Singer 257 Fashion Mate Sewing Machine Instruction Manual.
Examples include:
Getting to know your machine.
Threading your machine.
Winding bobbin.
Adjusting thread tension.
Choosing needle and thread.
Setting selectors.
Presser foot pressure.
Principal parts and what they do.
Accessories.
Stitch applications.
Stretchable seams.
Zigzag.
Changing light bulb.
Performance checklist.
Cleaning and oiling.
Much more.
Fashion Mate Zigzag.
44 page instruction manual.
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Singer 257 Fashion Mate
The bobbin thread – Singer 257 Fashion Mate Sewing Machine Instruction Manual
Winding the bobbin
1. Raise the presser foot and turn hand will toward you until the needle is at its highest position.
2. Loosen hand wheel knob by turning it toward you with the right hand while holding hand wheel with the left hand.
3. Open slide play just enough to make the bobbin accessible and lift out the bottom.
4. Close slide plate
5. Place thread spool on spool pin over the felt. Lead thread around bobbin Winder tension disc and through small hole in bobbin from inside out.
6. Place bobbin on spindle and move bobbin Winder lever to right.
7. Hold thread and and start the machine. Cut off thread and after a few coils have been wound.
8. When required amount of thread has been wound, winding will stop when Bob it is full. Stop the machine and cut connecting thread.
9. Move bobbin Winder lever to left and remove bobbin from spindle.
10. Hold hand wheel and tighten hand wheel knob.
Threading the bobbin case
1. Hold bobbin so that thread unwinds in direction shown and put bobbin into bobbin case.
2. Pull thread into notch and draw it back under the tension spring.
3. Pass thread over second notch and draw approximately 4 in of thread diagonally across the bobbin.
4. Close slide plate, allowing thread to enter slot between the throat plate and slide plate.
