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Machine Operation
Step 2: Quilt until you run out of thread on this first bobbin.
Yes, you read that right.
The very first time you use a particular bobbin and thread type, you’ll need to
sew until you run out of thread! Basically, you’ll need to tell the machine how big your “gas tank” is – or how
much thread happens to be on this particular bobbin. You must reset where the new “full” line is for each
new thread or bobbin style as described in the next steps. That means using a full bobbin and then sewing
until it’s empty. When it runs out proceed to Step 3.
Step 3: Reset the “Empty Level” for your bobbin.
As you sew, the Bobbin Level Gauge on your LCD screen will fall. However, when you finally run out of
thread in Step 2 with your first bobbin, the Bobbin Level Gauge will not typically be all the way down to the
“E” (empty) mark on the screen (Photo 1 below).
Now that you’ve run out of bobbin thread, you need to adjust the Bobbin Level Gauge down to the “E”
(empty) mark to match your newly empty bobbin. Rotate the Bobbin Level Adjust Knob
counterclockwise
this time until the Bobbin Level Gauge drops even with the “E” on the indicator bar as in Photo 2 below.
Leave a little bit of the Gauge’s colored line visible on the screen across from the “E” so that you are alerted
in plenty of time.
NOTE: It’s possible to turn the Bobbin Level Adjust knob until the colored Bobbin Level Gauge becomes a very
thin line and nearly disappears from the screen.
Only turn it this far if you want to be alerted when the
bobbin is very, very low and you are nearly out of thread.
You may run out of thread before the indicator can
alert you if this is set too low due to variables mentioned previously. If you’d like to be alerted sooner, be sure
to leave a little colored portion of the Bobbin Level Gauge line visible as you see in Photo 2.
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In this example, a full
bobbin used up this
much of the “gas tank”
before it ran out of
thread.
