Instruction Book
CPFAFFD®
94
CPFAFFD®
95
Needle and Thread Chart
Thread
Type of Fabric
Type Size Size
Bed linen
Fine linen
Muslin
Dress fabrics, such as brocade, satin ottoman, taffeta, georgette, crêpe, chiffon, botiste, blouse fabrics and poplin shirting
Suitings and mantlings
Cotton
Silk cotton
Silk
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40
50
50
40
80
70 —80
70—80
70—80
80—90
Twill, denim Cotton
Heavy linen________
Burlap
Cotton
Cotton or linen
Linen
Terry cloth, chenille goods Cotton knitted pile fabric for both-obes,
— corduroy Silk
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Cotton, rayon staple fabrics Cotton
Jersey fabrics (synthetic)
Lostex, Helanca fabrics
Foambacks
Jersey fabrics (wool)
Woolens
Cotton curtains
Synthetic curtains
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Synthetic
Cotton
Synthehc___
TW
Synthec
Silk
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Silk
Mercerizeclcotton
Mercerized cotton
Synthetic thread
Acella, leatherette, oilcloth Cotton
40
4090-100
40
40
90—100
110
40
80—90
—-— 50
50
50
50
40
40
50
50
40
40
90— 100
70—80
70—80
70—90
-80
90
80
70—80
70—80
70—80
80
Elastic corsetry fabrics, Firm corsetry fabrics, corset satin
Leather
Synthetic thread
Cotton
Cotton
Linen
Embroidery thread
Heavy embroide
Buttonhole sHk
— read
40
40
40
40
40
30—50
70—90
913
110
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70
90 —100
90—100
Decorative stitching Embroidery and darning thread
30 so
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80 o—ao
Silver-gold thread
Silver thread
70 80— 100
Needle
Point Style
130 R
130 ses
130 sos
130 R
130 ses______________
130R
130 stik
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PCL
130 ses l3OLr
130 R
Instructions
CPFAFFi and 95
Foreword
Your new Pfaff sewing machine will enable you to master a large variety of sewing, embroidering and darning jobs eosily and quickly. This instruction book has been com piled in order to familiarize you thoroughly with oil the sewing jobs coming up in a home.
We suggest that you try out the various sew ing techniques discussed in this book so that you will become well acquainted with your machine.
If you have any sewing problems, please do not hesitate to contact your Pfaff dealer who will be glad to help you at any time.
We hope you will always enjoy sewing with your Pfaff.
PFAFF-Haushaltmaschinell GmbH
Karisruhe-Durlach
Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 94
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1 Face cover
2 Take-up lever
3 Thread guide
4 Top cover
5 Thread retainer stud
6 Spool pins
7 Bobbin winder
8 Balance wheel
9 Stop motion knob
10 Motor disengaging mechanism
11 Stitch length control
12 Reverse feed control
13 Bed cover
14 Transverse rotary hook
15 Needle plate
16 Sewing foot thumb screw
17 Light switch
18 Stitch width control
19 Needle position lever
20 Needle thread tension
21 Presser bar lifter
(on back of machine arm)
22 Needle set screw
23 Sewing foot
Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 95
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1 Face cover
2 Take-up lever
3 Thread guide
4 Top cover
5 Thread retainer stud
6 Spool pins
7 Bobbin winder
8 Balance wheel
9 Stop motion knob
10 Motor disengaging mechanism
11 Stitch length contro’
12 Reverse feed control
13 Free arm
14 Free arm cover
(enclosing transverse rotary hook)
15 Needle plate
16 Sewing foot thumb screw
17 Light switch
18 Stitch width control
19 Needle position lever
20
Needle thread tension
21 Presser bar lifter
(on back of machine arm)
22 Needle set screw
23 Sewing foot
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Preparing Your Machine for Sewing
Push plug A into the receptacle on the back of the machine and the plug at the other end of the cord into the wall outlet.
If your machine is foot-operated, push the plug of the sewlight cord into the wall out let.
To switch on the sewlight, push the button on the face cover (see ill.).
Place the foot control within easy reach of your foot and depress the pedal. The harder you press, the faster the machine will run.
Power-driven machines feature a lever (10) underneath the balance wheel which serves to swing the motor to its operative position.
To engage the motor, flick this lever down.
After you have completed sewing, flick this lever to its top position.
With the motor swung out of engagement, oil machines fitted with a treadle mechanism con be driven by foot power.
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To remove the bobbin case, rotate the ba lance wheel until the needle is at the top of its stroke.
On the Pfaff 94, remove bed cover (13), as illustrated. Lift latch k on the bobbin case and pull out the bobbin case with the bob bin.
The bobbin cannot fall out as long as you hold the case by its open latch. When you release the latch, the empty bobbin drops out.
On the Pfaff 95, the bobbin case is removed just like on the Pfaff 94. To get at the bobbin case, however, you must first open free arm cover (14) by swinging it toward the left.
For bobbin winding, disengage the sewing you turning stop motion knob (9) toward
(see ill.).
To engage the sewing mechanism after bobbin has been wound, turn the stop tion knob away from you (as indicated an arrow in the ill.).
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Pass the thread around thread retainer
(2) in the direction indicated by an stud arrow.
Place a bobbin on the bobbin winder spindle, making sure that key A at its base a few turns of thread on the bobbin and the bobbin toward the right. Start the chine. When the bobbin is full, it is toward the left and can be removed the spindle.
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(3). As you pull the thread, the bobbin should
Leave about three
To insert the bobbin case into the machine, needle rotate the balance wheel until the is at its highest point. Lift the latch and place the bobbin case on center stud ill.), making sure its slot (white arrow) points against the up. Release the latch and press bobbin case until your hear it s (see snop into place.
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To enlarge the sewing area of the Pfaff 95 for ordinary sewing operations, push the workplate onto the free arm as far as it will go (1). Then lock it in place by turning down the lever on the back of the machine (2) until the locking stud snaps into the hole in the free arm. Press the workplate support against the machine base until it snaps into place (3).
To remove the workplaie, swing up its sup port and unlock it by pulling out and swing ing up the lever on the back of the machine
(see arrow in Fig. 2).
2 the workplate support is pressed against baseplate of the machine.
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The sewing area of the Pfaff 94 Portable is enlarged with the aid of an extension (4).
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Upper threading is illustrated opposite.
Please note that the thread is placed be tween any two of the discs of tension (20), pulled clockwise around the tension stud and drawn toward the right with a jerk (see ill.). As you do this, hold the thread steady somewhere between the spool and the ten sion. Thread the needle from front to back.
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A Presser bar lifter up
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Presser bar lifter down
12 needle thread and lower the sewing foot.
Turn the balance wheel toward you a full
Fundamentals of Machine Operation
For ordinary sewing, needle position lever
(19) should be in its center position,
Make sure the take-up lever is at its highest point before you begin and after you have completed a seam (2).
see arrow). As you do this, check to sure the stop motion knob is tightened ly.
firm
Begin by sewing a straight-stitch seam.
To this end, posh stitch width control (18) to the right as far as it will go.
The stitch length is regulated by turning stitch length control (11). The number indi cating the stitch length chosen should be opposite the dot on the left-hand side of the slot. For ordinary sewing operations, set the stitch length control on “2”.
Place the material under the sewing foot and lower the presser bar lifter.
Place the foot control within easy reach of your foot and depress the pedal. The harder you press, the faster the machine will run.
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To sew n reverse or backtack the end of a seam, simply depress fingertip control (12).
The stitch width is regulated by pushing stitch width control (18) toward the left, as may be desired.
Various zigzag sewing operations are dis cussed on page 26 and the following pages.
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16 if the by tension, or left for a looser tension.
If the same size threads are used in the needle and on the bobbin, there is no need tension is set correctly if a slight resistance bottom bottom bottom
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Both tensions correctly balanced.
top too top
The accessory box which belongs to your machine contains several sewing feet for special sewing operations. To change the sewing foot, bring the needle to its highest point and raise the foot. Turn out screw
16 until the sewing foot can be removed, tilt ing it sideways (see ill.). The new foot is at tached in the reverse order.
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To change the needle, bring the needle bar to its highest point and lower the sewing foot. loosen needle set screw 22 and pull the old needle out of the needle clamp.
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Insert the needle and push it up as far as will go, making sure that the flat side of its shank faces toward the back. Tighten screw
22 securely.
Use System 130 R needles only.
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Darning pro it from slantwise, as indicated by the white arrow.
down and let it return to its original position.
Darning sheer and soft materials is greatly facilitated by placing them in darning hoops. Draw up the bobbin threads and hold both threads lightly with your left hand while the first stitches ore being made. Trim the threads and start stitching back and forth across the hole in sewing direction.
Make sure the threads are anchored in the unworn area around the hole.
Turn the fabric at right angles and sew back and forth over the preceding work with short stitches.
Select the darning hoops in a size match ing the darning job to be performed.
If the needle thread should break, the up per tension is too tight.
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Zipper Inserton
Attach zipper foot without quilting gauge.
Stitch length: 1.5 to 2
Baste closed zipper on the fabric, then open it. Stitch close to the left edge of the zipper for about 1 inch, guiding the right edge of the foot along the zipper teeth (1). Leave the needle in the material, raise the zipper foot and close the zipper (2).
Continue stitching until you reach the end of the zipper. Then stitch across this end (3) and up the other side.
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The finished zipper closure is shown
Fig. 4.
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Flat Felled Seams
Attach felling foot No. 93-847561-00.
Stitch length: 1.5 to 2
Flat felled seams are used to durably two pieces of fabric and join are usually straight-stitched.
the right sides facing and the bottom truding about inch. Make sure the fabric the bot enters the felling foot evenly and of the top tom fabric is folded over the edge piece (see ill.), but the lop piece is not fold ed.
Open the two pieces
Second Seam: Lightly tension the pressing it against the needle fabric by plate in front of the foot. Insert the seam ridge into the felling foot and stitch down (see ill, at right.
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Quilting
Use zipper foot
No.
93-847 600-00 with seams quilding gauge for sewing parallel over the entire surface of the fabric.
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Hemming
Stitch length:
L5 to 2
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Fold the beginning of the fabric edge twice,
Is inch wide and seve ral inches long. Place the material under the hemmer foot and lower the some. Make 3
Draw the fabric into the hemmer by pulling drawing.
Feed the fabric edge into the hemmer foot scroll with your right hand (see ill.>, making sure that the scroll is well filled with fabric ways under the right half of the foot.
To produce on elastic hem on soft fabrics, use zigzag stitches. Set the stitches width, as instructed on p. 25.
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Cording
Use ordinary sewing foot No. 93-838 954-00, and insert a twin needle (which can be ob tained from your Pfaff dealer).
Stitch length: 1.5 to 2
Cording is made with two needle threads.
When threading the needles, make sure to lead each thread between a separate pair of tension discs (see ill).
To render your cording more prominent, in sert a filler cord. Select the twin needle gauge and the size of the filler cord to suit the type of material used.
Lace the filler cord through hole g, as illus trated. Hold both needle threads lightly and rotate the balance wheel to draw up the bobbin thread.
The smallest distance between cording seams made with the ordinary sewing foot is abt.
V4 inch. For narrower cording, use one of the cording feet listed below.
To make different size cording, the follow ing twin needles and cording feet can be supplied at extra cost.
Twin needles for needle distances of 1.2
(/64”),
1.6
(1/io’),
1.8, 2.0
(I64”), 2.5 (I32”), 3.0
and 4.0
(/32”) mm.
Cording foot No.
93-847671-00 with 3 grooves is used for heavy materials, cording foot No.
93-847675-00 with 5 grooves for medium-heavy fabrics, and cording foot No.
93-847680-00 with 7 grooves for lightweight materials.
Pfaff 95
Pfaff 94
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Hemsttchng
Stitch length: 2 to 2.5
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Use a thread which is not too heavy and matches the material being hemstitched
(preferably a No. 50 embroidery thread).
Insert a System 130 Zwi-Ho needle.
Make sure the needle and bobbin threads are the same size. The threading procedure is the same as for cording work. Slightly in crease the needle thread tension. The hemstitching effect is produced by the left wing needle penetrating the fabric. Turn the fabric by half a turn and sew the second seam, guiding the material so that the wing needle enters the needle holes it has made in the fabric previously.
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The Zigzag Seam
The stitch width is regulated by pushing stitch width control (18) toward the left, as may be desired.
Never change the stitch width setting unless the needle is outside the fabric.
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The stitch length is regulated by turning stitch length control (11). (See ill.).
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Overcasting Edges with Zigzag Stitches
Attach ordinary sewing foot.
Stitch length: 2 u
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To overcast the edges of light and mediumweight fabrics, set the machine for its maxi mum stitch width.
Soft and flimsy fabrics are best overcast with a zigzag stitch of medium width.
Make sure the needle takes one stitch into the fabric and the other over its edge. This will cover the fabric edge securely.
nsertng Patches
Stitch width: medium
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Larger holes can be patches quickly. Trim utting exactly along the fabric yarns.
hole and place it under the hole, matching its grain to that of the fabric.
stitch width control in the middle of its slot and stitch along the edge of the patch.
Set the stitch length control on “0.5” and of its slot and sew over first seam.
At the corners, stop the machine with the needle down in the material on the right of its throw. Then turn the fabric so that the away the excess material on the wrong side.
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Inserting I.cice
Stitch length: 1 u
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Place the lace on the material and stitch it down with straight stitches on both sides (1).
Cut the fabric open under the lace insertion
(2) and iron it on both sides of the lace.
Sew over the edges of the lace with short zigzag stitches of medium width (3). Trim the fabric edges away an the wrong side (4).
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Lever at left t center right
Changing the Needle Position
Some special sewing jobs are made with the needle switched to the right or left of the needle plate slot. This is done by moving lever (19) to the right and left, respectively.
The needle position lever is indispensable for sewing buttonholes.
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Sewing Buttonholes
Attach buttonhole foot No. 847616 to the machine.
Flick the needle to its left position and put the stitch width control in notch R 1 (see ill.).
When using No. 50 embroidery thread, set the stitch length control so that both dots are opposite each other (see ill.). For heavier threads, slightly increase the stitch length.
To obtain more prominent buttonholes, place a filler cord of medium size in the left groove of the sewing foot.
Allpurpose sewing foot No. 91-100179-00 may also be used for this operation.
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Sew the first seam over the filler cord.
When the buttonhole is the right length, leave the needle in the fabric on the right of its throw. Lift the sewing foot, turn the fabric around clockwise by half a turn, place the filler cord around the needle and pull it forward, placing it in the left groove ofthefoot. Lower the foot and let the needle descend on the left of its throw.
Move stitch width control (18) to the second notch R 2, make 4 to 6 bartack stitches, slightly holding the materials to reduce the length of bar.
Push stitch width control (18) bock to the first notch R 1 and sew the second button hole seam, stopping about end of the first seam.
1/ inch from the
Push stitch width control (18) to the second notch R 2 and sew the second tack, slightly holding the material to reduce the length of bar. Flick the stitch width control all the way to right and make 3 to 4 fastening stitches.
Slightly pull the filler cord and trim it close to the bar.
Open the buttonhole with your seam ripper which is included in the accessory box.
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Button Sewing
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Place the button under the foot and align so that needle will enter the right hole (see ill.). Raise the needle, but retain the foot in its lowered position. Regulate the stitch width until the needle alternately stitches through bath holes.
Sew on the button.
Move the stitch width control toward the right and make two or three tying stitches.
Monogram Embroidery
Remove the sewing foot and drop the ma chine feed. Lower the presser bar lifter.
Let the needle stitch into the fabric at the beginning of the design and draw the bob bin thread up through the fabric. Hold both thread ends and start your machine. Slowly move the hoops in “writing” direction, with ning at high speed.
To give your monogram dimensional qual ty, embroider the outlines twice.
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Blndstitching
Apply clear-view sewing foot
No. 91-100 179-00.
Baste the hem about
/16 inch from the fabric edge, as illustrated (1).
Then flick the needle to its right position and set the stitch lenght control at ‘4’. Reduce the needle thread tension by one grade.
Fold the hem (2) and place the fabric under the sewing foot so that the folded edge is in line with the left groove of the foot (see ill.). Regulate the stitch width so that the needle takes the left stitch exactly in the folded edge, catching merely one fabric yarn (see ill.).
Please note:
Fold the hem of heavy woolens only once
(3) and finish the raw edge with zigzag stitches before it is hemmed.
Fold Basting seam
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Ornamental Sewing
You can make exciting fashion-stitch designs by varying stitch length, stitch width and needle position. Some of the designs you can make are illustrated on this page.
Additional ornamental effects are obtained by sewing over a filler cord.
Sewing Curtains
Stitch length: 2.5 to 3
Stitch width: medium
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Use a thin needle (see Needle and Thread
Chart).
Ease the needle thread tension somewhat.
Hold synthetic materials a little taut while sewing.
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Applique work b 93-100179
To make appliqué, proceed as follows:
1. Trace the design on the right side (1).
2. Set the stitch lenght control on “1” and stitch along the outlines.
3. Sew the fabric to be appliquéd to the right side with long stitches (2).
4. Follow the outlines of the design on the wrong side with a narrow zigzag stitch
(stitch length control on “1
(3).
“), as shown
5. Trim the excess material close to the seam on the right side.
6. Sew over the edges of the appliqué with closely packed zigzag stitches (stitch length: 0.2; stitch width: medium), as il lustrated (4).
To change the light bulb, remove the face cover by pulling it in the direction indicated by an arrow.
Push the light bulb into its socket, turn left and pull out. Insert the new bulb so that its pins slide into the socket slots. Press the bulb in ond turn right.
As you replace the face cover, slip tip d into slot c, then push against the face cover un til it snaps into place.
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Machine Care
Longevity and smooth machine performance are dependent on regular cleaning and pro per oiling. Since your Pfaff sewing mochines has been mode from high-grade materials, there ore only o few oiling points left.
The raceway in the sewing hook is the most important oiling point. From time to time, put a drop of oil into the hook raceway (see ill, at left and center). Do not oil the bobbin winder.
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From time to time, clean the parts in the machine arm and in the vicinity of the sew ing hook with a soft brush. To this end, re move the needle, the sewing foot and the bobbin case with the bobbin.
On Pfaff 95 machines, loosen the set screw, lift the front of the free arm cover and pull the cover out lengthwise of the arm (1 & 2).
Pfaff 94 machines are tilted back. On port able machines, loosen the screw on the bottom of the machine base and tilt the machine back cautiously (3).
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Trouble Shooting
When operated properly, your sewing ma chine will hardly develop any trouble.
Please remember to restore the normal set ting after you have completed your sewing job (buttonhole sewing or darning, for instance) by switching the machine back to straight stitching, flicking the needle posi tion lever to its central position, raising the machine feed and setting the stitch length control on “2”.
If trouble should occur, check the following:
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The needle must not be damaged and must be inserted correctly.
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Select the correct needle and thread from the Needle and Thread Chart.
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Check whether the needle has been threaded correctly.
• Use only high-grade machine thread or sewing silk.
• Check to see that the bobbin case has been inserted correctly.
• Both tensions must be balanced correctly.
• Don’t farce the feeding motion, merely guide the material lightly.
• Clean and oil the machine as instructed.
• Make sure there are no pieces of thread wedged between the tension discs. To remove them, pull a narrow fabric strip between the tension discs.
• The Pfaff rotary hook will not normally jam even if the machine should be handled improperly.
If thread should happen to jam in the hook raceway, it is sufficient to put a drop of oil into the raceway, jer the balance wheel back and then rock it back and forth, without applying force.
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Contents
Appliqué Work
Blindstitching
Button Sewing
Changing the Light Bulb
Changing the Needle
Changing the Needle Position
Changing the Sewing Foot
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Cleaning
Cording
Darning
Darning Foot
Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread
Dropping the Machine Feed
Electrical Equipment
Engaging and Disengaging the Sewing
Mechanism
Essential Parts of Pfaff 94
Essential Parts of Pfaff 95
Flat Felled Seams
Foot Control
Foreword
Fundamentals of Machine Operation
Hemming
Hemstitching
Inserting a Full Bobbin
Inserting Lace
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Page
Inserting Patches
Removing the Face Cover
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Inserting the Bobbin Case
Machine Care
Removing the Bobbin Case
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Monogram Embroidery
Motor Disengaging Mechanism
Regulating the Thread Tension
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Ornamental Sewing
Overcasting Edges
Preface
Quilting
Regulating the Stitch Length
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Raising and Lowering the Sewing Foot 12
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Reverse Sewing
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Sewing Buttonholes
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Sewing Curtains
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Straight Stitching
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Trouble Shooting
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Upper Threading
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Winding the Bobbin
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Workplate of Pfaff 94
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Workplate of Pfaff 95
Zigzag Stitching
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Zipper Insertion
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