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the best sewing machine ever built by SINGER

Th.6 SIMGER 611 truly remarkable macbine with CHAIN STITCH feature

The SINGER 51! represents the truly universal sewing machine that will crreatlv contribute to nerfect domestic dressmakincn In addition

to its numerous outstanding advantages the machine now incorporates a new and unique feature in that lock stitching and chain stitching can be selectively produced on the same madiine.

^ Only SINGER produces an automatic machine that in addition to

the conventional lock stitch also sews a single thread chain stitch which can be used for basting seams thus replacing hand-basting. This feature 'whll release you from time-consuming work and

reveals new aspects so far non-existent in the overall picture of the applications of the modern family sewing machine. (For detailed instructions concerning operation and application, see page 22.)

♦ SINGER has WORLD'S FIRST AUTOMATIC with slant needle and

gear drive. Seeing is easier, sewing smoothest ever. No slipping or stalling,

^ SINGER has WORLD'S FIRST AUTOMATIC w i t h do u b 1 e - ea s y

threading. Has built-in threading chart, handy "dropAn** bobbin in f r o n t of needle!

♦ SINGER has WORLD'S FIRST AUTOMATIC with a built-in eye-

ievel stitch chart, with push button selection for whatever fancy stitch you want!

OTHER OUTSTANDING FEATURES ARE:

^ SUPERFINE CONTROL of stitdr length ensures

perfect satin stitching.

® PERFECT STITCHING ... straight and zigzag. Ф NHBDLE CLAMP holds one or two regular need

ing — same or diiierent sizes for exciting twin

needle stitcliing*

# THItOAT FLATH with seam guide markings.

Held with magnets for easy removal and replace ment.

# PRESSURE OF PRESSER FOOT can easily be

adjusted according to regulator.

# NEW TYPE SPOOL HOLDER ensures a smooth

how of the needle thread.

^ HINGED face plate swings open for easy access

to oiling and clc<ming points.

MOTOR with worm wheel drive, no belts required, excellent penetrating power when sewing heaviest materials without manual assis tance (electric drive).

# BUILT-IN LIGHT focused on sewing area, which

swings down for easy bulb replacement.

# ALL MECHANISM completely enclosed. # SPECIAL PURPOSE FOOT.

# FLEXIBLE SEAM GUIDE.

TO GET THE MOST ENJOYMENT FROM YOUR SINGER 611

Take advantage of the free sewing lessons to which you are entitledl

Skilled, SINGER-trained teachers will give you personal guidance and

assist you in learning the fundamentals of home sewing.

SINGER SERVICE

Wherever you go you will find expert, dependable SINGER* Service close at hand. SINGER is interested in helping you keep your SINGER Sewing Machine in top running condition. That i.s why you should always call your SINGER SEWING CENTRE if your madrine ever requires adjustment or repair. Only from your SINGER SEWING CENTRE can you obtain the services of a trained SINGER repair man and warranted SINGER'*' parts.

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EVERYTHING FOR THE WOMAN WHO SEWS

The answer to your sewing needs is at your SINGER SEWING CENTRE. There you will find a wide choice of sewing aids, notions, sewing instructions and services. Look for the famous red "S" and SINGER trademarks on your SINGER SEWING CENTRE and the ever

readv SINGER Service Car. See phone book for address nearest vou.

NEEDLE AND THREAD SELECTION

The selection of thread should be based on the fabric to be stitched,

The thread should blend with

the fabric in colour, fibre and size.

Silk and wool fabrics should be stitched with silk thread; cotton fabrics $br)uld be stitcied with cotton or cotton mercerised thread, etc. The thread must be of a size that will imbed itself into the texture of the fabric. Thread that is too heavy for the fabric will remain on the surface and become weakened by fric

tion and abrasion.

The selection of the needle should be based on both the fabric and thread being used. The eye of the needle must be large enough for the thread to pass freely through it. The blade of the needle must be fine

enough not to mar the fabric with too large a puncture, yet heavy enough to pierce the fabric without binding or deflecting.

You will obtain best stitching results from your Sewhng Machine if it is fitted wuth a SINGER* Needle.

NBEDLHS AN0 THREAD

"his machine uses a Cat 2020 (15X1)

needle. Sizes 9, 11, 14, 16 and 1$.

For perfect stitching, select correct needle and thread to correspond with fabric {see page 5).

Be sure to use like threads for both needle

and bobbin.

NBHDIE INSERTION

Raise the needle bar to highest point by turning the hand wheel toward you. Loosen the needle clamp screw. Insert needle up ward into clamp as far as it wull go, with the flat side of the needle to the back and the

long groove toward you. Tigh.ten needle

clamp screw.

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TO OFERATB MACHINE

Place material under the presser foot and

lower foot. Connect plug to electric outlet

(see page 97). Start machine by pressing con

troller.

fEIectric Drive)

The speed of the machine depends entirely on the amount of pressure applied to the controller.

Practice operating the machine (without

thread) until you become accustomed to guiding material and regulating machine sneed.

TO OPERATE THE ?

(Treadle Drive}

Loosen stop motion screw and place both feet on treadle.

Turn hand wheel over toward you, allowing feet to move freely and lightly with motion of treadle.

Practice this motion until vou are able to re-start machine with hand wheel turning over toward you. Then tighten stop motion screw.

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To throw off the belt, work the treadle and move

belt shifter to position shown.

To replace belt, release belt shifter and work

Place material under presser foot and lower the

foot.

Operate machine {without thread) until you be

come accustomed to guiding the material.

treadle slowly with band wheel turning over to ward you. One or two revolutions of band wheel

will bring belt back into place.

Note: Tension on belt should be only heavy en

ough to keep belt from slipping.

spoot HOiPia

1. Slip spool seat on to spindle (Cushion side facing spool of thread).

2, Slip spool of thread on to spindle-

3. Press thread lead-off against spool of thread. Select thread lead-off according to the size of thread spool used^ as shown.

UPPER THREADING-SINGLE NEEDLE

Raise take-up lever to highest point. Place thread on spool holder and lead through threading points shown. Thread needle from front to back. Draw sufficient thread throuch eve of needle with which to start sewing.

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WIND THE BOBBIN

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Release hand wheel turn stop motion screw with right hand in direction shown by arrow. Slip bobbin

on to bobbin winder spindle»

WIND TFH BOBBIN fCoai^a.|

Thread the machine as shown. Wind several coils of thread around the bobbin and depress bobbin winder engaging lever.

WIND THB BOBBIN {ConVd,}

Do not wind too much thread, otherwise there

would be no free run of the bobbin in the bobbin case.

Stop machine, raise bobbin winder engaging lever

and remove bobbin from bobbin winder spindle.

Tighten stop motion screw with right hand in

direction shown bv arrow.

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THSEA0ING THE BOBBIN CASE

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Hold bobbin so that thread leads off in direction shown. Place bobbin in case. Lead thread into slot

and under spring.

Draw thread into notch at end of spring, pulling off about 3 inches of thread across the bobbin.

Close slide plate allowing thread to enter notch.

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Button. Thread Take-up Lever Pre-tension Pattern Selector Buttons

Hngaging Lever Hand Wheel Bobbin Winder Spindle Stitdi Length Regulator Bobbin Winder Pre-tension Bulb Replacenre: Lever

STITCH LENGTH INDICATOR

Numerals on the left side of the indicator repre sent the number of stitches per inch. Numerals on the right side represent stitch length in millimeters.

A superfine control cam be made in case of siitdx lengths less than 1 mm or stitches per inch {20),

The greatest stitch length of 4 mm or 6 stitches per inch can be locked in place when stitching folds, pleats or multiple layers of heavy fabric.

To set stitch length: Loosen by turning thumb nut

to the left as shown. Position lever for desired stitch

length. Tighten by turning thumb nut to the right.

By raising the stitch length regulator to the hig

hest point, reverse stitching is accomplished at the

UNLOCKS

REVERSE

LOCKS

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same stitch length as forward. When in locked position, 4 mm or stitches per inch (6) cannot be reversed. If reverse stitching is desired with this stitch length position, turn thumb nut to the left until the stitch

length regulator can be adjusted to

its highest point at reverse stitching.

STITCH WIDTH IBYER

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The stitch width lever is used for both straight and zigzag stitching. Numerals indicate five positions

but intermediate settings may also be used. To position, depress stitch width lever and slide it left or right to desired setting.

Do not set stitch width lever while the needle is in the fabric.

PATTEHN SEIHCTOR

Please note: Do not make selector adjustments while the needle is in the fabric. When make Pattern selection set stitch width lever at 3.

PATTmN SELECTOR

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To Select Required Pattern

1. Depress Push Button A and keep depressed until selection is com

pleted.

2. Push Pattern Selector Buttons.

3. Select required Pattern.

4. Release Pattern Selector Buttons.

5. Release Push Button A.

B D f H J

Settings from K through Special are

made by the upper button.

Settings from A through J are made by

the lower button

THROAT PLATE

REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT

Removal of throat plate

Replacement oi throat plate

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Raise presser bar. Turn hand wheel to raise needle to its highest position. Open slide plate. Place thumb under front end of throat plate and lift plate from machine.

Place throat plate in position over two clamping

pins and then close slide plate.

CHAIN STITCH

More than any other sewing machine the new SINGE'R 611 will eliminate a comidetahie amount of time-consuming and burden

some work previously done‘by hand. This machine has the uni que feature of being capable of producing not only conventional lock stitching but selectively single thread chain stitching,

The main advantage of this type of stitch is that the single thread chain stitch can easily and quickly be removed by a single pull on the dmln stitch seam. By means of the chain stitch the neces

sary tacking and basting operations indispensable for sewing perfectly fitted cresses or other garments can now be produced on a mmchine. Even a section of a chain stitch seam can be remov

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ed without any effort as is frequently required when fitting the dress or gàTxaent (side and waist seamm). Once the dress or gar

ment fits, the final lock stitch is stitched in a close parallel line

to the chain stitch. Then the temporary seam is remioved by a single pull without leaving remains of the thread in the fabric. Thus sewing-in of the basting seam is very unlikely. For basting, regular thread or darning thread may be used.

The single thread chain stitch has a wide range of applications and can be employed for a variety of operations, for instance:

Edge basting on jackets, coats and costumes — sleeve in serting — attaching collars — hems on skirts, blouses etc.;

Basting canvasses to the fronts of costumes and jackets in

stead of sewing them. with, zig/^ag stitches;

Sewing shrinking tucks on garments as shirts, pyjamas etc.

as well as on ready made clothes and curtains made from fabrics which are likely to shrink. The temporary stitching of the curtains and also the final stit<±ing can be performed on

the same machine. Stitching growth tucks which can be open

ed on clothes for growing children, as desired; Re-sewing waist and leg hems on ladies' and men's under

wear of tricot or interlock fabrics when replacing elastics;

# Adjusting length and width of ladies' slips (shortening for

short persons, taking-in width for slim persons) particularly to match fashions transparency making a slip essential.

when dresses have a certain degree of

Another most distinctive feature of the chain stitch which will

certainly be appreciated by the homeworker for artisan type production is that the chain stitdr is formed exclusively by the needle thread thus freeing the operator from bobbin winding. This, in turn, is a time saving factor. In addition to the above

mentioned applications the artisan worker will use the chain

stitching for — # First contour stitching on shirt collars — sewing on labels —

hemming operations on neckties and umbrellas — in short, all operations where the chain stitch proves to be advanta geous wuth respect to convenience, quality and time.

TO PREPARE THE MACHINE FOR CHAIN STITCH SEWING

Set Selectors at AK and stitch width lever at 3

First remove regular throat plate and bobbin.

Insert chain stitch loop retainer into bobbin, case

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Depress latch (Illustration 2) and turn to the left against stop (Illustration 3).

Insert chain stitch throat olaie.

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CHAIN STITCHING

A chain stitch seam has the same appearance as a

lock stitch seam on the top side of the fabric.

How^ever, the knotting of the stitch does not occur

in the m*aterial as on a nronerlv balanced lode stitch

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seam^; instead the thread forms loops on the under*

side of the fabric which resemble small arrowheads.

These arrowheads peculiar to the chain stitch point

tow^ards the beginning of the seam.

When starting make sure that the take-up lever is

in its highest position. This will prevent the needle thread from pulling out of the needle if the thteed has been cut too.short. Sew forward only! If the material is

pivoted at the needle for operations where cornering is required, make certain that the needle is on its upward movement (approx. 1 cm above its lowest poinX] to avoid skipped stitches. Then continue to sew.

TO REMOVE THE MATERIAL FROM BENEATH THE PRESSER FOOT

Threading: In addition to normal threading, place the needle thread in the chain stitch thread guide with the face plate open.

Stitch length: Normally set for mxaximum length, approx. 6 stitches to the inch (4 mm] (left row of numbers on the stitch indicator plate). Any stitch length between 6 and 12 stitches to the inch (2 mm) may be used.

Upper thread tension: Norm^ally set between 2 and

3. Slight adjustnaent may be required dependent on the thread size and the material used.

The easiest way of removing the material is to sew off the edge of the fabric while slightly pulling on the material. This produces a chain which should be cut some distance away from the fabric. How ever, if the seam is ended before the edge of the fabric, bring the take-up lever to its highest posi

tion, then lift the presser foot and pull some thread

through the take-up lever from the spool pin. Now

draw the loose thread between the presser foot and

the material to the right with the scissors and then cut the thread. By removing the m^aterial the free end of the thread is automatically pulled to the underside of the material and the seam is securely

locked.

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TO OPEN THE SEAM

The chain stitch seam can be opened in one direc tion only, from the end of the seam towards the start of the seam, The opening direction is distin-

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giiished by the arrowheads on the underside of the fabric which point towards the beginning of the seam.

To open the seam, cut the last stitch on the top side of the fabric and then pull up the preceding stitch. With this free thread end the seam can be removed by a singie pull. In the same manner the seam may be opened and removed at any desired place by pulling the thread end in arrowhead direction. The remaining section to the end of the seam will be maintained.

Section to remain

Section to be onened

However, if the section towards the beginning of the seam is to remain and

the segment towards the end of the seam is to be removed, either partly or completely, the remaining section must be locked nrst. For this purpose, cut the seam at the desired place on the top side and pull the loop out of the fabric on the underside of same. Then the desired segment of the seam can be removed as stated above.

TO CHANGE FROM CHAIN STITCHING TO LOCK STITCHING

Cimnging to lock stitching requires only unthreading of the diain stitch thread guide (see page 25), repla cing the bobbin and inserting the desired zigzag or straight stitch throat plate.

LOCK STITCH

STRAIGHT STITCHING

AK 3

Set Selector at AK. Stitdi width lever at 3 — To locate stitching in central position. General purpose throat plate and presser foot.

Use general purpose throat plate and presser foot for all utility sewing, long straight seams, etc., and

where there is occasion to alternate between straight and zigzag stitching.

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