to turn on the machine the power button is on the right hand side so you can flip that on the upper
threading is gonna happen up here this is where you're gonna wind your bobbin this right here
is to adjust tension you have your pedal down here this section is called the throat of the
machine this is your presser foot this piece here is called the leg the presser foots can
be repeat can be removed and in front here you have a couple of buttons that are specific to
this machine so you have a needle button which will lower and raise the needle thread snipper
so pressing that will actually cut the thread for you this is your reverse stitch button this
one here will tell you whether you're ready to start sewing so if it's red you are not ready
for instance right now the presser foot is up so you can't start if you lower the presser foot it
will switch to green so then you can start sewing and this right here is your speed control so we'll
start with winding the bobbin the first thing he's gonna do is get your spool of thread the
thread should be coming up the front raise this slide it on you're gonna use one of these little
pieces to keep the thread in there securely you want that to match approximately the size of the
spool of the thread of thread so if you're using a larger spool of thread you'll use a larger end
piece this thread is coming up the front and you can follow the some of the instructions are
actually printed on the machine so you can slide the thread under this little hook and under this
and now you're gonna come forward go to the right of this little hook and around to the
left of this tensioner and then bring it over here to where the bobbin mechanism is you can
slide your bobbin on here we're using plastic bobbins and then wind the tail of your thread
clockwise onto the bobbin and you're gonna slide this whole mechanism to the right you
can see that then this button turns from red to yellow which means that the machine knows that
you want to wind a bobbin now instead of so using the needle so you can now choose whether you want
to wind the bobbin using this button or if you want to use the pedal to wind the bobbin you
can do that if you're going to use the button on the machine you do need to disconnect the pedal
so this bobbin needs to be wound counterclockwise
normally you would fill the bobbin and it'll stop you eventually when it's getting close to
full you can slide it back to the left and trim the thread on the all right we're gonna thread
do the upper threading on the brother machine so I have my spool of thread that I'm gonna
use here we're gonna slip the end cap off this lifts up gonna slide it spool of thread on you
want your thread to be coming off of the spool in a clockwise direction so we've got that you
can slip the end cut back on that's to keep the school in there securely now we can take this
thread and you can actually follow the numbers print it on the machine and go under this little
hook around here you're gonna come down the front it sometimes helps to hold the thread a little bit
taut you're gonna come down here and then loop under here where it says the number three and
then if you look inside here you'll see should see it moving a metal piece there's a hook on
there and you're gonna slide your thread into that so that it gets caught in there and it should be
going in from right around to the left coming out the left and then go down number five and
the number six is back here right above the needle and there's a little hook right underneath it and
you're gonna slip your thread in there from right to left and then the last thing is just to thread
the needle if you have a messy end of your thread you can just use the thread snip part on the left
of the machine clean that up and then pass the thread through the needle from the front to the
back and then the thread depending on what foot you're using but on this one you're gonna slide
the thread through that middle slot and pull the thread to the back so now you have the upper part
of your machine threaded now we can do the bobbin so here you have your bobbin which you've wound on
the top and we're gonna slide it in here so if you look here you have your bobbin compartment
and you're gonna open that with this right here slide that to the side and you're gonna place your
bobbin in here and the thread should be coming off to the left and there's also an instruction
for that here right here if you forget pop the bobbin in and then you're gonna follow these
arrows so you're gonna slide it under this up and around and to the left and right here at
the end of that track is also a little blade to snip the thread so you can snip it there if you
leave a tail though sometimes that can help to pull the bobbin thread up which we're gonna do
in the next step right here so I'm gonna leave that tail and then I'm gonna slide the lid back
on that little compartment and now to pull the bobbin thread up underneath here I'm gonna hold
the upper thread a little bit taut with my left hand and then I'm going to use the wheel and I'm
going to lower the needle so as I turn the wheel toward me and the needle lowers and comes back up
and you can actually see the thread will be caught in here and when I tug a little bit on here it's
going to come up and you may have to run a tool all the way up now you have the upper thread and
the bobbin thread and you can pass them to the back leave a tail so that they don't get caught
up in your sewing it when you start and then you're ready to start sewing all right so now
we're ready we have the upper and lower threads threaded and we're ready to start stitching so
I'm gonna slip my fabric under here we're just gonna take a look real quick at these buttons
again this one right here is your speed control so if you want to keep it on the slowest that's
just gonna mean that even if you floor the pedal it's not gonna let you go very fast you can bump
it up as you feel more confident this button is an automatic thread cutter so that I'll snip your
thread at the end of your sewing if you'd like it to you can also just pull it and use the step
around the edge here this button right here will lower and raise your needle so you can see that
this is your reverse stitch button so that's gonna allow you to go backwards and this button right
here is red right now it's telling you that the machine is not ready to sew because I have not
lowered my presser foot yet so I'm gonna go ahead and do that with this lever that's right here
and you can see that this is now switched to green and telling me that you are ready to start sewing
so we're gonna go for it a couple stitches and then when you decide you'd like to back up you
can just put your thumb on this keep it down for as long as you want to go backwards and let it go
when you come to the end if your needle is down you can either press this button
to raise your needle or you can use the wheel on the right-hand side pull it up
lift your presser foot and now I can snip the ends right here on this little blade
you