Difficulty

Easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          5 minutes

Sections

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  • Bobbin
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Bobbin
  • Use your finger to open the bobbin door below the presser foot.

Use your finger to open the bobbin door below the presser foot.

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Step 2

  • Align the hole in the bobbin spindle over the peg in the bobbin case.
  • Slide the bobbin into the bobbin case, leaving a bit of thread outside the case.
  • Take the loose thread end and slide it through the slit on the side of the bobbin case.

Align the hole in the bobbin spindle over the peg in the bobbin case.

Slide the bobbin into the bobbin case, leaving a bit of thread outside the case.

Take the loose thread end and slide it through the slit on the side of the bobbin case.

Step 3

  • Slide the thread from the slit straight up along the groove and into the open hole on the bobbin case’s side.

Slide the thread from the slit straight up along the groove and into the open hole on the bobbin case’s side.

Step 4

  • Keeping the bobbin in place, turn the bobbin case so that the back is facing you.
  • Use your fingernail to lift the lever on the back of the bobbin case. Hold the lever open.

Keeping the bobbin in place, turn the bobbin case so that the back is facing you.

Use your fingernail to lift the lever on the back of the bobbin case. Hold the lever open.

Step 5

  • Holding the bobbin case lever open, insert the bobbin case into the cavity under the presser foot.
  • Align the metal arm on the bobbin case so that it sits in the slot in the machine.
  • Release the bobbin case.

Holding the bobbin case lever open, insert the bobbin case into the cavity under the presser foot.

Align the metal arm on the bobbin case so that it sits in the slot in the machine.

Release the bobbin case.

Step 6

  • Close the door on the compartment below the presser foot.

Close the door on the compartment below the presser foot.

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Alex - Apr 15, 2022

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Love it! Thank you for posting this as my wife has had to fix things on her sewing machine and it’s good to have a reference other than Youtube where you can sit down and read it and make adjustments accordingly!