To get started begin by plugging your foot control into the side of the machine and your
power cord and turn the machine on.
You're going to notice that you'll get right to a straight stitch and your light turns
on on the machine.
Lift up the pressure foot and slide the little samples out that came the factory.
We're going to start by winding a bobbin.
There is an empty bobbin right in here, so, we're going to just take that out and that's
the one we're going to wind.
I also need a spool cap for this particular thread.
In here are where all your accessories are and I'm going to pull out that large spool
cap.
It's kind of nice.
You going to keep everything right at your fingertips so you don't lose them.
When we work with thread, when picking thread, make sure you pick a quality thread.
It really makes a difference.
Your machine will thank you.
It'll be easier to use.
A lot of times there's going to be less lint, so, if you have a very linty thread maybe
try something that's not so linty.
Go ahead and get set up for winding a bobbin.
Make sure that you only are using the bobbin specific for this machine.
This is not a place to mix and match for machines that might have previously clear bobbins.
Definitely, don't put metal bobbins in.
This machine is weighted for that lighter weight of the plastic bobbin.
To set up for winding a bobbin, we're going to use the little guide that's right in front
of the spool.
That means every time we thread it, we'll always use this because it'll keep that thread
coming off the spool evenly.
Now, for winding a bobbin there's going to be a little picture at the top and it's going
to direct us to go around this little pre-tensioner.
It's a little button, a little spring action.
We want to go around it counter clockwise.
Notice I'm holding the thread with my left hand, so, when I go in I'm snapping it, clicking
it underneath that pre-tensioner.
If you don't get around it and it kind of goes real loose, your bobbin will wind kind
of fluffy and it's definitely not what you want.
For threading the bobbin or prepping it, we want to thread from the inside out.
We want to come from the inside and then have the tail coming out the top side.
Place the bobbin on the bobbin winder and slide it to the right.
As you hold your thread straight up, you can step on the foot control and it will go ahead
and wind.
If your bobbin is winding very slowly, make sure your speed control is up at the plus.
That will help speed things up.
If you let it ... Hold on to this so it breaks up, up, there it goes.
Make sure that if you have a little link, little bit left over thread here, get in and
clip it out.
You never want to leave any tail sticking out above the bobbin.
I always wind a full bobbin.
It always happens that if I don't I always need more than I need, so, I definitely want
to fill.
See if you have one of the bigger spools.
You'll probably be using a lot of neutral colors and that way they're going to blend
so you'll use them down the road.
All right, just go until it stops spinning.
There it is.
Then you can clip the thread and slide the bobbin back to the left side and lift it straight
up.
Now here's a tip.
If you lift this straight up and don't twist it or flip it, that is the exact way that
it needs to drop down here into the bobbin case.
As you drop it in there, the thread is coming off the left hand side which is identical
to the picture shown right on the front of your machine.
When you drop it down, there's a little groove and we'll do a video much closer up so you'll
see this up close.
There's a groove about six o'clock.
Make sure the thread drops in that groove and pull it up to the left side, about a quarter
inch worth.
That is the tension for the bobbin.
Leave the door off because we will have to bring that bobbin thread up once we put thread
in the machine and in the needle.
For the pre-tensioner that is only used for winding a bobbin, so, make sure it's not used
any other time.
Leave that thread in the first little small guide and then bring it behind this first
guide of the sewing machine.
Make sure your presser foot is up as you thread the machine.
If it's down there's areas that the thread won't get down and sink into.
If you hold on to your thread at the top by dropping this down, you'll make sure to get
it all the way as deep as it needs to go.
Follow the arrow straight down, then we're coming straight up with the second arrow.
We're going to come in on the right side over on the back and down on the left side.
When we do that, it drops itself right into the eye of the take up lever so you don't
have to thread it through manually, which is nice.
There's going to be a guide at the bottom of this housing.
You're going to go ahead and put it behind there.
There's a guide right at the top of the needle, so, two guides before you thread the needle.
There is a needle threader on this machine, hallelujah, love it.
It's going to pull a little loop to the backside and once again, we'll do a video on getting
and using that properly every single time.
To bring the bobbin thread up, we're going to use the needle up/down button.
Touch it two times.
One takes the needle half-way down and two brings the needle half-way up.
Here's where you can just lift the little thread up through the foot groove and that
little loop is our bobbin thread.
Pull that to the top and then take both the threads underneath the foot into the back.
Now we can place the door over the bobbin area and then take a piece of fabric and test
out our seam.
When we're testing this is what we want to do.
Fold your fabric in half so you have two layers.
Always sew with two layers.
It really gives you a much different stitch.
Reach about half-way back here and lower the presser foot down on the fabric and start
to sew.
Because it starts with a straight stitch, you can just go ahead and start and ... Oh,
I love the sound of this.
I love it.
There's a little cutter on the side of the machine that will help you cut it.
You can use it from front to back or back to front.
When you see that the stitch is actually nice and even on the front or the back, then you
have done it correctly.
One of our customers names her machines and this machine in her sewing room is called
Half-pint.
It is the perfect size.
She uses it for when she travels.
She uses it when other machines are in use like for embroidering, but it is just the
right size.
It is the full size sewing machine into a little tiny body and it really packs a punch.