Let's get started.
So, plug in your machine.
Reach over here.
Put the power cord into the machine, and you've got a switch right beside it.
Turn it on for your light.
What you do want to do is plug your machine into a surge protector.
That's just going to keep things safe no matter what machine you're actually using.
Let's start by winding a bobbin.
First up, let's go ahead and lift up the presser foot, little piece of paper that comes from
the factory there.
It will come with one bobbin inside the machine and about three additional ones in your accessory
bag.
These bobbins are specific for this machine so when you're purchasing them from your Husqvarna
Viking dealer, make sure you tell them that you've got an Emerald sewing machine.
They'll know which bobbins to get you.
For threading up your machine, we've got two different ways to thread is put onto a spool.
Either it looks like it's got little criss-crosses on it or the thread is what's called 'stacked
thread' whereas you look at the spool, the threads go right next to each other all the
way up and down.
Depending on which spool you have, you'll have a ... For the stacked thread, we're going
to lay it down.
Here is one of your spool caps ... Is actually stored on the machine when it's shipped to
you ... And then you'll have another one in your accessory box.
So, this is will be what we're using since I have a smaller spool that we'll actually
wind up with and then make sure that spool cap goes all the way on.
Don't let any gap in between there.
Now, if I was using this spool with the thread that's cross-wound, I'm going to pull out
the vertical spool cap and then place the thread on it like so.
And then it will spin like that.
That actually will help in a lot of different threads that you're using, and sometimes depending
on how they're set up, they will come off one way better than the other.
We're going to take our thread, come underneath the guide in the back, and this is the pretension
right here.
You can almost put your fingernail in it and it snaps.
Go in and cross there, and we're going around it clockwise.
Bring it all the way over.
Then take your thread and from the inside to out in one of your holes, thread the bobbin
all the way through.
I like to put this on, push this over to engage it.
Now, if you step on the foot control right now, the needle is going to go up and down
like that.
To prevent that for making extra noise, all you need to do is take your hand wheel and
pull it out.
By holding the thread straight up and stepping on the foot control, that will go ahead and
let that thread eventually break off and continue to wind the whole rest of the bobbin.
These really fill up fast and they fill up full so these bobbins are a great size for
this machine.
I love them.
Once you get it all ... Once it gets it all the way full, it will stop spinning so just
keep your foot on the control.
When you're done, clip the thread.
Take the hand wheel, push it back in, that will engage the needle front going back up
and down.
Then take your bobbin then slide it all the way off.
Let's go ahead and thread the machine next.
This pretensioner are for the bobbin.
You don't get your thread in there, and maybe it just goes around loosely.
This bobbin will not feel as tight and firm as it should, probably kind of looks squishy,
and that is not a bobbin to use in your machine.
Do kind of rewind it and use it for a ... Wind it onto another bobbin, that will really help.
When we go to thread the machine, we don't use the pretensioner, and go ahead and follow
the arrows straight down.
Do make sure your presser foot is up.
If it's down, then your thread's not going to get into all the places it needs to go.
Come up, and we're going to go all the way back on the right side.
Bring it to the left, and then all the way down.
It will hook into this top little take up lever.
There's one guide on the top of the needle.
And then, we'll give you an up close use of the needle threader in just a second.
We'll do that in a separate video.
And then just pull that loop right on through.
For putting your bobbin in, what you want to do is look and have your thread coming
off the left hand side of the bobbin.
That will actually match your little picture you'll see on the door of your bobbin area.
Make sure that goes all the way down.
Look for a little groove right here at six o'clock.
There's a little tiny arrow noting where it is.
Make sure that your thread drops in there and then pull it to the side.
It's going to go about just a big quarter inch length.
That is the tension down here.
Let it go ahead and lay off to the side, and to bring the bobbin thread up.
Hold the thread form the needle with your left hand and take one full stitch.
Here's a key with this machine.
One full stitch always means that the take up lever comes back up to the highest position.
I'll never forget my mom teaching me how to sew and that was the first thing she taught
me, and you know what?
I've never had sewing machine issues.
It really is the first thing to learn.
One full stitch, all the way down, all the way up while you're holding the thread.
It has now brought up a loop that happens to be your bobbin thread.
Pull that right on out and put both those threads underneath the foot into the back.
Then you can take the door, place it into its ledge on the left.
Click it down on the right.
And we are ready to sew.
Let's see how we've down.
So, we're going to go ahead just take your fabric.
Anytime I test sew a machine, I take a piece of fabric and fold in half.
Sewing on a single layer is just really not anything we are going to get any good results
on.
We're just going to set it in there.
Reach in here.
Lower down the presser foot and let's sew (machine sounds).
Oh, I love how these machines sound.
They're so ... They're almost just ... They sound so rich and full.
Now, when I stop sewing, make sure that when you are going to take your fabric up, bring
this take up lever to the highest position ... I'll keep reminding of you that but when
you get into that habit ... When you take this up, lift up your presser foot, slide
it to this side.
We have little cutter at the back corner of the machine here.
And I always go from back towards me, and I can do this with one hand.
Cuts the thread beautifully and then you see you've got a perfect seam as you go.
Let's do this again one more time.
We're lowering it down.
Do you notice I don't have to hold my threads when I start to stitch?
That's because of this.
We've completed the stitch.
We've brought it up form the last stitch we took, and now it's ready to start the new
stitch.
You always watch people holding on those threads and you don't as long as you do the proper
technique.
And when you start with your needle in fabric first ... If you're going to be way back here
and that fabric's not underneath your needle for the first stitch, yes, hold your threads.
But most of you will find yourself, just slide in a little bit and then you can use the reverse
button, hold this down.
Take a few stitches back and forward and those are locked in completely as you go.
If you want to stop and turn a corner, drop the needle into the fabric, lift up your presser
foot, turn your fabric and away you go.
Whether your machine is stopping with the needle up, even though it looks like the stitch
is done, it is not.
Take that take up lever all the way back to the top, pull it out to the side, cut your
thread, and we are ready to move on to see what other accessories come with this machine.