SINGER 8019 User Manual
8007/8019
SINGER
/8002
Important safeguards
1. Unplug the machine at the socket when changing needles, feet, or needle plates, or when
leaving the machine unattended. This eliminates the possibility of starting the machine
by accidentally pressing the speed controller.
2. Before removing the bobbin case, unplug the machine at the socket.
3. Because of the up and down movement of the needle, you must work carefully and watch
the sewing area when operating the machine.
4. Do not pull the fabric while you are stitching as this may deflect the needle, causing it
to break.
5. Before cleaning your machine, it must be unplugged at the socket.
6. Do not attempt to adjust the motor belt. Contact your nearest Service Centre or an authorized
SINGER dealer should any adjustment be required.
7. Before changing light bulb, make sure you have removed plug from socket outlet. Be sure
to replace the face plate which covers the light bulb before operating the machine.
8. This machine is designed to use a 15-watt maximum light bulb.
This product is suppressed for radio and television interference with the International Electro
technical Commission requirements of the CISPR.
Machines for Great Britain and some other countries having similar wiring standards are
shipped from the factory without a plug for connection to the mains. The wires in this mains
lead are coloured in accordance with the following code:
Blue: neutral (N) Brown: live (L)
As the colours of the wires In the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with
the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows:
The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with
the letter N or coloured black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to
the terminal which Is marked with letter L or coloured red. If a 13 Amp. (BS 1363) plug is
used, a 3 Amp. fuse must be fitted, or If any other type of plug is used, a 5 Amp. fuse must
be fitted either in the plug or adaptor or at the distribution board,
Neither core Is to be connected to the earth terminal of a three-pin plug.
Index
1. Getting to Know Your Machine
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Nncipal Parts............................................2/3
Accessories
Optional Accessories
Changing the Needle
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Changing Presser Feet...............................7
Removing and Replacing Needle Plate
Attaching Snap-in Feed Cover
2. Getting Ready to Sew
Preliminary Steps
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Connecting and Operating Machine
Threading the Machine..........................9/10
Winding the Bobbin....................................11
Inserting a Bobbin
Raising the Bobbin Thread
How to Start Sewing
Fabric, Thread and Needle Table
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Setting Selectors.......................................14
Setting Stitch Width..................................14
Setting a Needle Position
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Regulating Needle-Thread Tension
Setting Stitch Length................................16
Setting Pattern Group Selector
Setting Stitch Pattern Selector
3. Straight Stitching
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Sewing a Seam..........................................18
Pin Basting • Starting a Seam • Ending a
Seam • Guiding and Supporting Fabric
4. Zig-Zag Stitching
How Patterns are Produced
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Selecting and Adjusting
Zig-Zag Stitches
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• Selecting a Pattern Group • Selecting a
Stitch Pattern
• Adjusting Width of Design • Adjusting
Stitch Placement
• Adjusting a Stitch Length • Adjusting
Needle-Thread Tension
• Adjusting a Stitch Balance
• Satin Stitching
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5. Twin-Needle Stitching
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Threading the Twin-Needle
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Machine Settings
Decorative Twin-Needle Stitching
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6. Free-Motion Stitching...............................28
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Preparation............................................... 28
Floral Designs...........................................29
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7. Sewing the Professional Way..................30
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Sewing Knit and Stretch Fabric
Stitch Pattern Chart • Guiding and
Supporting Fabric • Plain Stretch Seams
• Overedged Seams • Attaching Elastic
• Finishes for Hems and Facings
Handling Special Fabrics.........................35
Construction Details.............................. ..36
Zippers • Corded Seams • Blindstitch Hems
Buttons
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Buttonholes...............................................40
Four-Step Buttonholing
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Adjusting Forward-Reverse Stitch
Balance..................................................... 43
Buttonholes (Manual Method)
Decorative Touches
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Topstitching • Applique’
Keeping up Appearances
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Mending • Darning
8. Free-Arm Sewing.....................................48
9. Caring for Your Machine.........................49
Cleaning and Lubricating
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Removing and Replacing Bobbin Case....50
To Remove and Replace Face Plate
To Remove Top Cover and Bottom
Cover....................................................... 51
Changing the Light Bulb
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Replacing the Slide Plate.........................52
Hints for Home Service
Index....................................................................1
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Dear Customer:
We recommend that for the future reference
you record the serial number of your Sewing
Machine in the space provided.
Refer to illustration for location of serial
number, A, on your machine.
Serial No. _______________________________
principal parts-
Getting to Know Your Machine
I.Hand Wheel
2. Bobbin Winder
3. Spool Holder
4. Stitch Pattern Selector
(only 8019)
5. Pattern Group Selector
(only 8007 and 8019)
6. Stitch Width Selector
7. Snap-in Thread Guide
8. Tension Dial
9. Bobbin Winder Tension
10. Take-up Lever
11. Thread Guides
12. Built-in Sewing Light
13. Thread Cutter
14. Presser Foot
15. Zig-Zag Needle Plate
16. Slide Plate
17. Needle Clamp
18. Flip and Sew* Panel
19. • Stitch Length Selector
• Built-in-Four-Step
Buttonhole Dial
(except 8002)
20. • Reverse-Stitch Push Button
• Buttonhole Stitch Balancing
Control (except 8002)
21. Needle Position Selector
22. Stitch Balance Control
(except 8002/8007)
23. Feed System
24. Transparent Bobbin
25. Rear Thread Guide
26. Presser Foot Lifter
27. Bobbin Winding Indent
28. Power and Light Switch
29. Electrical Connections and
Speed Controller
To ensure that you are always pro
vided with the most modern sewing capa
bilities, the Manufacturer reserves the right
to change the appearance, design or
accessories of this sewing machine when
considered necessary.
* A Trademark of The Singer Company
Copyright © 1990 Singer Sewing Machine Company
All rights reserved throughout the world.
accessories
The accessories that come with your sewing machine will help you to sew with ease
and comfort.
Needles
IMPORTANT: Yoursewing machine has been
designed to obtain best results with SINGER*
needles. You should follow the recommenda
tions in this instruction book and on the nee
dle package for correct style and size of nee
dle for different types and weights of fabric.
• Catalog 2020 needles, for all-purpose sewing.
• Catalog 2045 needles, for sewing synthetic
knit and stretch fabrics.
Presser Feet
Additional interchangeable snap-on presser
feet:
1. The zig-zag foot on your machine.
2. Buttonhole foot to make square-end
buttonholes, (only 8007 and 8019)
3. Zipper foot for inserting zippers and
stitching corded seams.
4. Special purpose foot for all kinds of
decorative zig-zag stitching.
Thread Lead-Off
This lead-off holds narrow-diameter spools
of thread on the spool pin. (See page 9)
Container Of Oil
One container of oil.
Your machine will serve you perfectly for
many years if you will take a few moments to
keep it In good operating condition.
Blindstitch Hem Guide
The blindstitch hem guide, used with the
zig-zag foot, positions the hem fold in front of
the needle for blindstitch hemming. To attach
guide, loosen presser foot shank. Make sure
underside of guide ctears the slide plate and
front of foot.
Tighten presser-foot screw.
(only 8007 and 8019)
Optional Accessories
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• Catalog 2025f needle for twin-needle work.
tCAUTION: Use this needle with the zig-zag
plate and zig-zag foot or special-purpose foot
only. Do not use any other accessories with
this needle as needle breakage will occur.
Straight stitch foot for close fabric control.
Changing The Needle
1. Raise the needle to its highest position by
turning the hand wheel toward you.
2. Loosen the needle-clamp screw A and
remove needle.
3. Insert new needle in clamp B with the flat
side C of the needle to the back; push it up
as far as it will go.
4. Tighten the needle-clamp screw.
Changing Presser Feet
Most presser feet furnished with your machine
snap on and off a common shank.
e Raise needle and take-up lever to highest
position by turning hand wheel toward you.
• Raise presser foot.
To remove the complete presser foot (with
shank), of snap-on presser feet and one-
piece presser foot for button sewing, loosen
the presser foot screw and remove shank and
foot together.
2. Center the new presser foot under the
shank J.
Lower the presser foot lifter K so that the
shank fits over the presser foot pin.
1. Press toe of presser foot upward as far as it
will go. Then snap down to remove.
3. Press presser foot screw down firmly until
foot snaps into place.
Removing and Repiacing Needie Plate
e Raise presser foot.
e Turn hand wheel toward you until the needle
is in its highest position.
• Open the slide plate. Lift needle plate up and to
the right until it snaps free.
• Insert new needle plate by placing it under the
clamping pin (1) push it gently to the left and
press down until it snaps into place.
a Close slide plate.
Attaching Snap-In
Feed Cover
• Raise needle to highest position by turning
hand wheel toward you.
• Raise presser foot, open slide plate and in
sert zig-zag needle plate.
• Slide snap-in feed cover away from you over
needle plate until points (1) and (2) are positioned
directly over holes in needle plate as illustrated.
Snap in point (1). Then push (2) in toward point
(1) until it snaps into place. Close slide plate.
• To remove, open slide plate then simply lift
up front edge of feed cover, and remove.
Close slide plate.
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preliminary steps
Connecting Machine
Getting Ready to Sew
Before plugging in your machine, be sure that
the voltage and frequency indicated on the
right end of the machine are within the range
marked on the electric meter installed by your
power company.
Insert the machine plug A into the machine
socket B at the right end of the machine, and
connect the power-line plug C to your elec
trical outlet.
Operating Machine
To turn on the machine and sewing light, press
upper portion of power switch (D).
CAUTION: Disconnect the power-line plug
from the socket outlet when changing needle,
feet or needle plates or when leaving the
machine unattended. This eliminates the
possibility of starting the machine by acci
dentally pressing the speed controller.
To run the machine, press the speed controller
E with your foot. The harder you press, the faster
the machine will sew. To stop machine, remove
foot from controller.
CAUTION: Because of the up and down
movement of the needle, you must work care
fully and watch the sewing area when operat
ing the machine.
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Threading The Machine
1. Raise presser foot and be sure needle is in
its highest position.
2. Place spool of thread on horizontal spool
pin. If spool being used has a retaining slit,
this should be placed to the right.
3. Press appropriate thread lead-off holder
firmly against spool.
A. For large spools of thread, use the large
holder with the wide end against the
spool.
B. For medium size spools, use the large
holder with the narrow end against the
spool.
C. For small diameters spools with either
large or small quantities of thread, use
the small lead-off which comes in your
accessory box.
4. Lead thread from spool holder and snap It
down Into guidepost eyelet a.
5. Hold thread down under finger, as illus
trated, and lead thread-under rear thread
guide b, behind pre-tension disc, and
across slot in top of machine.
6. Draw thread firmly between left tension
disc c and tension separator d, then down
around thread guide e on front of machine.
( Presser foot must be raised to allow
thread to enter discs.)
7. Thread take-up lever f by guiding thread
through slot g and into eyelet h.
8. Lead thread from take-up lever down to
lower thread guides I. as shown, and
thread needle from front to back. Draw
10cm (4") of thread through needle eye j.
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Winding a bobbin
Winding a bobbin is quick and easy when you follow the directions below. Always wind
the bobbin before threading the machine and needle.
• Push in indent (1) on hand wheel disc. This will stop the needle from moving.
• Place spool of thread on spool pin.
• Slide spool cap (2) firmly over rim of spool to prevent thread tangling.
• Lead thread from spool and snap into thread guide post (3).
• Wind thread clockwise around front of bobbin winder tension disc (4).
• Pass thread end, from inside, through small hole in rim of bobbin.
• Place bobbin on spindle and push it to the right.
• Holding thread end, step on speed controller to run machine until desired amount of thread
is wound. (Winding stops automatically onpe bobbin is full.)
• Cut thread; push bobbin to the left and remove it from spindle.
• Trim thread end from top of bobbin.
• Return hand wheel disc to sewing position by pressing on side opposite indent.
Inserting a bobbin
To insert a bobbin, follow the instructions
below:
• Raise presser foot.
• Turn hand wheel toward you until needle
is in its highest position.
• Open slide plate and remove empty bobbin.
1. Pull 4" (10cm) of thread from replacement
bobbin and insert bobbin into case, as
shown.
2. Holding bobbin in place, guide thread into
notch (1) and then down the slot to the
left and guide around into notch (2).
• Draw several inches of thread diagonally
across the bobbin toward the back of the
machine.
• While holding thread on outside, close the
slide plate, allowing thread to extend
through the slot between the slide plate
and needle plate.
• Follow directions for “Raising Bobbin Thread”
below.
Raising the Bobbin Thread
1. Hold needle thread lightly with left hand
and turn hand wheel slowly toward you
so that needle enters needle plate.
2. Continue turning hand wheel until needle
rises and brings up bobbin thread in a loop.
3. Undo the loop and place both threads
under the presser foot, drawing them to
the back of the machine. Position needle
In fabric where desired, lower the presser
foot and stitch.
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how to start sewing
How you begin to sew after winding a bobbin
depends on whether your stitching is to start
at or away from the edge of the fabric.
To start At Fabric Edge
• Pull thread back under presser foot.
• Position needle in very edge of fabric by
pressing speed controller lightly or turning
the hand wheel.
• Lower the presser foot and stitch.
To start Away From
Fabric Edge
• Pull thread back under presser foot.
• Position needle in fabric where desired
• Lower the presser foot and stitch.
The fabrics below can be of any fiber; cotton, linen, silk, wool,
synthetic, rayon, blends. They are listed as examples of weight. NEEDLES
Fabric, thread
and needle table
The needle and thread you
choose will depend upon the
fabric being sewn.
The table is a practical
guide to needle and thread
selection.
Always refer to it before
beginning a sewing project. Be
sure to use the same size and
type of thread in both needle
and bobbin.
LightWeight
MediumWeight
MediumHeavy
Knits
tNot recommended on stretch fabrics
Fabrics Thread
Batiste
Chiffon
Crepe
Corduroy
Flannel
Gabardine
Gingham
Linen
Muslin
Wool Crepe
Bonded Wovens
Canvas
Coating
Denim
Duck
Sailcloth
Bonded Knits
Double Knit
Jersey
Tricot
Cotton-wrapped
Polyester
100% Polyester
tMercerized Size 50
Nylon
Cotton-wrapped
Polyester
100% Polyester
tMercerized Size 50
Nylon
Cotton-wrapped
Polyester
100% Polyester
tMercerized Size 40
t“Heavy Duty" 2020
Cotton-wrapped
Polyester
Polyester
Nylon
Type
2020
2020
2020
Bail-Point 2045
Size 11/80, 14/90,
16/100
Size
11/80
14/90
16/100
18/110
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setting selectors
Needle-Thread
Tension Dial
Stitch
Width Pattern
Selector Group Selector
Stitch Pattern
Selector
Needle
Position
Seiector
Stitch
Baiance
Control
Stitch Length Selector
Setting Stitch Width
The Stitch width selector does two jobs: it
sets the machine for straight stitching, and
it controls the width of zig-zag stitching. Four
stitch width settings are indicated plus a
setting for straight stitching.
Before moving the selector, make sure needle
is above the fabric.
To set stitch width, slide the seiector lever
until indicator line is aligned with desired
setting.
Straight Stitching: Set the selector at
Zig-Zag Stitching: To suit sewing
application, set the selector at any zig-zag
position between | (narrow-position) and
S (wide-position).
Setting a Needle Position
The needle position selector B places the
needle in left ( ), center ( X ) or right
( X ) stitching position. You will need to set
it before you start running the machine.
Before moving the selector, always make
sure the needle is out of the fabric.
To position the needle, slide the lever to left or
right until indicator line is under desired
setting.
1 1 -L
B
Straight-Stitching: Normally you will use the
center ( X ) needle position. But if you wish
to place the stitching at left or right of center,
slide the lever to desired position. The zig-zag
needle plate and zig-zag foot must be used if
left or right needle positions are selected.
Zig-Zag Stitching: You will use center ( X )
position most often. Left ( X )
( X ) positions are for special stitch
placement. For example: A X setting is
used for button sewing. Settings X ^nd
X
are used to place narrow zig-zag
stitching to the left and right of center in
decorative work.
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