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the best sewing machine ever built by SINGER

Th.6 S I M G E R 6 1 1 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 it 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 eyeievel stitch chart, with push button selection for whatever fancy stitch you want!

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OTHER OUTSTANDING FEATURES ARE:	^ SUPERFINE CONTROL of stitdr length ensures
	perfect satin stitching.

®PERFECT STITCHING ... straight and zigzag.

ФNHBDLE 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.

TO GET THE MOST ENJOYMENT

FROM YOUR SINGER 611

^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.

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 Пк1©Шй 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

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Place material under the presser foot and lower foot. Connect plug to electric outlet (see page 97). Start machine by pressing con troller.

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.

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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 Then tighten stop motion screw.

Place material under presser foot and lower the foot.

Operate machine {without thread) until you be come accustomed to guiding the material.

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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 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	2, Slip spool of thread on to spindle-
side facing spool of thread).

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.

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 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.

UNLOCKS

REVERSE

LOCKS

FORWARD

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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

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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 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:

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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 when dresses have a certain degree of transparency making a slip essential.

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.
A	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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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.

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

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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Difeciion of oDer.incT

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 distingiiished 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.

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Section to be onened

Section to remain

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

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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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