hi domenica here from
easysewingforbidders.com
in this video today i'll be showing you
how to operate this mini sewing machine
now when you first get the sewing
machine out of the box it'll
look a little something like this it'll
have a piece of fabric already in it
and it will already be threaded what i'm
going to show you today
is how to thread the machine how to wind
the bobbin
and how to get it all set up ready to
sew
if some thread does run out or if some
thread comes out of the needle
you'll know exactly what to do okay so
what i'm going to do is i'm going to
remove this fabric
so the presser foot is down at the
moment so i'm going to lift the presser
foot there's a little
lever at the back here i'm going to lift
that up and that will bring your
presser foot up i'm going to take that
fabric out
and i'm going to unthread the whole
machine
now i'm going to plug the machine in so
we have some power
so you can either insert your batteries
at this stage
or your power plug and you also need
your foot pedal plugged in unless you
want to use the on off button there
so this is all plugged in and ready to
go
next you'll need your thread and your
empty bobbin
so to wind the bobbin i'm going to pull
this
this spool pin up here to put my thread
onto
like so
and then i need to
release this bobbin winding pin
so it's on the handle here looks like a
little button so i'm going to press it
inwards
and then turn my finger towards me and
it should pop
that little bobbin pin out and to put it
back in you just push it in and turn
away from you
okay
and then i'm going to put the end of
this thread through one of the holes
and you can wind it on a bit if you like
to get it started
and firmly push it on because you don't
want it falling off
while you're winding
okay so i'm going to put my foot on the
presser foot and the foot pedal sorry
and i'm going to hold this thread out to
provide the tension
and i'll need to also move it from side
to side
okay so you get the idea to take it off
just pull it off gently
okay and you can use a little thread
cutter on the side
of the sewing machine there if you like
and then don't forget to push your
pin back in and turn a bit
push it back in and turn it away from
you to lock it in there
okay and then you might just need to
snip
that little bit of excess thread off now
i'm going to thread the
top part of the machine so you can
actually
if you want just use this thread
from the thread spool and thread it from
here
but i'll show you how to use this little
thread holder here
so this one has a pin so i'm going to
pull that pin out
and it has a spring that provides the
tension so don't lose that spring
so i'm going to grab that pin i'm going
to put my new
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bobbin spool of thread onto that pin
and push it in to that hole
now i've tested it with the thread
coming off this way and
the thread coming off underneath and
it's pretty much the same so i don't
think that matters too much
all right we're going to thread the
machine now
so this is your first thread guide so
you need to pass it through from right
to left
i'm just going to pull it so i have a
bit of thread to work with all right
next the thread needs to go into
the tension discs which are right here
so pull it down so it's sitting nicely
in between those tension discs
the next thread guide is right here you
need to thread it through
from right to left if you can get your
fingers in there
just make sure it doesn't get caught on
anything
okay your next thread guide is on the
take-up lever up here
so you need to pass it through from
right to left
okay and the next thread guide is right
here
now there is a light on here as well i
don't find it terribly useful
but turn it on might help
i'm going to pass it through the next
thread guide right here
from top to bottom
okay now the next thread guide is
right in here on the top of the needle
bar
pass it through from top to bottom again
okay and then the last part of threading
the top of the
sewing machine is putting the thread
through the needle so i'm going to make
sure the needle is in the highest
position
so i'm just going to turn the handle
towards me until that needle
is in its highest position so that's
about there
and you need to thread the needle going
from left
to right now i struggle with that so i'm
going to use this needle
threader so i'm going to put the needle
threader in
from the right
put my thread through the threader
and then pull it through there
let me try that again
okay there we go so i'm going to pull
that thread all the way through
next i'm going to load in the bobbin for
the bottom
thread so to do this you need to have
your
bobbin uh your thread running in a
clockwise direction
so when you hold your bobbin up with
your thread
it should almost look like the letter q
so they'll help you remember
so we're going to drop the bobbin in
to that little spot on the in the bobbin
holder down there
and you can just rest your thread in
that little
thread guide there i don't think it's
essential but
it's there and then i'm going to turn
the hand wheel towards me and this will
take the needle down
and over that
bobbin in the bottom there
and then once the needle comes back up
you can gently pull the thread
towards you and that should bring
the bobbin thread up as well and then
you can carefully
just pull it out
put your threads under the presser foot
there
and towards the back and your machine is
ready to sew
just replace that bobbin cover there
there we go okay so before you start
sewing with your sewing machine i'm
going to
sew a bit of fabric and share a few tips
that i've worked out
that'll help with using the sewing
machine so i've got my fabric ready
my machine is all threaded up what i
recommend you do
is put your fabric under the presser
foot
lower your presser foot down and before
you put your foot on the foot pedal
turn the hand wheel towards you a couple
of times
just to put that needle up and down and
put a couple of stitches
into the fabric and that will hold your
thread in because i found
if i didn't do that the machine would
want to pull the thread out
and it would break and i'd have to
rethread the machine okay
so that should be good to go so i'm
going to actually do a couple of
stitches
and then i'm actually going to swivel
this fabric
because this machine doesn't have a
reverse function
and you want to secure your threads i'm
going to put the needle into the
down position so it's in the fabric i'm
going to lift my presser foot
swivel with my fabric and you'd do this
right at the very end
when you were white right at the
beginning when you start
i'm gonna press the foot down do a few
stitches
going in the other direction
my needle down and then i can swivel it
back and that'll hold my
stitching in nice and secure otherwise
it'll come undone
and it won't be very it won't last very
long
all right so now i'm going to sew
okay and the same again when you get to
the end put your needle in the down
position
secure your stitching
all right and then what i recommend you
do when you're done just put your foot
on the
foot pedal and
let the thread come through a bit
okay you can either snip it off with
your scissors or
use this little thread cutter up here
okay and i've found that that helps
with put getting some of the thread
through otherwise if you lift the
presser foot up and try and pull
the thread the machine doesn't like it
and it puts a lot of
pressure onto your take up lever
and it just you you're going to break
your thread so
i've done it a few times so there's my
stitching there's the top
if you can see that a bit clearer
and there's the bottom
okay so have a play around with yours
and i'll show you how to
change the needle next
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you