Brother VX3240 User Manual download pdf (Page 24)

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Starting to sew

Turn on the sewing machine.

Raise the needle to its highest position by

turning the handwheel toward you

(counterclockwise).

Raise the presser foot lever.

a Presser foot lever

Place the fabric under the presser foot, pass

the thread under the presser foot, and then

pull out about 5 cm (2 inches) of thread

toward the rear of the machine.

a 5 cm (2 inches)

While holding the end of the thread and the

fabric with your left hand, turn the handwheel

toward you (counterclockwise) with your

right hand to lower the needle to the starting

point of the stitching.

Lower the presser foot lever.

a Presser foot lever

Slowly press down on the foot controller.

X The machine starts sewing.

Take your foot off the foot controller.

X The machine stops sewing.

Raise the needle to its highest position by

turning the handwheel toward you

(counterclockwise).

Raise the presser foot lever.

Pull the fabric to the left side of the machine,

and then pass the threads through the thread

cutter on the back of the presser foot bar to

cut them.

a Thread cutter

Sewing in reverse

Reverse sewing is used to lock the threads at the end

of the seam or wherever reinforcement is needed.

Press and hold down the reverse sewing lever

while sewing.

To sew forward, release the reverse sewing

lever.

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Brother VX3240 User Manual Page 24