User manual SINGER SM15

[. . . ] 15 (WITH ATTACHMENTS 120603) OSCILLATING SHUTTLE, FOR FAMILY USE No. 15 Instruction Manual Table of Contents | Next Page Sewing Machine No. 15 Table of Contents Instructions for Operating the Machine Main Parts To Take out the Bobbin To Wind the Bobbin To thread the Bobbin Case To Replace the Bobbin Case To Set the Needle To Thread the Needle To Prepare for Sewing To Commence Sewing To Remove the Work Tensions To Regulate the Tensions To Regulate the Length of Stitch To Turn a Corner To Regulate the Pressure on the Material HINTS The Belt Machine Working Heavily To Avoid Breaking Needles Breaking of Needle Thread Breaking of Bobbin Thread Skipping of Stitches To Oil the Machine Instructions for Using the Attachments Foot Hemmer -- Hemming Foot Hemmer -- Hemming and Sewing on Lace Foot Hemmer -- Felling Adjustable Hemmer -- Hemming Adjustable Hemmer -- Wide Hemming Beinder -- Binding Tucker Ruffler To Attach the Ruffler to the Machine To Adjust the Ruffler for Gathering To Make a Ruffle and Sew it to a Garment in One Operation To Ruffle and Sew on a Facing in One Operation Piping a Ruffle To Adjust the Ruffler for Plaiting To Adjust the Ruffler for Group Plaiting and Gathering To Oil the Ruffler Previous Page | Next Page Sewing Machine No. 15 Main Parts Table of Contents 3 Previous Page | Next Page Sewing Machine No. [. . . ] 15 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE ATTACHMENTS FOOT HEMMER - Hemming Raise the needle to its highest point. Remove the presser foot and attach the foot hem mer in its place (see Fig. Clip off the right hand corner of the cloth, so that it will take the roll easily, turn up the edge about a quarter of an inch, insert it in the mouth of the hemmer and draw or push it along until under the needle. Then let down the presser bar and after taking two or three stitches, draw gently on the ends of the threads to help the work along till the feed catches it. In order to produce a smooth even hem, the mouth of the hemmer must be kept just full. FIG. 18 shows also what is known as a bag seam or fell, made by passing two pieces of fabric through the hemmer together and hemming them down. 15 FOOT HEMMER - Hemming and Sewing on Lace Start the hem as previously explained, and when it is well started, raise the needle to its highest point. Raise the hemmer to relieve its pressure on the hem, pass the end of the lace through the slot in the side of the hemmer, under the back of the hemmer and over the hem, as shown in Fig. Take care that the hem is not displaced in the hemmer and that the needle goes down through the lace and hem together. Then let down the presser bar and guide the lace over the front of the hemmer, keeping it well into the slot. FIG. 19 Table of Contents 19 Previous Page | Next Page Sewing Machine No. 15 FOOT HEMMER - Felling The two pieces of cloth to be felled should be laid one over the other, rightsides together, the edge of the under piece being a little farther to the right than the upper piece. Stitch them together, using the hemmer as a presser foot, the front end of the hemmer forming a guide for the edges of both pieces, the upper piece being guided by the inside and the under piece by the outside of the projecting front of the foot hemmer (see Fig. 20 Table of Contents 20 Previous Page | Next Page Sewing Machine No. 15 Then open the work out flat, wrong side up, the edges standing up straight, and taking the edges near the beginning of the seam in the right hand and the ends of the threads in the left hand, draw the edges into the hemmer which will turn them as in hemming. Guide the second row of stitching by following the first row with the inside of the projecting front of the foot hemmer (see Fig. 21 Table of Contents 21 Previous Page | Next Page Sewing Machine No. 15 ADJUSTABLE HEMMER - Hemming Remove the presser foot and attach the adjustable hemmer in its place as shown in Fig. The adjustment is made by loosening the thumb screw on the hemmer and moving the slide to the right or left until the hem turned is of the desired width. Enter the edge of the cloth into the hemmer under the scale and draw it back and forth until the hem is formed, stopping with the end under the needle. Lower the presser bar and commence to sew being careful to so guide cloth as to keep hemmer full. Felling can also be done with the adjustable hemmer by following instructions on pages 19 and 20. FIG. [. . . ] This material must not be over 1 1/4 inches wide, it is carried through the ruffler with the finished edge of the ruffle to the right of the attachment as shown in Fig. The material for piping must measure about 1/4 inch wide when folded in the centre and is usually cut on the bias. Place the piping material in the ruffler, following the line 4, in Fig. The material to which the piping and ruffling are to be sewn should be folded on the edge and inserted in the ruffler following the line 5, in Fig. [. . . ]