Singer 15-90 - Sewing Adjustments and Tension Control; Stitch, Feed, and Tension Regulation

FIG. 13. DRAWING UP BOBBIN THREAD
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To Prepare for Sewing
With the left hand, hold the end of the needle
thread, leaving it slack from the hand to the needle.
Turn the bal-
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ance wheel
over toward you
until the needle
moves down and
up again to its
highest position,
thus catching the
bobbin thread.
Draw up the
needle thread
and the bobbin
thread will come
up with it through the 'hole in the throat plate,
as shown in Fig. 13. Lay both threads back
under the, presser foot di-
agonally across the feed,
as shown in Fig. 13A, to
the right or left, depend-
ing upon which side of the
needle the material is to
be located, so that when
the presser foot is lowered,
the threads will be firmly
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F/G. 13A. THREADS IN
held between the feed and
POSITION TO COMAIENCE
the presser foot. 
SEWING
To Commence Sewing
Place the material beneath the presser foot, Power
the presser foot and commence to sew.
When sewing thick material, it may be necessary
to turn the balance wheel over toward you byhand
to start the machine. This should also be done if
the machine stops when sewing across thick seams.
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To
Prepare
for
Sewing
With
the left hand, hold the end of the needle
thread, leaving it slack from the hand to the needle.
Turn
the bal-
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ance wheel
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over toward you
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until
the needle
moves down and
up again to its
highest position,
thus catching the
bobbin thread.
Draw
up the
needle thread
and the bobbin
thread
will
come
FIG.
13. DRAWING UP BOBBIN THREAD
up
with
it through the hole in, the throat plate,
as shown in Fig. 13. Lay both threads back
under the presser
foot
di-
agonally
across
the feed,
as shown in Fig. 13A, to
the right or left, depend-
ing
upon
which
side
of the
needle the material is to
be located, so that when
the presser
foot
is lowered,
the threads
will
be
firmly
held
between the feed and
the presser foot.
To
Commence
Sewing
Place the material beneath the presser foot, fower
the presser
foot
and commence to sew.
When
sewing
thick
material, it may be necessary
to
turn
the balance wheel over toward you by hand
to start the machine.
This
should
also
be
done
if
the machine
stops
when sewing
across
thick
seams.
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FIG.
13A. THREADS IN
POSITION
TO COMMENCE
SEWING