Manual
Table Of Contents
- SINGER
- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CARE AND OPERATION OF FAMILY SEWING MACHINES
- The Principal Parts of Lock Stitch Sewing Machines
- and Their Uses.
- BELT GUIDE
- BAND
- WHEEL
- BELT
- SHIFTER
- DRESS
- GUARD
- PITMAN
- Formation of the Lock Stitch.
- PRACTICE for BEGINNERS
- Practise Straight Stitching with Paper.
- PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR SEWING
- Adjusting the Stop Motion Screw for Winding Bobbins.
- To Increase Pressure of
- Rubber Ring against hand
- wheel—
- To Wind the Bobbin—Machines 15K80, 15K110 and 201K.
- To Wind the Bobbin—Machines 185K and 327K
- When Bobbin is Full
- To Wind the Bobbin—Machine 404.
- The Importance of using Correct Needles and Thread.
- Needle Threaders.
- To Set the Needle in Machines 15K, 66K, 99K and
- To Set the Needle in Machines 327K, 328K, 329K and 404
- The Necessity for Proper Tensions.
- To Regulate the Tensions.
- To Prepare for Sewing.
- Finishing a Seam.
- Hints for Sewing Various Seams.
- The Cloth Guide.
- To Regulate the Length of Stitch.
- To Regulate the Length of Stitch and Direction of Feed on Machines 99K (New Style) and 185K. (See Fig. 44).
- To set stitch length —
- To Regulate the Length of Stitch and the Direction of Feed on
- To set stitch length—
- To reverse stitching—
- To Regulate the Length of Stitch and Direction of Feed on
- To set stitch length—
- To Regulate the Length of Stitch and the Direction of Feed on , / Machines 328K, 329K and 404. (See Fig. 47).
- TO TIGHTEN
- PRESSURE ADJUSTMENTS
- To Glean the Stitch-Forming Mechanism of Machines 66K, 99K and 185K.
- To Remove Bobbin Gase.
- To Replace Bobbin Gase.
- To Clean Stitch-Forming Mechanism of Machine 20IK
- To Remove Bobbin Case
- To Replace Bobbin Case
- To Glean the Stitch-Forming Mechanism on Machines 327K,
- To Remove the Bobbin Gase
- Remove throat plate as follows
- To Oil the Bobbin Winder.
- To Remove Gummed Oil.
- COMMON CAUSES OF MACHINE TROUBLES.
- Stitches Looping.
- Machine Not Feeding Correctly.
- Puckered Seams.
- Machine Working Heavily.
- Noisy Treadle.
- BINDING WITHOUT BASTING.
- How to Cut Material for Use with the Binder.
- Joining Bias Strips.
- To Attach the Binder to the Machine.
- To Insert the Binding in the Binder.
- The Adjustment and Operation of the Binder.
- Binding Inside Curves.
- Binding a Square Corner.
- Bound Scallops.
- Applying Military Braid with the Binder.
- Making Button Loops with the Binder.
- Bound Buttonholes Made with the Binder.
- THE BLIND STITCHER.
- THE FOOT HEMMER AND THE ADJUSTABLE HEMMER.
- The Foot Hemmer.
- How to Start the Hem at the Very Edge.
- Making a Hem with the Foot Hemmer.
- Making a Hemmed Seam with the Foot Hemmer.
- Hemming and Sewing On Lace at One Operation.
- Hemming a Curved or Bias Edge.
- The Adjustable Hemmer.
- How to Adjust the Hemmer for Hems of Various Widths.
- How to Insert the Material in the Adjustable Hemmer,
- How to Prepare a Hem on Table Linen.
- THE PRACTICAL USE OF THE TUCKER.
- The Parts of the Tucker and Their Uses.
- To Attach the Tucker to the Machine.
- How to Adjust the Scales on the Tucker.
- Where to Insert the Material to be Tucked.
- How to Tuck Silk or Chiffon.
- How to Make Fine Tucks and Gross Tucking.
- THE MANY PRACTICAL USES OF THE RUFFLER.
- ADJUSTING LEVER
- ADJUSTING
- FINGER
- ADJUSTING 5 SCREW
- SEPARATOR RUFFLING ^SEPARATOR BLADE BLADE GUIDE
- Oiling the Rüffler.
- To Attach the Ruffler to the Machine.
- How to Adjust the Ruffler for a Plain Gather.
- Making a Ruffle and
- Sewing it to the Garment at One Operation.
- A Facing May be Added while the Ruffle is being Made.
- To Adjust the Ruffler for Plaiting.
- Group Plaiting and Gathering.
- To Attach the Shirring Plate to Machines 15K, 66K,
- 99K, 185K and 201K.
- To Shirr.
- The Quilter.
- The Underbraider.
- How to Braifl.
- How to Fasten the Ends of Braid.
- To Braid on Net or Fine Material.
- Ornamental Stitching.
- Applications.
- Preparation
- Skirt Zipper.
- Corded Welting.
- Corded Seams.
- Applications.
- Shirring
- A COMBINED EDGE-STITCHING, LACE-JOINING AND PIPING ATTACHMENT.
- Adjusting the Edge-Stitcher.
- Sewing Lace Together with the Edge-Stitcher.
- Piping with the Edge-Stitcher.
- Applying Bias Folds with the Edge-Stitcher.
- Stitching a Wide Hem with the Edge-Stitcher.
- Making a French Seam.
- Tucking with the Edge-Stitcher.
- THE SEAM GUIDE
- Application
- SEAMS
- Attachments supplied with 401 and 404 Slant Needle
- Multi-slotted Binder
- Darning.
- To Prepare Singer 327K, 328K and 329K Machines
- Procedure—
- To Prepare Singer 15K110 and 201K Machines for Darning.
- The following instructions for manipulating the work apply to darning on all Singer Domestic Sewing Machines.
- Darning Table Linen, Towels, etc.
- SINGER
To make full use of the instruction contained in this book, it will be to
your advantage to know the model number of the Sewing Machine you are
using. On all except the oldest Singer Machines, the model number will be
found printed on a small plate near the Singer trademark to the right hand
side of the machine head.
Know the Model Number of Your Machine.
Fig. 6. Machine Model Numbers.