[Music] i'm going to show you the different parts on my sewing machine which is a singer heavy duty 4411. your sewing machine may look a little different but you're probably going to have basically the same parts they just may be in a different place on your sewing machine here's the needle of the sewing machine probably one of the most important parts of the machine and underneath the needle is the presser foot and it does exactly what it says it presses down on the fabric so that the feed dogs which are underneath the presser feet can pull the fabric through the machine usually there's a lever on the back that will help you raise and lower the presser foot my bobbin is a drop in bobbin some machines are a side loading bobbin and usually that is if you take off the extension table that's in the front here usually on the front of your machine you'll have a reverse lever you can use this to back up while you're sewing on my machine i also have a dial for the different stitches the straight stitch zigzag some decorative stitches and then the buttonhole stitches this style up here is for the stitch length on the top of your sewing machine you may have a dial for the width of the zigzag stitch a dial for your needle position there are three different positions you'll mainly use this middle position you'll use the other ones when you make buttonholes you'll also have a dial for the tension of the top thread in your machine and this is very important you want to make sure the tension is correct so that your top and bottom threads are sewing together nicely this is the take up lever you have a diagram for how to thread up here this right here is the to change the tension of the presser foot this is the spool holder to hold your thread and this is the bobbin winder on almost every machine on the side you'll have what's called a flywheel and this will raise and lower the needle of your machine you always want to turn it towards the front towards yourself when you turn it on the side of my machine i also have a left and right side balance for when making button holes i have an on off switch and then the plug-in for the electricity and the foot control pedal on the back of the machine i wanted to show you again the presser foot lifter that we were talking about earlier so this just raises and lowers the presser foot this one has an extra adjustment if you have heavier fabrics it will lift the foot up even higher [Music] you