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SEWING BASICS Take your foot off the foot controller, or press h (start/stop button) once (if the machine was started by pressing (start/stop button)). X The machine stops sewing. Raise the needle by turning the handwheel i toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up, or raise the needle by pressing (needle position button) once or twice. This procedure is not necessary if the needle stop position has been set to the raised position (page 15). Raise the presser foot lever. j Pull the fabric to the left side of the machine, k and then pass the threads upward from below through the thread cutter to cut them. ■ Sewing reinforcement stitches When sewing stitches other than straight or zigzag stitches that are secured with reverse stitching, pressing (reverse/reinforcement stitch button) sews reinforcement stitches, 3 to 5 stitches on top of each other. a Reverse stitching b Reinforcement stitching Memo ● Whether reverse stitches or reinforcement stitches are sewn depends on the stitch that is selected. For details, refer to "STITCH SETTINGS" (page 82). 1 a Thread cutter Memo ● When the foot controller is plugged in, start/ stop button cannot be used to start sewing. ● When sewing is stopped, the needle remains lowered (in the fabric). The machine can be set so that the needle will stay up when sewing is stopped. For details on setting the machine so that the needles stay up when sewing is stopped, refer to "Changing the needle stop position" (page 15). 42

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SEWING BASICS
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h
Take your foot off the foot controller, or press
(start/stop button) once (if the machine
was started by pressing
(start/stop
button)).
The machine stops sewing.
i
Raise the needle by turning the handwheel
toward you (counterclockwise) so that the
mark on the wheel points up, or raise the
needle by pressing
(needle position
button) once or twice.
This procedure is not necessary if the
needle stop position has been set to the
raised position (page 15).
j
Raise the presser foot lever.
k
Pull the fabric to the left side of the machine,
and then pass the threads upward from below
through the thread cutter to cut them.
a
Thread cutter
Memo
●
When the foot controller is plugged in, start/
stop button cannot be used to start sewing.
●
When sewing is stopped, the needle remains
lowered (in the fabric). The machine can be
set so that the needle will stay up when
sewing is stopped. For details on setting the
machine so that the needles stay up when
sewing is stopped, refer to “Changing the
needle stop position” (page 15).
■
Sewing reinforcement stitches
When sewing stitches other than straight or zigzag
stitches that are secured with reverse stitching,
pressing
(reverse/reinforcement stitch button)
sews reinforcement stitches, 3 to 5 stitches on top
of each other.
a
Reverse stitching
b
Reinforcement stitching
Memo
●
Whether reverse stitches or reinforcement
stitches are sewn depends on the stitch that
is selected. For details, refer to “STITCH
SETTINGS” (page 82).
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