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Introduction

Preparations

Introduction

1:17

Blindhem/Overlock 
Foot 
820256-096

Rolled Hem Foot 
3 mm 
820249-096

Standard Presser Foot 
with IDT

820250-096

Fancy Stitch Foot with 
IDT
820253-096

Fancy Stitch Foot 
820278-096

Zipper Foot with IDT
820248-096

Buttonhole Foot
820295-096

Darning Foot
820243-096

Presser feet (standard accessories)

Summary of Contents for CREATIVE 2124

Page 1: ...O w n e r s m a n u a l creative 2124...

Page 2: ...rised dealer or service center for examination repair electrical or mechanical adjustment Never operate the sewing machine with any air openings blocked Keep ventilation openings of the Sewing machine...

Page 3: ...Its ease of use will free your creative engergies turning your ideas into reality will be a joy Before you start please spend some time reading these operating instructions You will soon discover how...

Page 4: ...ing started 2 17 Thread tension 2 17 3 Embroidery Control Panel overview 3 2 Embroidery box overview 3 3 Attaching the embroidery foot 3 3 Attach the embroidery unit 3 4 Removing the embroidery unit 3...

Page 5: ...ead 4 14 Keyhole buttonhole with gimp thread 4 15 Sewing on buttons 4 15 Buttonhole tips 4 16 5 Decorative sewing General notes on decorative sewing 5 2 Quilting 5 4 Nostalgia Heirloom 5 8 Threading t...

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Page 7: ...Introduction...

Page 8: ...ndhem stitch For securing hems invisibly on woven fabrics 6 6 Elastic blindhem stitch For securing hems invisibly and finishing the edge on stretch fabrics 6 7 Closed overlock stitch For hemming and o...

Page 9: ...s leathers and terrycloth 6 15 Overlock Stitch For joining and overcasting stretch fabrics in one operation 6 16 Honeycomb stitch Elastic decorative stitch for ornamental hem finishing on stretch fabr...

Page 10: ...itch For embellishing sewing projects Decorative joining of overlapped seams 6 32 Circle stitch Decorative stitch for embellishing any projects such as crafts garments and home decorating 6 33 Decorat...

Page 11: ...ads for beautiful motifs 6 46 Circle satin stitch Satin decorative stitch Use with decorative threads for beautiful motifs 6 47 Heart satin stitch Satin decorative stitch Use with decorative threads f...

Page 12: ...1 12 22 1 2 3 4 9 10 13 14 15 16 21 20 19 18 17 23 11 12 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 39 35 5 6 7 8...

Page 13: ...nnection socket foot control 15 Main switch 16 Slide for lowering the feed dog 17 Base plate 18 Removable accessory tray 19 Presser foot holder with presser foot 20 IDT Integrated dual feed 21 Integra...

Page 14: ...embroidery arm 45 Metal guide for fitting the embroidery hoop 46 Recessed grip for raising and rotating the embroidery arm 47 Embroidery arm 48 Release lever for removing the embroidery hoop Parts of...

Page 15: ...33 upwards The stitches of the sewing machine are illus trated on the inside of the lid The number below the illustration of the stitch is the recommended presser foot for that stitch e g Stitch No 2...

Page 16: ...discoloring may be very difficult or impossible to remove Fleece and denim fabric in especially red and blue often contain a lot of excess dye If you suspect that your fabric ready to wear garment co...

Page 17: ...20256 096 Rolled Hem Foot 3 mm 820249 096 Standard Presser Foot with IDT 820250 096 Fancy Stitch Foot with IDT 820253 096 Fancy Stitch Foot 820278 096 Zipper Foot with IDT 820248 096 Buttonhole Foot 8...

Page 18: ...Second spool holder 93 033 063 44 000 Seam ripper 99 053 016 91 000 Brush 93 847 979 91 000 1 Needle box Order No 48 020 804 32 000 2 Felt pad Order No 93 033 064 05 000 3 Bobbins Order No 412 76 79 0...

Page 19: ...Preparations...

Page 20: ...13 of the sewing machine and the wall outlet For the USA and Canada This sewing machine has a polarized plug one blade wider than the other To reduce the risk of electric shock this plug is intended t...

Page 21: ...h 15 is switched on switch function I the sewing lamp lights up and stitch No 1 is indicated in the creative 2124 window The sewing machine is now ready to function 0 OFF I ON Thread cutter Pull the t...

Page 22: ...rear part downwards until it disengages from the presser foot holder 19 Snap on the presser foot Place the presser foot under the presser foot holder 19 so that when the presser foot lifter 37 is low...

Page 23: ...feed prevents puckering of the seam The even feeding action also ensures perfect matching of checked and striped fabrics The IDT keeps all layers of quilt projects aligned to prevent stretching of th...

Page 24: ...ise the presser foot before lowering the feed dog Push slide A or B to the left To bring the feed dog back up move the slide to the right Changing the needle Switch off the main switch To remove Lower...

Page 25: ...lace an empty blue bobbin on the bobbin winder aligning the small rectangular hole on the bottom side of the bobbin with the small black pin on the bobbin winder The Pfaff logo is facing up Push the b...

Page 26: ...se around the pre tension device B Make sure the thread is pulled securely inside the pre tension device for cor rect thread tension Pull the thread under the thread guide C from back to front Wind th...

Page 27: ...its highest position Guide the thread to the right under thread guide C Place an empty blue bobbin on the bobbin winder aligning the small rectangular hole on the bottom side of the bobbin with the sm...

Page 28: ...le pro vided Threading Thread as shown on page 9 Turn on the machine Hold the end of the thread firmly and press the foot control As soon as the bobbin is full the winding action will stop automatical...

Page 29: ...out of the bobbin case Inserting the bobbin Insert the full bobbin in the bobbin case When doing so pull the thread through slot A then under tension spring B until it rests in the opening see arrow C...

Page 30: ...Place the thread from right to left into the pretension guide B Now pass it through the left threading slot downwards through the right hand side of the tension disk Pull the thread around the stop C...

Page 31: ...the thread under the thread hook E and back past the front of the needle eye Hold the end of the thread taut and slide it up to catch the threader hook F Reduce the pressure so that the needle threade...

Page 32: ...e thread to draw up the bobbin thread Close the bobbin door and pull the top and bobbin threads under the presser foot to the left Presser foot lifter The presser foot is raised or lowered with the pr...

Page 33: ...oop number 64 Design rotation 65 Hoop indicator 66 Lower the feed dog 67 Stitch selected can be mirrored 68 Color block number 69 Manual buttonhole 70 Automatic repeat for buttonhole 71 Side position...

Page 34: ...t control If you want to sew longer or shorter stitches change the stitch length with button number 2 and you will see the length of your stitch in the window 74 To sew a zigzag stitch choose stitch n...

Page 35: ...dle thread tension Your adjustments will be reset when you select a new stitch or design Thread tension For the best stitch appearance and durability make sure the needle thread tension is correctly a...

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Page 37: ...Embroidery...

Page 38: ...nd buttons 88 Thread tension and button 89 Single pattern monochrome Control panel buttons on the base of the machine 90 99 Stitch design selection buttons 100 Embroidery design font select 101 Hoop s...

Page 39: ...idery foot 1 Remove the standard presser foot Care fully loosen the screw S until the cross hole T is accessible 2 Squeeze the embroidery foot gently together and guide the pin of the foot into the cr...

Page 40: ...uide A on the embroidery unit is placed between the base plate and the free arm and pushed in as far as it will go The embroidery unit will be flush with the machine Remove the embroidery unit Switch...

Page 41: ...e hoop underneath the embroidery foot by raising the presser foot lifter as far as possible The retaining screw of the hoop must be facing you and the guide pin 50 must be point ing to the right Slide...

Page 42: ...d The fabric is hooped as follows 1 Loosen the retaining screw A the inner hoop can now be removed 2 Lay the outer hoop in front of you with the guide pins B pointing to the right for fitting to the e...

Page 43: ...5 mm no 2 and 80x80 mm no 3 To select a hoop press the hoop select button 101 to jump between the hoops For best embroidery results the machine always recom mends the smallest possible hoop size when...

Page 44: ...it pos sible for you to step between the different colors in a design To step backwards in a design press the button and to step forward press the button and the machine will move to the begin ning of...

Page 45: ...l hear a beep If you want to go back to the original starting position press the design number again Note If you want to change the design size rotate or mirror the design it is best to do it before y...

Page 46: ...back to where it was Sew slow When pressing the sew slow button 84 the speed will be reduced The symbol A will be shown on the window The sew slow button can be helpful when sewing with special thread...

Page 47: ...r changes When pressing this button the monochrome symbol A will be shown on the window To deactivate the func tion press the monochrome button again Stitch design selection button In embroidery mode...

Page 48: ...of a design will be shown in the window in mm A You can change the design width by pressing the and buttons 86 The design can be scaled between 75 to 125 Design length The length of a design will be s...

Page 49: ...message A appears you should lower your feed dog Thread broken When the top thread is broken the icon A is shown in your window Rethread your machine top and bobbin thread and then press the reverse...

Page 50: ...should raise the presser foot to the top position The warning will disap pear when you have started to embroider Cut the thread When you have sewn a few stitches your Pfaff creative 2124 stops and fla...

Page 51: ...ery The machine will now start to test the hoop and then tell you to place the presser foot in darn ing position Lower the presser foot lifter slowly and push it to the rear until it engages in the da...

Page 52: ...sen the first letter you can rotate mirror or scale your letter Press the rotating button once and one arrow will be shown inside the hoop Move your letter to your desired position in your hoop by pre...

Page 53: ...finished the stabilizer is carefully torn off Iron on stabilizers are used on soft and slippery bias cut fabrics and unstable woven fab rics or knits Cut A Way stabilizer Cut a way stabilizers are cut...

Page 54: ...te Never use water or moisture near the stabilizer because water acti vates a chemical in the stabilizer that can disintegrate your fabric Needles The needle plays an important role when embroidering...

Page 55: ...hen embroidering Metallic threads Special threads like metallic threads are more fragile than rayon embroidery thread To avoid thread breakage you should lower the speed and use the vertical spool pin...

Page 56: ...Carefully trim around only the appliqu fabric outside the straight stitch line Slide the hoop back onto the embroidery unit and continue embroidering to finish the appliqu edges and the entire embroi...

Page 57: ...Sewing...

Page 58: ...anel buttons on the base of the machine 90 99 Stitch design selection buttons 100 Font select not active in sewing mode 101 Hoop select not active in sewing mode 102 Parking not active in sewing mode...

Page 59: ...tion button Press the needle down cut position button 83 to set the needle to automatically stop in the down position when you stop sewing When the function is active the icon A will be shown in the w...

Page 60: ...ion will be active until you press the button again or if a new stitch is selected When a buttonhole is selected the single pattern monochrome button is used for repeat ing a previously stitched butto...

Page 61: ...lue of one of these stitches you will see an arrow in the window pointing in the direction you have chosen Stitch length To change the stitch length press the and buttons 84 The length for normal stit...

Page 62: ...uttonhole To switch off the balancing function press the single stitch button again The balancing icon disappears and the stitch length is shown again Note The selected balace value is active until an...

Page 63: ...o sew Raise the feed dogs For normal sewing the feed dogs should be raised This message A will flash on your window Twin needle warning When the twin needle warning appears you should not sew with a t...

Page 64: ...the needle position of the straight stitch to sew in a zipper or topstitch along the edge of a collar Your Pfaff creative 2124 has 13 needle positions that can be adjusted with the stitch width button...

Page 65: ...needle clears the raw edge of the fabric and the pin of the presser foot Closed overlock stitch No 7 This stitch is suitable for sewing a hem on your garment Use foot no 0 or 3 Fold your fabric 3 8 1...

Page 66: ...inish basting Hold the thread ends when you remove the fabric from the machine Tip Lightweight fabrics are easier to baste with long straight stitches 6 mm such as stitch No 1 Topstitching No 1 The st...

Page 67: ...r foot so that the fold runs along edge guide A When the needle swings into the fold it should catch a small amount of fabric If the stitches are visible on the right side adjust edge guide A by turni...

Page 68: ...be sewn even in difficult fabrics such as plush velvet knitwear or thick woolens Inserting the buttonhole guide Push the metal part of the buttonhole guide into the slot between the two arrows on the...

Page 69: ...olumn The machine will now sew the last bartack and tie off Keyhole buttonhole Keyhole buttonholes can be sewn with the buttonhole foot Note The keyhole buttonhole must be sewn with the rounded end to...

Page 70: ...rl cotton or regular gimp thread Insert the buttonhole guide Place the center of a length of gimp cord over the metal hook extending from the center back of the buttonhole foot Pass the cord ends unde...

Page 71: ...lly sew the curve guiding the gimp cord under the stitching After sewing the curve thread the gimp cords into a needle and pull them to the wrong side of the garment Tie the gimp cords and cut off exc...

Page 72: ...oluble or lightweight stabilizer Buttonholes are particularly stable and durable if a gimp cord is inserted while sewing see Buttonholes with gimp cord Linen buttonholes are particularly attractive if...

Page 73: ...Decorative sewing...

Page 74: ...c will help eliminate distor tion of your decorative stitches The following recommendations apply to all decorative sewing Rayon embroidery threads give shiny smooth stitching results and come in many...

Page 75: ...stitch length 0 2 mm and stitch no 50 along each side of your center embroidery Your completed border should now have six rows of decorative stitching Tip Use the edge of your foot as aguide Twin need...

Page 76: ...ance of 6 mm should already be included in the templates Snap on the optional quilting foot Sew the pieces together following the design instructions to piece the quilt top The seam allowance of quilt...

Page 77: ...e out Starting from the middle and sewing out will help keep layers in place Plan which seams you will actually follow This stitching will not only hold the quilt together it will also create the patt...

Page 78: ...the feed dog is lowered you move the fabric to determine the stitch length Sewing with a constant speed will help to keep the stitches even Begin near the center of your quilt Take one stitch and pul...

Page 79: ...pare the appliqu Cut the appliqu form out of fabric and a piece of light weight iron on interfacing Place the right side of the fabric and the rough iron on side of the interfacing together Use a stra...

Page 80: ...stitching Begin sewing Use the sew slow button 84 to reduce your speed while using the wing needle Hemstitching This is a technique everyone recognizes as embroidered by hand With your Pfaff creative...

Page 81: ...Integrated Needle Threader with a twin needle Twin needle Pintucks Twin needle Pintucks are created by placing a twin needle in your Pfaff creative 2124 Mark the first line of stitching with a fade a...

Page 82: ...r Pfaff creative 2124 You can also vary the shade of your Free Motion Sewing by sewing in different directions or patterns Top tension 2 3 Presser foot Darning foot Feed dog Lowered Needle size 80 90...

Page 83: ...ft the needle must only be moved to the left Stretch triple straight stitch stitch no 2 This stitch is used for sewing seams where strength is needed such as under arm and crotch seams The heavier the...

Page 84: ...should lower the presser bar lifter slowly and push it to the rear until it engages in the darning position Draw up the bobbin thread and sew a few stitches to secure Clip the threads close to the pro...

Page 85: ...hering to avoid thread breakage when pulling on the gathering threads Feather stitch The feather stitch creates a hemstitching effect It is often used for connecting two finished fabric edges called b...

Page 86: ...hes to secure Turn the hand wheel towards you until the needle is at its lowest point Raise the presser foot and slide the fabric into the scroll of the foot Lower the presser foot and while sewing gu...

Page 87: ...Mirror horizontally keylock button 8 Tighten the thread tension to create a deeper shell tuck Finish the raw edge and press the seam allowance to the left While sewing make sure the fabric runs under...

Page 88: ...Maintenance...

Page 89: ...ut then press down at the front until you hear it snap in place Before you start sewing check that the needle plate is lying flat Tip Lower the feed dogs to make removing the needle plate easier Clean...

Page 90: ...r as it will go Now turn the bulb half a rotation counter clock wise and remove the bulb Insertion of the bulb Insert the bulb in the lamp changer Guide the bulb into the diagonal holder and turn it u...

Page 91: ...s not pushed fully in Insert new needle and push fully in Needle is bent Insert different type of needle Needle is bent and has hit the needle plate because you are pulling or pushing the fabric Only...

Page 92: ...en turn it back on again after approx 10 seconds Select the desired stitch again Messages in embroidery mode Error messages There are seven different error messages that can apper on your window E1 is...

Page 93: ...tons sewing on 4 15 C Carrying case 1 15 Changing a pattern 5 2 Cleaning 6 2 Closed overlock stitch 1 8 4 9 Closed overlock with edge thread 1 8 4 9 Color block 3 10 Color change while embroidering 3...

Page 94: ...smart card 3 15 Inserting the sensormatic buttonhole guide 4 12 Integrated Needle Threader 2 13 Iron On stabilizer 3 17 K Keyhole buttonhole 1 11 4 13 Keypad lock 3 11 3 4 L Lid 1 15 Light bulb 7 3 Li...

Page 95: ...3 18 Iron On 3 17 Tear away 3 17 Wash Away 3 17 Start stop 3 12 Straight stitch 1 8 4 8 Single pattern monochrome 3 11 4 4 Stitch chart 1 8 1 11 Stitch design selection button 3 11 4 6 Stitch in the...

Page 96: ...Lead cord Accessories Instruction manual Embroidery unit Embroidery hoop Embroidery clips Quick start embroidery kit We reserve the right to change the machine equipment and the assortment of accessor...

Page 97: ...412 79 05 26E English Inhouse 2003 2006 VSM Group AB Printed in Sweden on environmental friendly paper VSM Group AB SE 561 84 Huskvarna SWEDEN www pfaff com...

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