How to Thread a Singer Stylist 513: Step-by-Step Guide.
Learn how to thread your Singer 513 Sewing Machine using this easy step-by-step tutorial.
Preparing your machine and Threading the Needle
1. Turn hand wheel toward you and raise needle to its highest position and raise presser foot to
release the tension discs.
2. Place spool of thread on spool pin over felt and lead thread through all threading
points shown.
• Thread take-up lever from back to front, guiding thread down over top of lever
and then up into eyelet.
• Thread needle from front to back, about three inches of thread.
through eye of needle.
Raising the bobbin thread
Now that you have wound the bobbin and threaded the needle, you will need to raise the
bobbin thread through the needle hole in the needle plate.
1. Hold needle thread lightly with left hand and turn hand wheel slowly
toward you so that needle enters hole in needle plate.
2. Continue turning hand wheel and holding needle thread until needle
rises. Tighten your hold on the needle thread and bring up bobbin thread in a loop.
3. Open the loop with your fingers.
4. Place both needle and bobbin threads under presser foot, and draw to back of machine.
… You are now ready to sew
