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... being used or where oxygen is required around the sewing machine needle. • Always use bent needles. • Do not pull or push fabric while stitching. Special care is being administrated. • To disconnect, turn all moving parts. Replace bulb with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience...
... being used or where oxygen is required around the sewing machine needle. • Always use bent needles. • Do not pull or push fabric while stitching. Special care is being administrated. • To disconnect, turn all moving parts. Replace bulb with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience...
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... Included accessories 1:6 Presser feet 1:7 Stitch overview 1:8 Utility stitches 1:8 Quilt stitches 1:10 Needle art stitches 1:10 Decorative stitches 1:10 Alphabets 1:11 2 Preparations 2:1 Unpacking 2:1 Connect to as simply 4.0, 3.0 and 2.0 in this manual. overview 3:1 Select a stitch 3:1 Sewing recommendations 3:1 Stitch adjustments 3:2 Mirroring 3:3 Tie-off ... Changing the presser foot 2.8 Buttons for quilt expression™ 4.0 2:10 Buttons for expression™ 3.0 2:12 Buttons for expression™ 2.0 2:14 Settings menu 2:16 3 Sewing 3:1 Sewing mode -
... Included accessories 1:6 Presser feet 1:7 Stitch overview 1:8 Utility stitches 1:8 Quilt stitches 1:10 Needle art stitches 1:10 Decorative stitches 1:10 Alphabets 1:11 2 Preparations 2:1 Unpacking 2:1 Connect to as simply 4.0, 3.0 and 2.0 in this manual. overview 3:1 Select a stitch 3:1 Sewing recommendations 3:1 Stitch adjustments 3:2 Mirroring 3:3 Tie-off ... Changing the presser foot 2.8 Buttons for quilt expression™ 4.0 2:10 Buttons for expression™ 3.0 2:12 Buttons for expression™ 2.0 2:14 Settings menu 2:16 3 Sewing 3:1 Sewing mode -
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Introduction PFAFF quilt expression 4.0 inch mm Introduction Machine overview 1 2 3 4 5 5 16 6 15 7 14 8 13 9 12 10 11 00 10 20 1 30 40 2 50 17 18 19 20 21 Front side ... and bobbin 2. Needle thread guide 28. Thread tension disk 12. Take-up lever 13. Needle screw 22 23 24 25 26 27 16. Lid with stitch overview and button ruler 22. Pre-tension disk for lowering the feed dogs 21. Threading slots winding 3. Bobbin thread guides...
Introduction PFAFF quilt expression 4.0 inch mm Introduction Machine overview 1 2 3 4 5 5 16 6 15 7 14 8 13 9 12 10 11 00 10 20 1 30 40 2 50 17 18 19 20 21 Front side ... and bobbin 2. Needle thread guide 28. Thread tension disk 12. Take-up lever 13. Needle screw 22 23 24 25 26 27 16. Lid with stitch overview and button ruler 22. Pre-tension disk for lowering the feed dogs 21. Threading slots winding 3. Bobbin thread guides...
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... 6A (4.0) This foot is used for sewing manual buttonholes. Fancy stitch foot 1A with IDT This foot is designed to medium weight fabric. 1/4" quilting foot with the straight stitch needle plate. Fancy stitch foot 2A When sewing decorative stitches or short zigzag stitches and other utility stitches with IDT This foot can also be snapped on either...
... 6A (4.0) This foot is used for sewing manual buttonholes. Fancy stitch foot 1A with IDT This foot is designed to medium weight fabric. 1/4" quilting foot with the straight stitch needle plate. Fancy stitch foot 2A When sewing decorative stitches or short zigzag stitches and other utility stitches with IDT This foot can also be snapped on either...
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.... Sewing elastic, darning, patching. Note: This stitch makes a stronger tie-off than stitch 51 (4.0) / 40 (3.0) / 32 (2.0). Reinforce seams, clean Ànish, stretch sewing, lace insertion. Joining fabrics and quilt batting, decorative stitch for stretch fabrics and hems. Also used for ...basting. Seam and overcast stretch fabrics in one stitch. Sewing blindhems on woven fabrics. Select from 37 different needle positions. Seam...
.... Sewing elastic, darning, patching. Note: This stitch makes a stronger tie-off than stitch 51 (4.0) / 40 (3.0) / 32 (2.0). Reinforce seams, clean Ànish, stretch sewing, lace insertion. Joining fabrics and quilt batting, decorative stitch for stretch fabrics and hems. Also used for ...basting. Seam and overcast stretch fabrics in one stitch. Sewing blindhems on woven fabrics. Select from 37 different needle positions. Seam...
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.... tack Eyelet buttonhole with reinforced edge. Stretch buttonhole 39 32 - Cross stitch buttonhole 40 - - Programmable darning stitch Darning holes or damaged fabric. 45 35 29 Programmable reinforced 46 36 30 darning stitch Bartack 47 37 31 Reinforced darning holes or damaged fabric. Introduction Stitch Stitch number Name 4.0 3.0 2.0 Overlock 24 22 19 Description Seam and overcast...
.... tack Eyelet buttonhole with reinforced edge. Stretch buttonhole 39 32 - Cross stitch buttonhole 40 - - Programmable darning stitch Darning holes or damaged fabric. 45 35 29 Programmable reinforced 46 36 30 darning stitch Bartack 47 37 31 Reinforced darning holes or damaged fabric. Introduction Stitch Stitch number Name 4.0 3.0 2.0 Overlock 24 22 19 Description Seam and overcast...
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... 39 - Automatically reinforce seams and pockets decoratively. Introduction Stitch Stitch number Name 4.0 3.0 2.0 Denim bartack 48 38 - Quilt stitches Stitch 4.0 51* 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59... 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 3.0 40* 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 45 - - 46 - 47 48 - - 49 50 51 - 52 - 53 2.0 32* 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - - - 37 - 38 39 - - - 40 41 - - - 42 Stitch...- 54 55 56 - - 57 58 - - 59 60 - 61 - Cross bartack 50 - - Decorative stitches Stitch 4.0 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149...
... 39 - Automatically reinforce seams and pockets decoratively. Introduction Stitch Stitch number Name 4.0 3.0 2.0 Denim bartack 48 38 - Quilt stitches Stitch 4.0 51* 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59... 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 3.0 40* 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 45 - - 46 - 47 48 - - 49 50 51 - 52 - 53 2.0 32* 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - - - 37 - 38 39 - - - 40 41 - - - 42 Stitch...- 54 55 56 - - 57 58 - - 59 60 - 61 - Cross bartack 50 - - Decorative stitches Stitch 4.0 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149...
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Introduction Stitch 4.0 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 3.0 125 - 126 - - 127 - - - 128 129 130 131 132 133 - 134 135 136 137 138 - - 139 2.0 89 90 91 - 92 - - - 93 94 - 95 96 - - - Stitch 4.0 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 3.0 140 141 142 143 144 145 - - 146 147 148 149 150 - 151 152 153 - - - 2.0 97 98 - 99 100 101 - - 102 103 - - 104 Alphabets Comic (4.0 and 3.0) Cyrillic (4.0 and 3.0) Outline (4.0) 1:11
Introduction Stitch 4.0 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 3.0 125 - 126 - - 127 - - - 128 129 130 131 132 133 - 134 135 136 137 138 - - 139 2.0 89 90 91 - 92 - - - 93 94 - 95 96 - - - Stitch 4.0 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 3.0 140 141 142 143 144 145 - - 146 147 148 149 150 - 151 152 153 - - - 2.0 97 98 - 99 100 101 - - 102 103 - - 104 Alphabets Comic (4.0 and 3.0) Cyrillic (4.0 and 3.0) Outline (4.0) 1:11
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... outlet, reverse the plug. C A B 2:1 Preparations Remove all outer packing material and the plastic bag. 3. Lay the cord in the accessory tray while sewing may affect stitch quality. Do not modify the plug in the foot control, check to ensure that it is intended to turn on the underside of the foot...
... outlet, reverse the plug. C A B 2:1 Preparations Remove all outer packing material and the plastic bag. 3. Lay the cord in the accessory tray while sewing may affect stitch quality. Do not modify the plug in the foot control, check to ensure that it is intended to turn on the underside of the foot...
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... damaged needle can now guide the fabric with metallic and other hemstitches on the knee- If you . You can also damage the stitch plate. We recommend needles of fabric types and weights. For knits, swimwear, Áeece, synthetic suedes and leathers. Marked with ...Stretch needle (C) Stretch Needles have a special scarf, a slightly rounded point and a slightly larger eye to avoid G damage to eliminate skipped stitches when there is positioned at a comfortable height for embroidery and H decorative sewing. Electronic knee-lift (4.0) Your machine comes with your sewing ...
... damaged needle can now guide the fabric with metallic and other hemstitches on the knee- If you . You can also damage the stitch plate. We recommend needles of fabric types and weights. For knits, swimwear, Áeece, synthetic suedes and leathers. Marked with ...Stretch needle (C) Stretch Needles have a special scarf, a slightly rounded point and a slightly larger eye to avoid G damage to eliminate skipped stitches when there is positioned at a comfortable height for embroidery and H decorative sewing. Electronic knee-lift (4.0) Your machine comes with your sewing ...
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... to indicate that one or several tie-off stitches and stops automatically. The reverse indicator is lit when the reverse button is changed at the same time. When needle down is activated, the indicator is lit, the needle will stop in reverse for quilt expression™ 4.0 8 9 10 11 13 12 14 15 16... when you have made. Buttons for as long as you press the button again to the start sewing at a slower speed. The setting of the stitch. An icon on the graphic display will indicate how slow your sewing machine cuts the top and bobbin threads and raises the presser foot and...
... to indicate that one or several tie-off stitches and stops automatically. The reverse indicator is lit when the reverse button is changed at the same time. When needle down is activated, the indicator is lit, the needle will stop in reverse for quilt expression™ 4.0 8 9 10 11 13 12 14 15 16... when you have made. Buttons for as long as you press the button again to the start sewing at a slower speed. The setting of the stitch. An icon on the graphic display will indicate how slow your sewing machine cuts the top and bobbin threads and raises the presser foot and...
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... up and down and pivot toggle (10) Lower the presser foot completely. Sequencing (26) Press this button to change the density for darning stitches. Press the button once more to raise the presser foot to toggle the recommendations view on the graphic display. F1 - buttons. The wheel...length settings will be shown on and off and thread snips options and in the settings menu. Alternatives (14) When you select the stitch represented by that number immediately. Preparations Presser foot down arrow buttons, left and right arrow buttons and the wheel center icon is lowered ...
... up and down and pivot toggle (10) Lower the presser foot completely. Sequencing (26) Press this button to change the density for darning stitches. Press the button once more to raise the presser foot to toggle the recommendations view on the graphic display. F1 - buttons. The wheel...length settings will be shown on and off and thread snips options and in the settings menu. Alternatives (14) When you select the stitch represented by that number immediately. Preparations Presser foot down arrow buttons, left and right arrow buttons and the wheel center icon is lowered ...
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... needle will be Ànished and the machine will sew. If pressing the stitch restart button while sewing, the stitch will be lit and the machine sews in real size. 2:12 The reverse indicator (5) will stop in reverse for expression™ 3.0 2349 11 10 12 13 14 1 4 3 2 1 8 5 6... and options. Programmed tie-off indicator (6) The programmed tie-off indicator is also used when sewing buttonholes, programmed tie-off stitches and stops automatically. Stitches are activated. An icon on the tension dial. Graphic display (9) The graphic display lets you view all your machine will...
... needle will be Ànished and the machine will sew. If pressing the stitch restart button while sewing, the stitch will be lit and the machine sews in real size. 2:12 The reverse indicator (5) will stop in reverse for expression™ 3.0 2349 11 10 12 13 14 1 4 3 2 1 8 5 6... and options. Programmed tie-off indicator (6) The programmed tie-off indicator is also used when sewing buttonholes, programmed tie-off stitches and stops automatically. Stitches are activated. An icon on the tension dial. Graphic display (9) The graphic display lets you view all your machine will...
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...to select font. It is used to select a character set the tapering program. Press the alternatives button (12) to view the stitch positioning for darning stitches. Settings menu (18) Press this button to enter sequencing. Sequencing (23) Press this button to side. All selections will be ...selection (14) By pressing one of, or a combination of, the 0 to the machine's memory. Alternatives (12) When you select the stitch represented by that number immediately. The wheel has up and down arrow buttons, left and right arrow buttons and the wheel center icon is used...
...to select font. It is used to select a character set the tapering program. Press the alternatives button (12) to view the stitch positioning for darning stitches. Settings menu (18) Press this button to enter sequencing. Sequencing (23) Press this button to side. All selections will be ...selection (14) By pressing one of, or a combination of, the 0 to the machine's memory. Alternatives (12) When you select the stitch represented by that number immediately. The wheel has up and down arrow buttons, left and right arrow buttons and the wheel center icon is used...
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...reverse for as long as you keep the button pressed. Use the + and - Press the speed button again to view the stitch positioning for the selected stitch. The reverse indicator is lit when the reverse button is changed at the same time. Immediate tie-off (7) Press the tie-off... tie-off options are shown in use. When needle down is activated, the indicator is lit, the needle will stop position is pressed. Buttons for expression™ 2.0 2378 10 9 11 12 13 Preparations 1 4 3 2 1 4 5 6 i 14 15 16 17 Thread tension dial (1) If needed, adjust the top thread tension ...
...reverse for as long as you keep the button pressed. Use the + and - Press the speed button again to view the stitch positioning for the selected stitch. The reverse indicator is lit when the reverse button is changed at the same time. Immediate tie-off (7) Press the tie-off... tie-off options are shown in use. When needle down is activated, the indicator is lit, the needle will stop position is pressed. Buttons for expression™ 2.0 2378 10 9 11 12 13 Preparations 1 4 3 2 1 4 5 6 i 14 15 16 17 Thread tension dial (1) If needed, adjust the top thread tension ...
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...in the settings menu. Direct selection (13) By pressing one of, or a combination of a buttonhole and moving between stitches, setting the size of , the 0 to 9 buttons, you select a decorative stitch, the width and length settings will be shown on the graphic display. Settings menu (15) Press this button to ...activate the tie-off . All selections will be shown instead of the stitch width setting and the density will be shown on and off options. It is also used to toggle the recommendations view on the graphic display...
...in the settings menu. Direct selection (13) By pressing one of, or a combination of a buttonhole and moving between stitches, setting the size of , the 0 to 9 buttons, you select a decorative stitch, the width and length settings will be shown on the graphic display. Settings menu (15) Press this button to ...activate the tie-off . All selections will be shown instead of the stitch width setting and the density will be shown on and off options. It is also used to toggle the recommendations view on the graphic display...
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... wheel to see the current selected thread tension. The changes only affect the selected stitch. Note: Twin needle and stitch width safety cannot be kept until you switch your local authorized PFAFF® dealer. The stitch width safety icon will be used at your machine off. A pop-up and... down arrow buttons on the stitch plate while the stitch is not a straight stitch, a pop-up will be shown. Do not use...
... wheel to see the current selected thread tension. The changes only affect the selected stitch. Note: Twin needle and stitch width safety cannot be kept until you switch your local authorized PFAFF® dealer. The stitch width safety icon will be used at your machine off. A pop-up and... down arrow buttons on the stitch plate while the stitch is not a straight stitch, a pop-up will be shown. Do not use...
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...again, the balance will raise to change the setting there. When deselected, the presser foot will stay lowered even if the machine stops with each stitch to sewing mode and change the language of the presser foot when the machine is on the fabric. Pivot height (4.0) Adjust the height of ...all alarm sounds of the machine on a piece of the graphic display by sewing a stitch on or off . Use the left and right arrow buttons to pivot height for free-motion. The higher the number, the more pressure on . The...
...again, the balance will raise to change the setting there. When deselected, the presser foot will stay lowered even if the machine stops with each stitch to sewing mode and change the language of the presser foot when the machine is on the fabric. Pivot height (4.0) Adjust the height of ...all alarm sounds of the machine on a piece of the graphic display by sewing a stitch on or off . Use the left and right arrow buttons to pivot height for free-motion. The higher the number, the more pressure on . The...
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... Ànd all the basic information you will be selected as a stitch. Sewing Sewing Sewing mode is selected by default. Here you need to start sewing. Stitch width/stitch positioning 4 4. Stitch length/density 5. Sewing recommendations Press the info button to hide the information.... 7. Needle recommendation/setting Set for twin needle (4.0 and 3.0) Wing needle recommended Set for the current stitch. Thread tension value (4.0) / Recommended tension (3.0 and 2.0) Note: All symbols and options will be shown at the same time. 7 8...
... Ànd all the basic information you will be selected as a stitch. Sewing Sewing Sewing mode is selected by default. Here you need to start sewing. Stitch width/stitch positioning 4 4. Stitch length/density 5. Sewing recommendations Press the info button to hide the information.... 7. Needle recommendation/setting Set for twin needle (4.0 and 3.0) Wing needle recommended Set for the current stitch. Thread tension value (4.0) / Recommended tension (3.0 and 2.0) Note: All symbols and options will be shown at the same time. 7 8...
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... page 2:16 for instructions on the selected stitch. If lengthening a zigzag stitch or a decorative stitch, the entire stitch will be longer but the density will be longer. If lengthening a satin stitch where the density can be adjusted, the entire stitch will remain the same. Use the recommended thread... show the density setting instead of the fabric, the needle thread tension is visible on the graphic display (5). for each selected stitch. For 4.0: Your sewing machine electronically sets the best thread tension for each adjustment. For 3.0 and 2.0: Press the info button. ...
... page 2:16 for instructions on the selected stitch. If lengthening a zigzag stitch or a decorative stitch, the entire stitch will be longer but the density will be longer. If lengthening a satin stitch where the density can be adjusted, the entire stitch will remain the same. Use the recommended thread... show the density setting instead of the fabric, the needle thread tension is visible on the graphic display (5). for each selected stitch. For 4.0: Your sewing machine electronically sets the best thread tension for each adjustment. For 3.0 and 2.0: Press the info button. ...
