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The first link also offers a further link to an online guide. That said, as the tension is electronically controlled and if any sort of fine tuning is required, that would likely require a trip to a service center. Hopefully, one of the videos provided by the links above will be helpful
Sometimes manufacturers will combine more than one model in a manual. The similarities are close enough that it should be usable for your model. Just because your model is called a "quilt" model, there is really not a lot of difference between the way the machines operate. Usually, one will have more or different accessories, stitches, or options than another, but they all thread and stitch the same.
Don't expect a quilt to be as accurate from a serger as from a sewing machine. First, you probably want to focus a strip quilt where rows of strips are stitched together. If you do strips, you won't have to worry so much about maintaining an exact 1/4" seam. You can also vary the widths of strips in order to camouflage any seam variations. Avoid a pattern that requires points being aligned! Any seam width variances will not as obvious as an error (it is intensive getting an accurate 1/4" on a sewing machine--so-o-o-o much more difficult on a serger). There are usually seam width marks on a serger that you can follow as a guide, but straight line serging is very difficult to accomplish. You can always try marking a line on your serger using painter's tape.
FWIW, making a strip quilt on a serger is a fast way of finishing a quilt. I divide my quilt into 3 or 4 sections, like making it in thirds or fourths. That way, when the quilt begins to grow, you are not constantly grappling with flipping or turning the heavy and bulky fabric. Instead, do each section separately, then stitch the sections together to make the whole quilt.
Also, be sure to press all the seams of a strip quilt in the same direction.
A satin stitch is simply a zig-zag stitch that is shortened enough so the threads lay next to each other without laying over another but also without any space (fabric) showing between. Keep in mind that the thread weight will cause the satin stitch to differ.
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Here you can view my Viking Designer II Sewing Machine at work. The first two times I used the foot pedal, the ...
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