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A Free Beginner's Guide to the Janome 1200d
I've written a free guide to the Janome 1200d. The Janome 1200d is a combination overlocker (serger) and coverstitcher (cover hemmer). It can be a difficult machine to understand at first as there is a lot to know. This book should save people hours of confusion and experimenting when they first start using one. The book explains the parts of the 1200d and how to use the Janome 1200d instruction manual. My book goes through several stitches step by step with countless photographs and tips.
The book will also help users of the Elna 845 and the Elna 745, and to some extent, the Elna 744 (which is also the Janome 1100d).
Download it here:
Free_Beginners_Guide_To_Janome_1200d_by_Tim_Warriner_2024_06_22.pdf
[20 MB PDF. Last edited on the 22nd June 2024.]
The chapters are as follows:
Chapter 1: Information and parts. Things that are useful to know before you start with the 1200d:
- The various parts of the 1200d: program selection dial, hand wheel, needles, base panels, the overlocking/coverstitch inserts, the waste tray, the upper looper, the lower looper, the chain looper, spool pins, thread guide bar, tension discs (and what they do), the tension release button, the take-up levers, presser foot raise/lower lever, brown tension dial and so on.
- Understanding how to set up the machine for stitches: reading the display, setting up the mechanical options (stitch length, differential feed, cutting blade, chaining finger and so on).
- The thread path colours.
Chapter 2: Cover hems (cover stitches)
- The cover hem wide.
- The triple cover hem.
- The cover hem narrow.
- The chain stitch.
- How to turn corners.
Chapter 3: Overlock stitches (serging stitches)
- How to do the safety 4-thread stitch.
- The stretch knit stitch.
- The 5-thread stitch.
- The narrow hem 3 stitch.
- The flatlock 2 stitch.
- The blanket stitch (with plenty of tips for achieving good results).
- How to do corners and curves.
- How to set up the tensions.
Chapter 4: Top cover stitches (cover stitches with a wavy line on top)
- A step by step guide to setting up the 1200d for top cover stitches.
Chapter 5: All twenty stitches
- Examples of each of the twenty stitches.
- How to remember how to set up each of the twenty stitches.
- How to identify overlock stitches so you can duplicate them on the Janome 1200d.
- A list of stitches that would be used to make a good T-shirt.
Chapter 6: Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Dusting and oiling the 1200d.
- Troubleshooting problems with the stitching.
- Spare parts.
- Finding a repairer.
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