Sewing Machine Parts 1. Thread cutter: Rather than using scissors to cut the thread after sewing, quickly pull your threads through the cutter and snip. Fast and easy. 2. Presser foot thumb screw: Unscrew this to take off and change the presser foot. 3. Presser foot: There are different presser foots for different types of sewing. Straight stitch, zigzag, satin stitch, sliding buttonhole, zipper foot are the basics. 4. Feed dogs: The little ridges at the bottom feeds the fabric through while you sew. That’s how it naturally sews straight, let the feed dogs do all the work. 5. Cornering guides: Helps you to detect 90 degrees angles or corners when you are sewing. 6. Seam guides: Helps you to measure seams on either side of the fabric. It can also help make sure you are sewing your fabric straight if the fabric is cut straight. It is usually measured in 1/8-inch. The masking tape there was to help guide me at a measurement larger than what the seam guides provided. 7. Needle clamp screw: Unscrew this to change the needle. Check your manual for specific instructions on how to do that and which needles to get for your specific machine. 8. Needle plate: The one on your machine probably allows the feed dogs to help pull the fabric through while you are sewing. To have total control of your fabric, without the feed dogs, you can change the needle plate to a darning plate that covers the feed dogs. You would use this for darning or sewing buttons. 9. Presser foot lever: Not pictured above. Looking at the picture above, you can find it just above the words needle plate. It makes the presser foot go up and down. It holds the fabric in place as you sew. 10. Reverse stitch control: Not pictured. Usually find it at the front of the machine on your right hand side. That’s the button that makes you go reverse while you are stitching. You can use this as a way to secure the beginning and end of your stitches. 11. Hand wheel: Not pictured. Located on the right side of the sewing machine. To manually make the needle go up and down, you will turn the hand wheel. Also use the hand wheel to catch the bobbin thread before you begin sewing. 12. Foot control (pedal): Not pictured. It’s on the floor. It makes the needle go up and down. It’s like driving. The speed depends on the presser you put on the pedal. You will also use it to wind the bobbin. 13. Bobbin case: Pictured below. It is detachable from the machine. That’s where you put your bobbin in the machine. 14. Free arm: Pictured below. Some machines have a extension table that you can remove to provide this free arm. This free arm is great to use when you are sewing sleeves, skirts, neck lines or anything that is circular. You can wrap the fabric around the free arm so you don’t accidentally sew different sides together.
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