Brother CE 500PRW User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1. KNOWING YOUR SEWING MACHINE

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• NAMES OF MACHINE PARTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

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• The main parts

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• main parts

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• handwheel

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• Needle and presser foot section

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• Operation buttons

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• needle bar thread guide

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• needle plate

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• needle position button

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• operation buttons

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• reverse/reinforcement stitch button

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• sewing speed controller

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• Operation panel

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• Flat bed attachment

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• operation panel

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• LCD

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• stitch selection key

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• ACCESSORIES

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• Optional accessories

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• accessories

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• optional accessories

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• USING YOUR SEWING MACHINE

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• Power supply precautions

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• Power supply

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• main power switch

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• Foot controller

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• Sewing speed controller (for models equipped with the start/stop button)

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• Changing the needle stop position

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• THREADING THE MACHINE

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• Winding the bobbin

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• pre-tension disk

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• fast bobbin winding

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• Lower threading

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• bobbin

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• Upper threading

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• thread guide

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• upper threading

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• needle threader

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• Drawing up the lower thread

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• REPLACING THE NEEDLE

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• Needle precautions

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• Needle types and their uses

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• needle

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• sewing machine needles

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• Checking the needle

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• Replacing the needle

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• twin needle

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• Sewing with a twin needle

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• extra spool pin

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• REPLACING THE PRESSER FOOT

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• Replacing the presser foot

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• Removing the presser foot holder

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• 2. SEWING BASICS

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• SEWING

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• General sewing procedure

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• Selecting stitching

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• stitch length

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• stitch width

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• Starting to sew

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• Thread tension

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• thread cutter

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• thread tension

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• upper tension-control dial

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• USEFUL SEWING TIPS

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• Trial sewing

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• Changing the sewing direction

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• Sewing curves

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• Sewing thick fabrics

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• thick fabrics

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• trial sewing

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• Sewing thin fabrics

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• Sewing stretch fabrics

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• Using a free-arm style

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• free-arm style

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• stretch fabrics

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• thin fabrics

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• 3. UTILITY STITCHES

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• OVERCASTING STITCHES

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• 3-point zigzag stitch

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• overcasting stitches

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• BASIC STITCHING

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• Basic stitching

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• basic stitching

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• needle position

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• straight stitch

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• triple stretch stitch

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• BLIND HEM STITCHING

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• blind hem stitching

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• BUTTONHOLE SEWING

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• buttonhole sewing

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• buttonhole foot

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• eyelet punch

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• seam ripper

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• Button sewing

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• button sewing

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• ZIPPER INSERTION

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• zipper foot

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• zipper Insertion

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• SEWING STRETCH FABRICS AND ELASTIC TAPE

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• Stretch stitching

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• Elastic attaching

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• elastic tape

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• APPLIQUÉ, PATCHWORK AND QUILT STITCHING

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• Appliqués

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• appliqués

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• Patchwork (crazy quilt) stitching

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• Piecing

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• crazy quilt stitching

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• patchwork stitching

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• piecing

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• Quilting

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• quilting

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• quilting guide

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• walking foot

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• Free-motion quilting

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• quilting foot

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• feed dog position lever

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• free-motion quilting

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• REINFORCEMENT STITCHING

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• Triple stretch stitching

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• Bar tack stitching

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• bar tack

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• openings

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• pocket corners

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• reinforcement stitching

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• sleeve holes

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• DECORATIVE STITCHING

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• Fagoting

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• Scallop stitching

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• fagoting

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• scallop stitching

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• Smocking

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• Shell tuck stitching

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• smocking

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• Joining

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• Heirloom stitching

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• heirloom stitching

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• joining

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• wing needle

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• 4. APPENDIX

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• STITCH SETTINGS

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• Utility stitches

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• stitch settings

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• MAINTENANCE

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• Cleaning the machine surface

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• Cleaning the bobbin case

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• needle plate cover

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• TROUBLESHOOTING

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• troubleshooting

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• ERROR MESSAGES

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• Operation beep (for models equipped with the operation beep)

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• operation beep

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• error messages

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• INDEX

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