Are you ready to get started? Let's begin by plugging in really the foot control over
here on the side of the machine and turning the power switch on. You should now have a
light on with your needle and then your light up stitch should be showing right here.
We’re going to go ahead and take you through threading and putting the bobbin in, winding
the bobbin. Before we do that, I’m going to lift up the presser foot because I noticed
there’s thread in the machine from when it came from the factor, so there’s a little
sticker holding the thread. I’m going to undo that sticker, there we go, and I can
pull out the red thread down below and cut that. I’ll just toss that away.
When you’re taking a look at your thread to make sure you’re using good quality thread.
It really makes a difference when you are planning a project. Why use cheap thread if
you’re spending all this time and all of your money on fabric and then not have the
results when you’re all done here.
This thread here I’m going to go ahead and put on. It is considered a cross wound thread
because there’s little X’s on it, so I want to put on the horizontal spool pin with
the spool cap. I’ve chose the bigger one because it has a bigger end. It will help
get it out and over the edge.
Now, if I had a thread that has got stacked thread that’s where the thread looks like
it just goes right up the edge of the spool then I’m going to put the vertical spool
pin on with the little felt pad and then I’ll put the spool on there and continue as normal.
I’m going to set that aside.
We’re going to reach in. We’ve got an empty bobbin so were going to start by winding
the bobbin first. As you come across from your spool you’ll always want to catch and
go underneath this for sky. Notice that guide is centered so the thread has no resistance
as it’s coming off any part of the spool.
To wind the bobbin follow the dotted line arrows over to the pretensioner that’s this
little button. You’re going to notice you’re going to need to flip that thread underneath
that button. You might even hear it click in there, so hold it with your left hand.
We’re going all the way around it clockwise and over to the bobbin winder.
We’re going to go ahead and clip the thread and from the inside to out. How these bobbins
are specific for this machine so don’t just be reaching for any old bobbin you have left
over from a different model older machine. Go ahead and from the inside out that means
that you can hold on to the thread as we go ahead and next push it all the way over and
step on the foot control.
Once we step on the foot control the bobbin’s going to spin, but the needles not going to
go up and down, which is really nice. Just keep holding on to this thread until either
it breaks off or you can stop and trim it. What you want to do is make sure there’s
no tail the matter what left sticking out from this.
I’m going to go ahead and just spin. It will go ahead and fill an entire bobbin and
it’ll stop for me at the end. We’re going to go ahead and fill her up because the amount
of sewing were going to do with all these videos we’ll go through pretty much an entire
bobbin. That’s how much were going to show you. It’s pretty incredible here.
Okay, when it stops spinning lift your foot off the foot control and clip your thread.
Slide the bobbin back towards the left and pull straight up. I’m going to go ahead
and set that aside. We’re going to go ahead and undo from the pretensioner, this is only
for winding a bobbin.
Next, make sure your presser foot is up, so if it’s down lift it up before you thread
the machine. That means all the guides are going to be open with the presser foot up.
We’re going to leave it underneath the first guide, remember that makes it straight from
the spool. We’re coming straight down with the arrow.
The next arrows says to go underneath and straight up. If you don’t see the take-up
lever, which you should, it should be right at the top here, turn the hand wheel, so it
is. You’re going to come in on the right side, move it all the way over to the left
and come forward. It drops into the little hole that is the take-up lever.
Now, I know you won’t be able to see this as close up, but there’s one guide at the
top of the needle and then there’s a needle threader. We will do the needle threader nice
and close up so you can see how to use it. It’s great, so you don’t have to have
your good glasses on to see that I and get all the way through there.
Next we’re going to slide off the accessory box, open up the front door for the bobbin
case and become left-handed. By using your left index finger you can take and pull this
little latch and out will come the bobbin case.
You notice right now I’ve got some extra oil they came out with me and that’s okay
because that’s just some extra oil from when it was packed up. With the latch open
it locks the bobbin in, so let go of the latch and the bobbin will drop out. We’ll switch
the yellow one for the one that we just made.
This is key. You need to have the bobbin thread coming off the right hand side, so like the
bobbin is going to spin clockwise when you drop it in there. Then, when you go ahead
and put the thread down the side, and we’ll do a little closer-up video too, there’s
a little groove right here.
Then, you’re just going to hold it and let it slide all the way down the side of the
bobbin case until it clicks in this little C area. It doesn’t matter which thread or
which side the thread goes on this little finger, but the finger is up. It has its own
little home at the very top of the bobbin case area. Push that all the way in.
Now, we need to bring this thread up to the top side, so hold the needle thread with your
left hand and turn the hand wheel towards you one full stitch. One full stitch is when
this take-up lever goes all the way down and comes all the way up to its highest position.
Go ahead and turn that through, bring that up and when you’re done, you’ll have a
little loop. Pull that loop that’s your bobbin thread. Then take both the threads
down through the middle of the foot, there’s a groove, and out to the back side. Close
up your door and if you like, I always sew with the little table on, so I put that back
in place.
Then, let’s go ahead and take a piece of fabric. Always fold your fabric in half. We
want to sew onto layers. The lever to lower the foot is really close by here. It’s not
in the back. It’s halfway in the machine, so just lower that down and let’s go ahead.
We are on a straight stitch, stitch number two, stitch length about 2 ½ is a great place
to start and the needle in the center needle position. Let’s go ahead and sew. If you
want to reverse at the end just hold this down a couple stitches back locks it in.
Now, one sure done even though my needle is up my take-up lever is not at highest position.
With your right hand turn the hand wheel towards you, so that comes all the way up. Then, when
you lift up the presser foot pull it out to the side and there’s a cutter on the side
of the machine. I go from the back towards me and it’s a perfect cut with one hand.
We have a perfectly sewn seam all the way through.
If, for some reason, it doesn’t turn out just start over, re-thread the machine, re-put
the bobbin in and it should be good to go.