slack ; then raise the presser-foot, and draw the

fabric to the left, about two inches, and cut the threads by drawing them

behind and then down across the knife-edge of the thread-cnttcr, leaving

the ends caught behind the same.

I^This ingenious but simple device saves " hunting-up the

scissors” every few minutes, and is a highly-valued addition to the special

aitadiments of the Singer machine. ”

To Regulate the Tensions.

The tension on the shuttle-thread is regulated by the small screw

near the delivery eye—turn toward you to increase, and from you to

diminish; when once properly adjusted, it will seldom require to be

changed for any kind of thread commonly used, as a perfect stitch can

usually be obtained by regulating the tensions on tlie upper or needle

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Singer M100A User Manual Page 14