Brother PQ1500S - Manuel (Page 19)

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Basic Sewing (1)
Basic Sewing
1 Lift foot, pull about 15 cm of upper
and bobbin thread under and behind
foot, and position fabric under foot.
2 Lower presser foot lever to lower
foot.
3 Turn the hand wheel forward you to
lower the needle through the fabric,
then step gently on the foot control-
ler to begin.
4 Raise needle to highest position.
5 Lift foot, remove fabric and cut
thread.
✽ When using thread trimmer:
4 Push thread trimmer button (this will
cause the upper and bobbin threads
to be cut automatically and the
needle to stop in a raised position).
5 Lift presser foot and remove fabric.
1 Make sure needle is pierced all the
way through fabric.
2 Lift presser foot, and turn fabric us-
ing needle as an axis.
3 Lower foot continue sewing.
✽ At the beginning and end of a seam,
press down the reverse stitch lever
and backstitch about 1 cm.
Before
sewing. Begin
sewing.
Finish
Sewing.
✽ When changing sewing directions.
Backstitches
1 cm
1 cm
Pin Feeding (for hard-to-handle fabrics)
✽ The fabrics shown
above can be joined
evenly by activating
the pin feed mecha-
nism.
Pin Feeding Mechanism
The feed pin passes up through all layers of fabric moving with the feed dog’s motion
to feed all layers of the fabric evenly.
✽ For safety, the feed pin is automatically lowered when presser foot is raised.
Fabric:
Velvet
Quilt
Synthetic Suede
Knit
Coading
Others
1 Move feed adjustment knob
to pin feeding position.
2 Adjust pressure ad-
justment dial until indi-
cator needle is in the
right position in the
matching color coded
area.
3 Gently pull thread until feed pin
catches fabric and sew.
Feed Pin
Feed Pin
Fabric
Feed Dog
Indicator Needle