Operation Manual Embroidery

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1 Opertion Mnul Emroidery Emroidery nd Sewing Mchine Product Code: 882-W30 Be sure to red this mnul efore using the mchine. We recommend tht you keep this document nery for future reference.

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3 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL The Opertion Mnuls for this mchine consist of the Opertion Mnul (Sewing) nd the Opertion Mnul (Emroidery). Refer to the pproprite Opertion Mnul ccording to your needs. For sic informtion out, for exmple, the included ccessories or the settings screen, refer to chpter 1 of the Opertion Mnul (Sewing). In the screens ppering in the step-y-step instructions, the prts referred to in the opertions re mrked with. Compre the screen in the directions with the ctul screen, nd crry out the opertion. If, while using the mchine, you experience something you do not understnd, or there is function you would like to know more out, refer to the index t the ck of the Opertion Mnul in conjunction with the tle of contents to find the section of the mnul you should refer to. 1

4 CONTENTS 2 CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL... 1 Chpter 1 Emroidery Step y Step 5 BEFORE EMBROIDERING... 6 Using the Mchine Setting Mode Key... 7 Emroidery settings... 7 CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT... 9 Removing the Presser Foot... 9 Attching Emroidery Foot W CHANGING THE NEEDLE ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY UNIT Aout the Emroidery Unit Removing the Emroidery Unit LOWER THREADING Winding the Boin Setting the Boin UPPER THREADING Upper Threding Using the Spool Stnd Using Threds tht Unwind Quickly PREPARING THE FABRIC Attching Iron-on Stilizers (Bcking) to the Fric Hooping the Fric in the Emroidery Frme Emroidering Smll Frics or Fric Edges ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY FRAME EMBROIDERY SCREENS KEY FUNCTIONS Editing Ptterns Editing Letters Emroidery Screen SELECTING PATTERNS Selecting Emroidery Ptterns/Decortive Alphet Ptterns/ Utility Emroidery Ptterns Selecting Frme Ptterns CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION Checking the Emroidery Pttern with the Projector Checking the Needle Drop Point With the Projector Aligning the Emroidering Position Using the Built-In Cmer Using the Emroidery Position Sticker to Align the Emroidering Position Checking the Pttern Position EMBROIDERING A PATTERN Emroidering Attrctive Finishes Emroidering Ptterns ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS If the Boin Runs Out of Thred If the Thred Breks During Emroidering Restrting from the Beginning Resuming Emroidery After Turning Off the Power Chpter 2 Bsic Editing 61 BASIC EDITING Previewing the Pttern Moving the Pttern Rotting the Pttern Chnging the Size of the Pttern Chnging the Density Creting Horizontl Mirror Imge Designing Repeted Ptterns Emroidering the Pttern Repetedly Duplicting Pttern Deleting the Pttern Displying Ptterns in the Screen Mgnified EDITING LETTERS Selecting Alphet Chrcter Ptterns Chrcter Alignment Chnging Font Type Chnging Letter Size Chnging the Configurtion of Alphet Chrcter Ptterns Chnging Alphet Chrcter Spcing Re-editing Chrcter Ptterns EDITING COLORS Chnging the Thred Color Find New Color Schemes With the Color Shuffling Function Thred Color Sorting COMBINING PATTERNS Editing Comined Ptterns Selecting Multiple Ptterns t the Sme Time Grouping Multiple Selected Ptterns Aligning the Emroidery Ptterns Emroidering Comined Ptterns Chpter 3 Advnced Editing 91 VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS Uninterrupted Emroidering (Using Single Color : Monochrome) Disply the Fric While Aligning the Emroidering Position Bsting Emroidery PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) Selecting Pttern Exporting the Bckground Imge nd Positioning Imge Printing the Bckground nd Emroidery Position Sheet Emroidering Ptterns MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Adjusting Thred Tension Adjusting the Alternte Boin Cse (with No Color on the Adjusting Screw) Using the Automtic Thred Cutting Function (End Color Trim) Using the Thred Trimming Function (Jump Stitch Trim) Adjusting the Emroidery Speed Chnging the Thred Color Disply Chnging the Emroidery Frme Disply Aligning the Pttern nd the Needle Emroidering Linked Chrcters USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Emroidery Dt Precutions Sving Emroidery Ptterns in the Mchine s Memory Retrieving Ptterns from the Mchine s Memory Sving Emroidery Ptterns to USB Medi/SD Crd Reclling from USB Medi/SD crd Sving/Deleting Multiple Ptterns Trnsferring Emroidery Ptterns Receiving Emroidery Ptterns on the Mchine EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Creting n Appliqué Piece Using Appliqués Using Frme Pttern to Mke n Appliqué (1) Using Frme Pttern to Mke n Appliqué (2) Creting Stippling or Echo Ptterns Automticlly Emroidering Quilting Border Ptterns Emroidering Split Emroidery Ptterns USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS Connecting Three Ptterns Chnging the Position of Sticker Connecting Lrge-Size Split Emroidery Ptterns Resume Feture Chpter 4 My Design Center 147 ABOUT MY DESIGN CENTER PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Before Creting Designs

5 CONTENTS Drwing Lines Drwing Regions Using the Stmp Key Using the Erse Key Using the Select Key STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN Specifying Individul Stitch Settings Specifying Glol Stitch Settings MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN Using the Scnning Frme Scnning to Trce Bckground Imge LINE SCAN Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Line Scn ILLUSTRATION SCAN Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Illustrtion Scn STIPPLING Bsic Stippling with My Design Center Scnning Drwing to Crete Stippling Pttern Scnning Fric nd Stippling Decortive Stitching Around Pttern in Emroidery ( Quilting Function) Chpter 5 Appendix 185 TROUBLESHOOTING List of Symptoms ERROR MESSAGES INDEX

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7 Chpter 1 Emroidery Step y Step

8 BEFORE EMBROIDERING BEFORE EMBROIDERING Follow the steps elow to prepre the mchine for emroidery. Step 9 Step 6, 8 Step 4 Step 3 Step 5 Step 7 Step 1, 2 Step # Aim Action Pge 1 Presser foot ttchment Attch emroidery foot W. 9 2 Checking the needle Use needle 75/11 for emroidery. * 3 Emroidery unit ttchment Attch the emroidery unit Boin thred setup For the oin thred, wind emroidery oin thred nd set it in plce Fric preprtion Attch stilizer mteril to the fric, nd hoop it in the emroidery frme Pttern selection Turn the min power to ON, nd select n emroidery pttern Emroidery frme ttchment Attch the emroidery frme to the emroidery unit Checking the lyout Check nd djust the size nd position of the emroidery Emroidery thred setup Set up emroidery thred ccording to the pttern. 22 * It is recommended tht 90/14 needle should e used when emroidering on hevy weight frics or stilizing products (for exmple; denim, puffy fom, etc.). Bll point needle (golden colored) 90/14 is not recommended for emroidery. 6

9 BEFORE EMBROIDERING Using the Mchine Setting Mode Key Press to chnge the defult mchine settings (needle stop position, emroidery speed, opening disply, etc.). To disply the different settings screens, press for Sewing settings, for Generl settings, for Emroidery settings or for Wireless LAN settings. For detils on settings for sewing utility stitches, on common settings nd on wireless settings, refer to the Opertion Mnul (Sewing). 1 Emroidery settings Pge 8 Memo Press or to disply different settings screen. Pge 9 g Emroidery Step y Step h i c d e j k l m Select from mong 12 emroidery frme displys (pge 108). Chnge the center point mrker or grid lines (pge 108). c Adjust the mximum emroidery speed setting (pge 107). d Adjust the upper thred tension for emroidering (pge 103). e Select the height of the emroidery foot during emroidering. f Adjust the needle position for emroidering. f g Chnge the disply units (mm/inch). h Chnge the thred color disply on the Emroidery screen; thred numer, color nme (pge 107). i Select the thred rnd used to disply pttern when it is opened (pge 107). j Chnge the color of the ckground for the emroidery disply re. k Chnge the color of the ckground for the thumnil re. l Press to specify the size of pttern thumnils. m Adjust the distnce etween the pttern nd the sting stitching (pge 96). 7

10 BEFORE EMBROIDERING Pge 10 n o p q n Select the qulity for displying the fric in the screen (pge 94). o Erse the scnned imge (pge 94). p Set to ON when positioning the pttern on the thick fric using the uilt-in cmer (pge 95). q Adjust the position nd rightness of the emroidery foot W+ with LED pointer (sold seprtely). (These settings re not ville unless emroidery foot W+ with LED pointer is instlled on the mchine.) 8

11 CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT Removing the Presser Foot CAUTION Alwys press on the screen to lock ll keys nd uttons efore chnging the presser foot. If is not pressed nd the Strt/Stop utton or nother utton is pressed, the mchine will strt nd my cuse injury. Only use presser feet mde for this mchine. Using other presser feet my led to ccident or injury. Press the Needle Position utton to rise the needle. e Loosen the screw of the presser foot holder to remove the presser foot holder. 1 Emroidery Step y Step Press to lock ll keys nd uttons. * If the messge OK to utomticlly lower the presser foot? ppers on the LCD screen, press to continue. f Multi-purpose screwdriver Presser foot holder screw c Presser foot holder Remove the screw of the presser foot completely from the presser foot shft. c Rise the presser foot lever. d Press the lck utton on the presser foot holder nd remove the presser foot. Blck utton Presser foot holder 9

12 CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT Attching Emroidery Foot W d Press to unlock ll keys nd uttons. All keys nd opertion uttons re unlocked, nd the previous screen is displyed. CAUTION When ttching n emroidery foot, lwys press on the screen. You my ccidentlly press the Strt/Stop utton nd possily cuse injury. Be sure to use emroidery foot W when doing emroidery. Using nother emroidery foot my cuse the needle to strike the emroidery foot, cusing the needle to end or rek nd possily cuse injury. Remove the presser foot nd presser foot holder. For detils, refer to Removing the Presser Foot on pge 9. Position the emroidery foot W on the presser foot r y ligning the notch of the presser foot to the lrge screw. Side view c Hold the emroidery foot in plce with your right hnd, nd then use the included multi-purpose screwdriver to securely tighten the presser foot holder screw. Presser foot holder screw CAUTION Use the included multi-purpose screwdriver to firmly tighten the screw of the presser foot holder. If the screw is loose, the needle my strike the emroidery foot nd possily cuse injury. 10

13 CHANGING THE NEEDLE CHANGING THE NEEDLE CAUTION Alwys press on the screen to lock ll keys nd uttons efore chnging the needle. If is not pressed nd the Strt/Stop utton or nother opertion utton is pressed ccidentlly, the mchine will strt nd injury my result. Use only home sewing mchine needles mde for home use. Other needles my end or rek nd my cuse injury. Never emroider with ent needle. A ent needle will esily rek nd my cuse injury. Memo To check the needle correctly, plce the flt side of the needle on flt surfce. Check the needle from the top nd the sides. Throw wy ny ent needles. c Use the screwdriver to turn the needle clmp screw towrd the front of the mchine nd loosen the screw. Remove the needle. 1 Emroidery Step y Step Prllel spce Level surfce (oin cover, glss, etc.) Press the Needle Position utton to rise the needle. Note Do not pply pressure to the needle clmp screw. Doing so my dmge the needle or mchine. Press to lock ll keys nd uttons. * If the messge OK to utomticlly lower the presser foot? ppers on the LCD screen, press to continue. Note Before replcing the needle, cover the hole in the needle plte with fric or pper to prevent the needle from flling into the mchine. 11

14 CHANGING THE NEEDLE d With the flt side of the needle fcing the ck, insert the new needle ll the wy to the top of the needle stopper (viewing window) in the needle clmp. Use screwdriver to securely tighten the needle clmp screw. c Needle stopper Hole for setting the needle c Flt side of needle CAUTION Be sure to push in the needle until it touches the stopper, nd securely tighten the needle clmp screw with screwdriver. If the needle is not completely inserted or the needle clmp screw is loose, the needle my rek or the mchine my e dmged. e Press to unlock ll keys nd uttons. 12

15 ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY UNIT ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY UNIT Aout the Emroidery Unit CAUTION Do not move the mchine with the emroidery unit ttched. The emroidery unit could fll off nd cuse injury. Keep your hnds nd foreign ojects wy from the emroidery crrige nd frme when the mchine is emroidering. Otherwise, injuries or dmge my result. To void distorting your emroidery design, do not touch the emroidery crrige nd frme when the mchine is emroidering. Be sure to turn off the power efore instlling the emroidery unit. Otherwise, the mchine my e dmged. Do not touch the inner connector of the emroidery unit. The pins on the emroidery unit connection my e dmged. Do not pply strong force to the emroidery unit crrige or pick up the unit y the crrige. Otherwise, the emroidery unit my e dmged. Store the emroidery unit in sfe plce to prevent dmge to the unit. Do not push on the crrige when instlling the emroidery unit onto the mchine. Moving the crrige my dmge the emroidery unit. Allow sufficient spce round the emroidery unit. Otherwise, the emroidery unit could fll off foreign oject, nd my cuse injury. Do not touch the emroidery crrige until the initiliztion finishes. Insert the emroidery unit connection into the mchine connection port. Push lightly on the connection port cover until the unit clicks into plce. Emroidery unit connection Mchine connection port Turn the min power to ON. c d Press. Note Be sure there is no gp etween the emroidery unit nd the mchine. If there is gp, the emroidery ptterns will not emroider with the correct registrtion. The crrige will move to the initiliztion position. 1 Emroidery Step y Step Note You cn lso sew utility/decortive stitches with the emroidery unit ttched. Touch nd. The feed dog will utomticlly rise for utility nd decortive stitching. Turn the min power to OFF, nd remove the flt ed ttchment. 13

16 ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY UNIT Removing the Emroidery Unit Press, then press. The crrige will move to the removl position. CAUTION Alwys remove the emroidery frme efore pressing. Otherwise, the frme my strike the emroidery foot, nd possily cuse injury. Turn the min power to OFF. c Press the relese utton, nd pull the emroidery unit wy from the mchine. Relese utton CAUTION Do not crry the emroidery unit y holding the relese utton comprtment. 14

17 LOWER THREADING LOWER THREADING Winding the Boin c Set the supplementl spool pin in the up position. 1 CAUTION The included oin ws designed specificlly for this mchine. If oins from other models re used, the mchine will not operte correctly. Use only the included oin or oins of the sme type (prt code: SA156, (SFB: XA / 115J05E0001)). SA156 is Clss 15 type oin. Using the Supplementl Spool Pin With this mchine, you cn wind the oin during emroidering. While the min spool pin is eing used for emroidering, you cn wind oin y using the supplementl spool pin. d Supplementl spool pin Plce the spool of thred on the supplementl spool pin, so tht thred unrolls from the front. Push the spool cp onto the spool pin s fr s possile to secure the thred spool. Emroidery Step y Step Supplementl spool pin Turn the min power to ON nd open the top cover. Align the groove in the oin with the spring on the oin winder shft, nd set the oin on the shft. Spool cp Spool pin c Thred spool CAUTION If the thred spool nd/or spool cp re set incorrectly, the thred my tngle on the spool pin nd cuse the needle to rek. Use the spool cp (lrge, medium or smll) tht is closest in size to the thred spool. If spool cp smller thn the thred spool is used, the thred my ecome cught in the slit on the end of the spool nd cuse the needle to rek. Groove in the oin Spring on the shft 15

18 LOWER THREADING Memo When emroidering with fine, cross-wound thred, use the smll spool cp, nd leve smll spce etween the cp nd the thred spool. f Pss the thred round the pretension disk mking sure tht the thred is under the pretension disk. Spool cp (smll) Thred spool (cross-wound thred) c Spce If spool of thred whose core is 12 mm (1/ 2 inch) in dimeter nd 75 mm (3 inches) high is inserted onto the spool pin, use the mini spool cp. Pretension disk Mke sure tht the thred psses under the pretension disk. g Pretension disk c Pull it in s fr s possile. Check to mke sure thred is securely set etween pretension disks. Wind the thred clockwise round the oin 5-6 times. e Spool cp (mini king thred spool) 12 mm (1/2 inch) c 75 mm (3 inches) With your right hnd, hold the thred ner the thred spool. With your left hnd, hold the end of the thred, nd use oth hnds to pss the thred through the thred guide. Thred guide 16

19 h Pss the end of the thred through the guide slit in the oin winder set, nd pull the thred to the right to cut the thred with the cutter. LOWER THREADING Note When winding trnsprent nylon thred on the oin, stop oin winding when the oin is 1/2 to 2/3 full. If the oin ws fully wound with trnsprent nylon thred, it my not e wound netly. 1 i Guide slit (with uilt-in cutter) Boin winder set CAUTION Be sure to follow the process descried. If the thred is not cut with the cutter, nd the oin is wound, when the thred runs low it my tngle round the oin nd cuse the needle to rek. Set the oin winding switch to the left, until it clicks into plce. j Press. Boin winding strts. The oin stops rotting when oin winding is completed. The oin winding switch will utomticlly return to its originl position. Note chnges to while the oin is winding. Sty ner the mchine while winding the oin to mke sure the oin thred is eing wound correctly. If the oin thred is wound incorrectly, press immeditely to stop the oin winding. Emroidery Step y Step Boin winding switch Memo Sliding the oin winding switch to the left switches the mchine into oin winding mode. Use the oin winding slider to djust the mount of thred wound onto the oin to one of five levels. c Boin winding slider More c Less The oin winding window ppers. Memo You cn chnge the winding speed y pressing (to decrese) or (to increse) in the oin winding window. Press to minimize the oin winding window. Then, you cn perform other opertions, such s selecting stitch or djusting the thred tension, while the oin is eing wound. Press (in top right of the LCD screen) to disply the oin winding window gin. 17

20 LOWER THREADING k Cut the thred with cutter nd remove the oin. Align the groove in the oin with the spring on the oin winder shft, nd set the oin on the shft. Cutter Memo When removing the oin, do not pull on the oin winder set. Doing so could loosen or remove the oin winder set, nd could result in dmge to the mchine. CAUTION Setting the oin improperly my cuse the thred tension to loosen, reking the needle nd possily resulting in injury. c Groove in the oin Spring on the shft Pivot the spool pin so tht it ngles upwrd. Set the thred spool on the spool pin so tht the thred unwinds from the front of the spool. Using the Spool Pin You cn use the min spool pin to wind the oin efore emroidering. You cnnot use this spool pin to wind the oin while emroidering. d Spool pin Spool cp c Thred spool d Spool felt Push the spool cp onto the spool pin s fr s possile, then return the spool pin to its originl position. e While holding the thred with oth hnds, pull the thred up from under the thred guide plte. Turn the min power to ON nd open the top cover. Thred guide plte 18

21 LOWER THREADING f Pss the thred through the thred guide. Memo Refer to the Opertion Mnul (Sewing) to ssemle the spool stnd. Refer to pge 25 to thred the mchine using the spool stnd. 1 g Thred guide Pss the thred round the pretension disk mking sure tht the thred is under the pretension disk. CAUTION When winding thred on the oin, do not cross the oin winding thred with the upper thred in the thred guides. Untngling Thred from Beneth the Boin Winder Set If the oin winding strts when the thred is not pssed through the pretension disk correctly, the thred my ecome tngled eneth the oin winder set. Wind off the thred ccording to the following procedure. Emroidery Step y Step h Thred guide Pretension disk Follow steps g through k on pge 16 through 18. Using the Spool Stnd To wind thred on the oin while the spool stnd is instlled, pss the thred from the spool through the thred guide on the telescopic thred guide, nd then wind the oin ccording to steps e through k of Using the Supplementl Spool Pin on pge 16 to pge 18. Thred Boin winder set CAUTION Do not remove the oin winder set even if the thred ecomes tngled under the oin winder set. It my result in injuries. If the thred ecomes tngled under the oin winder set, press stop the oin winding. once to Cut the thred with scissors ner the pretension disk. Pretension disk 19

22 LOWER THREADING c Push the oin winder switch to the right, nd then rise the oin t lest 100 mm (4 inches) from the shft. Setting the Boin CAUTION Use oin thred tht hs een correctly wound. Otherwise, the needle my rek or the thred tension will e incorrect. d Cut the thred ner the oin nd hold the thred end of the spool with your left hnd. Unwind the thred clockwise ner the oin winder set with your right hnd s shown elow. The included oin ws designed specificlly for this mchine. If oins from other models re used, the mchine will not operte correctly. Use only the included oin or oins of the sme type (prt code: SA156, (SFB: XA / 115J05E0001)). SA156 is Clss 15 type oin. Before inserting or chnging the oin, e sure to press in the LCD to lock ll keys nd uttons, otherwise injuries my occur if the Strt/Stop utton or ny other utton is pressed nd the mchine strts emroidering. e Wind the oin gin. Note Mke sure tht the thred psses through the pretension disk correctly (pge 16). Press to lock ll keys nd uttons nd rise the emroidery foot. * If the messge OK to utomticlly lower the presser foot? ppers on the LCD screen, press to continue. Slide the oin cover ltch to the right. Boin cover Ltch The oin cover opens. 20

23 Remove the oin cover. c d Hold the oin with your right hnd nd hold the end of the thred with your left hnd. LOWER THREADING Note If the thred is not correctly inserted through the tension spring of the oin cse, it my cuse incorrect thred tension. (pge 102) 1 e Set the oin in the oin cse so tht the thred unwinds to the left. Emroidery Step y Step Tension spring f Hold the oin lightly with your right hnd, nd then guide the thred with your left hnd. CAUTION Be sure to hold down the oin with your finger nd unwind the oin thred correctly. Otherwise, the thred my rek or the thred tension will e incorrect. h Insert the t in the lower-left corner of the oin cover (1), nd then lightly press down on the right side to close the cover (2). g Pss the thred through the guide, nd then pull the thred out towrd the front. i Press to unlock ll keys nd uttons. Cutter The cutter cuts the thred. 21

24 UPPER THREADING UPPER THREADING Upper Threding The upper thred shutter opens so the mchine cn e threded. CAUTION Be sure to thred the mchine properly. Improper threding cn cuse the thred to tngle nd rek the needle, leding to injury. Memo The utomtic threding function cn e used with home sewing mchine needle sizes 75/11 through 100/16. When threds such s trnsprent nylon monofilment or specility threds re used it is not recommended to use the needle threder. c Upper thred shutter Memo This mchine is equipped with n upper thred shutter, llowing you to check tht the upper threding is performed correctly. Press the Needle Position utton to rise the needle. d Note If you try to thred the needle utomticlly without rising the needle, the thred my not thred correctly. Pivot the spool pin so tht it ngles upwrd. Set the thred spool on the spool pin so tht the thred unwinds from the front of the spool. Turn the min power to ON. Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to rise the emroidery foot. Spool pin Spool cp c Thred spool d Spool felt 22

25 UPPER THREADING e Push the spool cp onto the spool pin s fr s possile, then return the spool pin to its originl position. CAUTION If the thred spool nd/or spool cp re set incorrectly, the thred my tngle on the spool pin nd cuse the needle to rek. Use the spool cp (lrge or medium) or the thred spool insert (mini king thred spool) tht is closest in size to the thred spool. If spool cp smller thn the thred spool is used, the thred my ecome cught in the slit on the end of the spool nd cuse the needle to rek. Memo When emroidering with fine, cross-wound thred, use the smll spool cp, nd leve smll spce etween the cp nd the thred spool. f g While holding the thred with oth hnds, pull the thred up from under the thred guide plte. Thred guide plte While holding the thred in your right hnd, pss the thred through the thred guide in the direction indicted. 1 Emroidery Step y Step Spool cp (smll) Thred spool (cross-wound thred) c Spce If spool of thred whose core is 12 mm (1/ 2 inch) in dimeter nd 75 mm (3 inches) high is inserted onto the spool pin, use the thred spool insert (mini king thred spool). h Guide the thred down, up, then down through the groove, s shown in the illustrtion. Memo Look in the upper groove re to check if the thred ctches on the thred tke-up lever visile inside the upper groove re. Thred spool insert (mini king thred spool) 12 mm (1/2 inch) c 75 mm (3 inches) Look in the upper groove re 23

26 UPPER THREADING i Pss the thred through the needle r thred guide (mrked 6 ) y holding the thred with oth hnds nd guiding it s shown in the illustrtion. Note When using thred tht quickly winds off the spool, such s metllic thred, it my e difficult to thred the needle if the thred is cut. Therefore, insted of using the thred cutter, pull out out 80 mm (pprox. 3 inches) of thred fter pssing it through the thred guide disks (mrked 7 ). Needle r thred guide j Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to lower emroidery foot. 80 mm (pprox. 3 inches) or more k Pss the thred through the thred guide disks (mrked 7 ). Mke sure tht the thred psses through the groove in the thred guide. m Press the Automtic Threding utton to hve the mchine utomticlly thred the needle. The thred psses through the eye of the needle. l Groove in thred guide Pull the thred up through the thred cutter to cut the thred, s shown in the illustrtion. n Memo When the Automtic Threding utton is pressed, the emroidery foot will e utomticlly lowered. After threding is finished, the emroidery foot moves ck to the position efore the Automtic Threding utton ws pressed. Crefully pull the end of the thred tht ws pssed through the eye of the needle. * If loop ws formed in the thred pssed through the eye of the needle, crefully pull on the loop of thred through to the ck of the needle. Thred cutter Note Pulling the loop of thred gently will void needle rekge. 24

27 o Pull out out mm (pprox. 4-6 inches) of the thred, nd then pss it under the emroidery foot towrd the rer of the mchine. Rise the presser foot lever if the emroidery foot is lowered. UPPER THREADING lrger thn the spool, the thred my ctch nd emroidering performnce my suffer. 1 Aout mm (pprox. 4-6 inches) Memo If the needle could not e threded or the thred ws not pssed through the needle r thred guides, perform the procedure gin strting from step c. Then, pss the thred through the eye of the needle fter step i. When using thred on thin spool, plce the included spool felt on the spool pin, plce the thred spool on the spool pin so tht the center of the spool is ligned with the hole t the center of the spool felt, nd then insert the spool cp onto the spool pin. Emroidery Step y Step Note Some needles cnnot e threded with the needle threder. In this cse, insted of using the needle threder fter pssing the thred through the needle r thred guide (mrked 6 ), mnully pss the thred through the eye of the needle from the front. Spool felt When using thred on cone spool, use the spool holder. When using cone shped thred spool with other thn cotton thred, it is not necessry to use spool cps. Using the Spool Stnd The included spool stnd is useful when using thred on spools with lrge dimeter (crosswound thred). This spool stnd cn hold two spools of thred. Memo Refer to the Opertion Mnul (Sewing) to ssemle the spool stnd. Refer to pge 19 to wind the oin when using the spool stnd. Using the Spool Stnd Be sure to use spool cp tht is slightly lrger thn the spool. If the spool cp tht is used is smller or much Spool holder Depending on the size of spool or the mount of thred remining, choose the pproprite sized spool cp (lrge or medium). Spool cp (smll) cnnot e used with the spool cp se. Spool cp Spool cp se 25

28 UPPER THREADING Attch the spool stnd to the mchine. c Pull the thred off the spool. Pss the thred from the ck to the front through the thred guides t the top. When using thred tht quickly feeds off the spool, such s metllic thred, use the enclosed ring to prevent the thred from ecoming entngled. Threding sequence; Pull the thred from the spool, plce the thred through the ring from the ottom up (1), into the thred guide (2) nd through the ring from the top down (3). When using the ring, do not use the spool cp se Plce the spool of thred on the spool pin so tht the thred feeds off the spool clockwise. Firmly insert the spool cp onto the spool pin. Note Guide the thred so tht it does not ecome entngled with the other thred. After feeding the thred s instructed, wind ny excess thred ck onto the spool, otherwise the excess thred will ecome tngled. d Pss the thred through the mchine s thred guide from the right to the left. Note When using 2 spools of thred, mke sure tht oth spools re feeding in the sme direction. Mke sure tht the spools do not touch ech other, otherwise the thred will not feed off smoothly, the needle my rek, or the thred my rek or ecome tngled. In ddition, mke sure tht the spools do not touch the telescopic thred guide t the center. Mke sure tht the thred is not cught under the spool. e Thred guide Thred the mchine ccording to the steps f to o of Upper Threding on pge

29 UPPER THREADING Using Threds tht Unwind Quickly Using the Spool Net If using trnsprent nylon monofilment thred, metllic thred, or other strong thred, plce the included spool net over the spool efore using it. When using specilty threds, threding must e done mnully. If the spool net is too long, fold it once to mtch it to the spool size efore plcing it over the spool. Spool net Thred spool c Spool pin d Spool cp 1 Emroidery Step y Step Memo When threding the spool with the spool net on, mke sure tht mm (pprox /2 inches) of thred re pulled out. It my e necessry to djust the thred tension when using the spool net. 27

30 PREPARING THE FABRIC PREPARING THE FABRIC CAUTION Use frics with thickness of less thn 3 mm (pprox. 1/8 inch). Using frics thicker thn 3 mm (pprox. 1/8 inch) my cuse the needle to rek. Note When emroidering fric lyers filled with thick tting, for exmple, etter result cn e chieved y djusting the emroidery foot height in the emroidery settings screen. Press, nd select pge 8. Touch the numer eside Emroidery Foot Height in the emroidery settings screen. Adjust the emroidery foot height for thick or puffy frics. To increse the spce etween the emroidery foot nd the needle plte, set the Emroidery Foot Height to lrger numer. In the cse of thick terry cloth towels we recommend tht you plce piece of wter solule stilizer on the top surfce of the towel. This will help to reduce the np of the toweling nd result in more ttrctive emroidery. Attching Iron-on Stilizers (Bcking) to the Fric Iron the iron-on stilizer mteril to the wrong side of the fric. CAUTION Alwys use stilizer mteril for emroidery when emroidering stretch frics, lightweight frics, frics with corse weve, or frics which cuse pttern shrinkge. Otherwise, the needle my rek nd cuse injury. Not using stilizer mteril my result in poor finish to your project. Use piece of stilizer which is lrger thn the emroidery frme eing used. Fusile side of stilizer Fric (wrong side) Memo When emroidering on thin frics such s orgndy or lwn, or on npped frics such s towel or corduroy, use wter solule stilizer (sold seprtely) for est results. The wter solule stilizer mteril will dissolve completely in wter, giving the project more ttrctive finish. Size of the emroidery frme Iron-on stilizer (cking) 28

31 PREPARING THE FABRIC Hooping the Fric in the Emroidery Frme Types of Emroidery Frmes 1 Emroidery field 408 mm 272 mm (pprox. 16 inches 10-5/8 inches) Emroidery field 240 mm 240 mm (pprox. 9-1/2 inches 9-1/2 inches) Emroidery field 180 mm 130 mm (pprox. 7 inches 5 inches) Emroidery field 100 mm 100 mm (pprox. 4 inches 4 inches) Other optionl emroidery frmes cn e used. When choosing frmes tht do not pper on the screen, e sure to check the design size of the emroidery field of the optionl frme. Check with your uthorized Brother deler for frme comptiility. Select frme tht mtches the pttern size. Included frme options re displyed on the LCD. Emroidery Step y Step Highlighted: Cn e used Shded: Cnnot e used 29

32 PREPARING THE FABRIC Inserting the Fric Note If the fric is not securely held in the emroidery frme, the emroidery design will emroider out poorly. Insert the fric on level surfce, nd gently stretch the fric tut in the frme. Follow the steps elow to insert the fric correctly. d Slightly tighten the frme djustment screw, nd then remove the slck in the fric y pulling on the edges nd corners. Lift-up nd loosen the frme djustment screw nd remove the inner frme. e Gently stretch the fric tut to keep the fric from loosening fter stretching. * After stretching the fric, mke sure the fric is tut. Frme djustment screw Inner frme Ly the fric right side up on top of the outer frme. Re-insert the inner frme mking sure to c lign the inner frme s with the outer frme s. * Mke sure the inside nd outside frmes re even efore you strt emroidering. Outer frme Inner frme c Fric c c f Tighten the frme djustment screw. Inner frme s Outer frme s 30

33 g Return the frme djustment screw to its initil position. c d PREPARING THE FABRIC Refer to steps c through f of Inserting the Fric on pge 30 to hoop the fric. Tighten the frme djustment screw y hnd. 1 Memo You cn use the included multi-purpose screw driver setting the position to 3, when you loosen or tighten the frme djustment screw. e CAUTION Do not overtighten the screw. Return the lever to its originl position. Emroidery Step y Step Inserting Fric into Emroidery Frme (408mm 272 mm (pprox. 16 inches 10-5/8 inches)) Lower the lever. Using the Emroidery Sheet (sold seprtely) When you wnt to emroider the pttern in prticulr plce, use the emroidery sheet with the frme. With chlk pencil, mrk the re of the fric you wnt to emroider. Loosen the frme djustment screw y hnd, nd then remove the inner frme. Emroidery pttern Mrk 31

34 PREPARING THE FABRIC Plce the emroidery sheet on the inner frme. Align the guide lines on the emroidery sheet with the mrk you mde on the fric. Emroidery Needle Plte Cover Under some conditions, sed on the type of fric, stilizer, or thred eing used, there my e some looping in the upper thred. In this cse, ttch the included emroidery needle plte cover to the needle plte. Attch the cover y inserting the two projections on the underside of the cover into the notches on the needle plte s shown elow. Inner frme Guide line c Gently stretch the fric so there re no folds or wrinkles, nd press the inner frme into the outer frme. Groove Projection c Notch To remove the emroidery needle plte cover, plce your fingernil in the groove nd lift the plte out. CAUTION Push the emroidery needle plte cover s fr s possile to ttch it. If the emroidery needle plte cover is not securely ttched, it my cuse the needle to rek. d Inner frme Outer frme Remove the emroidery sheet. Note Do not use the emroidery needle plte cover for ny pplictions other thn emroidery. 32

35 PREPARING THE FABRIC Emroidering Smll Frics or Fric Edges Use n emroidery stilizer to provide extr support. We recommend using stilizer for emroidery. After emroidering, remove the stilizer crefully. Attch the stilizer s shown in the following exmples. Emroidering Smll Frics Use temporry spry dhesive to dhere the smll piece of fric to the lrger piece in the frme. If you do not wish to use temporry spry dhesive, ttch the stilizer with sting stitch. Emroidering Rions or Tpe Secure with doule-sided tpe or temporry spry dhesive. Rion or tpe Stilizer 1 Emroidery Step y Step Fric Stilizer Emroidering Edges or Corners Use temporry spry dhesive to ttch the fric to the stilizer, nd then hoop the fric. If you do not wish to use temporry spry dhesive, ttch the stilizer with sting stitch. Fric Stilizer 33

36 ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY FRAME ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY FRAME Note Wind nd insert the oin efore ttching the emroidery frme. Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to rise the emroidery foot. d Lower the frme-securing lever to e level with the frme to secure the emroidery frme in the emroidery frme holder. Align the emroidery frme guide with the right edge of the emroidery frme holder. Frme-securing lever Emroidery frme holder Emroidery frme guide CAUTION If the frme-securing lever is not lowered, the following messge ppers. You cnnot strt emroidering until you lower the frmesecuring lever. c Slide the emroidery frme into the holder, mking sure to lign the emroidery frme s with the holder s. Removing the Emroidery Frme Arrow mrk Rise the frme-securing lever. 34

37 ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY FRAME Pull the emroidery frme towrd you. 1 Emroidery Step y Step 35

38 EMBROIDERY SCREENS EMBROIDERY SCREENS Copyright Informtion The ptterns stored in the mchine nd ptterns sold seprtely re intended for privte use only. Any pulic or commercil use of copyrighted ptterns is n infringement of copyright lw nd is strictly prohiited. There re mny chrcter nd decortive emroidery ptterns stored in the mchine s memory. You cn lso use ptterns sold seprtely. Emroidery ptterns Chrcter ptterns c Decortive lphet ptterns d Frme ptterns e Utility emroidery ptterns f Quilt sshes (pge 132) g Disney ptterns h Ptterns sved in your fvorites i My Design Center(pge 148) c j Press this key to position the emroidery unit for d storge e f g h j i 36

39 EMBROIDERY SCREENS Pttern Selection Screens There re 7 ctegories of ptterns in this mchine. Emroidery ptterns 1 Alphet chrcters Emroidery Step y Step Decortive lphet ptterns Frme ptterns Utility emroidery ptterns Quilting order ptterns Disney ptterns 37

40 KEY FUNCTIONS KEY FUNCTIONS Editing Ptterns Shows the size of the entire comined pttern. Shows the color sequence nd stitching times of ech step of the pttern currently selected. Memo If key disply is gryed out, you cnnot use tht function with the selected pttern. Using these keys, you cn edit the pttern s you like. Press c to disply the editing window. d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Q z y x w v u t s 38

41 KEY FUNCTIONS No. Disply Key Nme Explntion Pge Mgnify key Press this key to select the mgnifiction rtio. 73 Hnd key Press this key to move the cnvs when it is mgnified. c Fric scn key Press this key to scn the fric to lign the emroidery position d Imge key Press this key for preview of the emroidered imge. 62 e Size key Press this key to chnge the size of the pttern. Ptterns cn e enlrged or 64 reduced. f Move key Press this key to disply the pttern moving window. 63 g Group key Press this key to select multiple ptterns in the screen t the sme time. 88 h Rotte key Press this key to rotte the pttern. 63 i Horizontl mirror Press this key to mke horizontl mirror imge of the selected pttern. 67 imge key j Duplicte key Press this key to duplicte pttern. 73 k Density key Press this key to chnge the density of frme ptterns or chrcter ptterns. 66 Emroidery Step y Step l Border function key Press this key to crete nd edit repeted ptterns. 67 m Appliqué piece key Press this key to crete n ppliqué piece y sewing n outline round the 121 selected pttern. n Thred plette key Press this key to chnge the colors of the displyed pttern. 81 o Letter edit key Press this key to edit chrcter ptterns. 40 p Alignment key Press this key to rrnge multiple ptterns on line. 89 q Stippling key Press this key to crete stippling round pttern. 131 r Outline key Press this key to extrct the outline of pttern. The extrcted pttern cn e 181 used with My Design Center. s Emroidery key Press this key to cll up the emroidering screen. t Memory key Press this key to sve pttern in the mchine s memory, USB medi or n SD crd. The pttern cn lso e trnsferred to computer vi wireless network connection. u Pttern select key When comined pttern is selected, use this key to select prt of the pttern to edit. v Redo key Press this key to redo the lst opertion tht ws undone. w Undo key Press this key to undo the lst opertion. x Delete key Press this key to delete the selected pttern (the pttern outlined y the red 73 ox). y Add key Press this key to dd nother pttern to the editing pttern. 114, 116 z Select key Press this key to chnge selected pttern when multiple ptterns re in the screen. Q Grouping key / Multiple selection key Press this key to mke multiple ptterns re on the screen to e selected t the sme time or to e grouped , 88 39

42 KEY FUNCTIONS Editing Letters h c d e f g No. Disply Key Nme Explntion Pge Cncel key Press this key to exit the editing chrcter pttern screen. Size key Press this key to chnge the size of the chrcter pttern. 77 c Arry key Press this key to chnge the configurtion of chrcter pttern. 78 d Chrcter spcing Press this key to chnge the spcing of chrcter ptterns. 79 key e Alignment key Press this key to lign the chrcters t the right, left or center. 76 f Font type key Press this key to chnge the font type. 76 g Set key Press this key to pply the text editing. h Chrcter selection keys Press these keys to move the cursor nd select chrcter. 40

43 KEY FUNCTIONS Emroidery Screen e f g h 1 c d i j Emroidery Step y Step Shows the emroidery foot code. Attch emroidery foot W for ll emroidery projects. When the emroidery foot symol is displyed on the screen, you re le to emroider. Shows the emroidery frmes tht cn e used for the selected pttern. Be sure to use the proper frme (pge 29). c Shows preview of the selected pttern. d Shows the oundry for emroidering with the selected frme in the settings screen. (pge 108) e Shows the size of the selected pttern. f Shows how mny stitches re in the selected pttern nd how mny stitches hve een emroidered so fr. g Shows the numer of colors in the selected pttern, nd the numer of the color currently eing emroidered. h Shows the time necessry to emroider the pttern, nd the time lredy spent emroidering the pttern (not including time for chnging nd utomticlly trimming the thred). i Shows the prt of the emroidery tht will e emroidered with the first thred color. j Shows the order for thred color chnges nd the emroidering time for ech thred color. * The displyed time is the pproximte time tht will e required. The ctul emroidering time my e longer thn the displyed time, depending on the emroidery frme tht is used. In ddition, the mount of time required to chnge thred colors is not included. Note There is n explntion of dditionl key functions on the next pge. 41

44 KEY FUNCTIONS Using these keys, you cn move or rotte pttern, etc. Press to disply the editing window. r c d e f g h i j k Note Some opertions or functions re not ville for certin ptterns. If the key disply is drkened, you cnnot use tht function or opertion with the selected pttern. l q p o n m No. Disply Key Nme Explntion Pge Needle point check Press this key to check the needle drop point with the projector. 47 key Projector key Press this key to use the projector to project the pttern. 46 c Fric scn key Press this key to scn the fric to lign the emroidery position. 92 d Imge key Press this key for preview of the emroidered imge. 62 e Move key Press this key to disply the pttern moving window. 63 f Rotte key Press this key to rotte the pttern. You cn rotte pttern 0.1 degree, 1 degree, 10 degrees or 90 degrees t time. g Bsting key Press this key to dd the sting stitch to the pttern. You cn set the desired sting distnce. h i Emroidery positioning key Uninterrupted emroidery key Press this key to lign the emroidering position using the uilt-in cmer. 49 Press this key to emroider the selected pttern with single color (monochrome). j Color sorting key Press this key to reduce the numer of thred color chnges y rerrnging the emroidering order for the selected pttern to comine prts of the sme thred color. k Pttern connect key Press this key to strt pttern connecting emroidering. You cn connect the ptterns ccurtely using the uilt-in cmer. l Memory key Press this key to sve pttern in the mchine s memory, USB medi or n SD crd. The pttern cn lso e trnsferred to computer vi wireless network connection. m Tril key Press this key to check the position of the pttern.the crrige moves to the desired position so you cn check tht there is enough spce to emroider the pttern. n Strting point key Press this key to move the needle strt position to lign the needle with the pttern position. o Forwrd/Bck key Press this key to move the needle forwrd or ck in the pttern; useful if the thred reks while emroidering or if you wnt to strt gin from the eginning , , 109 p Cut/Tension key Press this key to specify utomtic thred cutting, thred trimming or the thred tension. For emroidery, these functions re set utomticlly. q Return key Press this key to return to the pttern type selection screen. 57, 58 r Progress r switching key Press this key to switch the progress r (which shows the emroidering progress) etween showing only one color or ll colors. 42

45 SELECTING PATTERNS SELECTING PATTERNS Selecting Emroidery Ptterns/ Decortive Alphet Ptterns/ Utility Emroidery Ptterns c Press. 1 Press the ctegory t you wnt to emroider. Emroidery Step y Step The pttern selected is outlined in red on the Edit disply. Memo If you press, you cn see detiled informtion out the pttern. Pttern ctegory ts Select the su-ctegory, nd then select the pttern tht you wnt to emroider. Su-ctegory Emroidery pttern 43

46 SELECTING PATTERNS * To return to the previous screen to select nother pttern, press. d Press to edit the selected pttern. * Refer to Editing Ptterns on pge 38 out the Edit disply. g Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. * Refer to Emroidering Ptterns on pge 54. e Press. The emroidering screen is displyed. To reposition the pttern in the f emroidering screen efore emroidering, press. * Refer to Emroidery Screen on pge

47 SELECTING PATTERNS Selecting Frme Ptterns Press. 1 Press the key of the frme shpe you wnt to emroider in the top prt of the screen. Emroidery Step y Step c d Frme shpes Frme ptterns Vrious frme ptterns re displyed t the ottom prt of the screen. Press the key of the frme pttern you wnt to emroider. * If you mke mistke selecting the pttern, press the key of the pttern you wnt to emroider. The selected pttern is displyed on the screen. Follow the steps from d to g of Selecting Emroidery Ptterns/Decortive Alphet Ptterns/Utility Emroidery Ptterns on pge

48 CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION The pttern is normlly positioned in the center of the emroidery frme. If the pttern needs to e repositioned for etter plcement on the grment, you cn check the lyout efore strting emroidery. Checking the Emroidery Pttern with the Projector Check the emroidery pttern. While the disply re remins in plce, the pttern cn e moved. Using the projector, the selected emroidery pttern cn e projected onto the fric. Press in the emroidering screen. c Press to chnge the ngle. Press to return the pttern to its originl ngle. c Press to move the pttern. Memo To chnge the position of the disply re, drg the disply re with your finger. At the sme time, the emroidery frme is moved. Disply re The prt of the pttern within the disply re will e projected onto the fric. 46

49 Checking the Needle Drop Point With the Projector With the projector pointer, you cn check the needle drop point efore emroidering. CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION useful for ptterns which need to e emroidered in prticulr position s shown elow. 1 Press in the emroidery screen. The pointer of the projector indictes the needle drop point. Use chlk pencil to drw cross t the desired emroidering loction. Emroidery Step y Step Chlk pencil mrk Hoop the fric. Memo When the pointer of the projector is turned on, the emroidery foot height is utomticlly djusted ccording to the fric thickness. If emroidery foot W+ with LED pointer (sold seprtely) is instlled, the LED pointer is turned on. c Select the pttern on your mchine nd press. * The pointer of the projector turns off utomticlly y lowering the emroidery foot or returning to the previous pge. Note With fric tht hs very uneven surfce such s thick fric or quilting, the fric thickness my not e correctly mesured. In this cse, the pointer indiction should e used only s reference. d Press in the emroidering screen. Aligning the Emroidering Position Using the Built-In Cmer The cmer uilt into this mchine cn e used to esily lign the emroidering position. This is 47

50 CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION e Press to set the strting point to the center of the pttern. j Press to disply the grid lines. f Press. g Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to lower the emroidery foot. h Press. i Press the positioning keys to move the emroidery frme until the cross-shped chlk mrk drwn on the fric is displyed in the cmer view window. k Grid lines Chlk mrk on the fric Memo Press to enlrge the cmer view. By enlrging the cmer view, you cn mke close djustment for the center point of the pttern moving the emroidery frme little y little. Adjust the orienttion of the pttern y pressing the orienttion keys until the grid lines re prllel with the chlk mrk drwn on the fric. (Refer to Rotting the Pttern on pge 63.) Positioning keys Center point of the pttern 48

51 l Press the positioning keys to move the emroidery frme until the center point of the pttern in the cmer view window is ligned with the chlk mrk drwn on the fric. CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION Using the Emroidery Position Sticker to Align the Emroidering Position The emroidering position cn esily e ligned using the mchine s uilt-in cmer nd the included emroidery positioning sticker. 1 Note Depending on the type of fric tht is used, prt of the emroidery positioning sticker my remin ttched when it is peeled off. Before using the emroidery positioning sticker, check tht it cn e clenly removed from scrp piece of the fric to e used. Emroidery Step y Step Press to disply the editing window, nd then press. m Press screen. to return to the previous n Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. * Refer to Emroidering Ptterns on pge 54. Following messge ppers. Press. The emroidering position will return to the originl position, even if you chnged efore. 49

52 CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION c Select the position you wnt to set s the reference point. e Press. d * Select if you wnt to emroider referring the emroidery positioning sticker s the center of the pttern. Affix the emroidery positioning sticker to the loction in the fric to e emroidered. Plce the emroidery positioning sticker so tht the center of the lrger circle is t the center or edge of the emroidery pttern. f Note Attch emroidery foot W efore pressing. The emroidery foot W lowers nd check the fric thickness, to help the uiltin cmer recognize the emroidery positioning sticker. Following messge ppers. Press. Emroidery positioning sticker Center or edge of the emroidery pttern c Emroidery field The uilt-in cmer utomticlly serches for the emroidery positioning sticker, nd then the crrige is moved so tht the selected reference point of the emroidery pttern is ligned with the emroidery positioning sticker. Note If the following error messge ppers, press, rehoop the fric so tht the pttern is within the emroidery field, nd then press gin. 50

53 CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION A reminder messge ppers. Remove the g emroidery positioning sticker from the fric, nd press. * To remove the emroidery positioning sticker more esily, press so tht the crrige moves slightly forwrd nd wy from under the needle. After the emroidery positioning sticker is removed, press. 1 Emroidery Step y Step h Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. * Refer to Emroidering Ptterns on pge 54. Note After the included emroidery positioning stickers re used up, optionl stickers re ville. For detils, refer to the Opertion Mnul (Sewing). 51

54 CONFIRMING THE PATTERN POSITION Checking the Pttern Position The crrige moves nd shows the pttern position. Wtch the emroidery frme closely to mke sure the pttern will e emroidered in the right plce. Memo To see the entire emroidering re, press. The crrige moves nd shows the emroidery re. Press. CAUTION Mke sure the needle is up when the crrige is moving. If the needle is down, it could rek nd result in injury. c Press. The following screen is displyed. From tht you wnt to check., press the key for the position Selected position The crrige will move to the selected position on the pttern. 52

55 EMBROIDERING A PATTERN EMBROIDERING A PATTERN Emroidering Attrctive Finishes Boin cse (for prewound or other emroidery oin threds) 1 Mny fctors re involved in chieving eutiful emroidery result. Using the pproprite stilizer (pge 28) nd hooping the fric in the frme (pge 29) re two importnt fctors mentioned erlier. Another importnt point is the ppropriteness of the needle nd thred eing used. See the explntion of threds elow. Included with this mchine re two oin cses. Follow the explntion elow. Thred Upper thred Use emroidery thred intended for use with this mchine. Other emroidery threds my not yield optimum results. Boin thred Use emroidery oin thred intended for use with this mchine. Memo If you use threds other thn those listed ove, the emroidery pttern my not emroider out correctly. Boin cse (recommended for sewing nd for emroidering with included 60 weight oin thred) Boin cse (no color on the screw) The oin cse with no color on the screw is set with tighter tension for emroidery with different weights of oin threds nd vriety of emroidery techniques. This oin cse is identified with drk colored mrk on the inside of the oin cvity. The tension screw on this cse cn e djusted if necessry. CAUTION When emroidering on lrge grments (especilly jckets or other hevy frics), do not let the fric hng over the tle. Otherwise, the emroidery unit cnnot move freely nd the emroidery frme my strike the needle, cusing the needle to end or rek nd possily cuse injury. Plce the fric so tht it does not hng off the tle or hold the fric to keep it from drgging. Emroidery Step y Step Stndrd oin cse (green mrking on the screw) Stndrd oin cse originlly instlled in the mchine hs green mrking on the screw. We recommend using the included emroidery oin thred with this oin cse. Do not djust the tension screw on this oin cse with the green mrked screw. Note Before emroidering, check tht there is enough thred in the oin. If you strt to emroider your project without enough thred in the oin, you will need to rewind the oin in the middle of the emroidery pttern. Do not leve ojects in the rnge of motion of the emroidery frme. The frme my strike the oject nd cuse poor finish to the emroidery pttern. When emroidering on lrge grments (especilly jckets or other hevy frics), do not let the fric hng over the tle. Otherwise, the emroidery unit cnnot move freely, nd the pttern my not turn out s plnned. 53

56 EMBROIDERING A PATTERN Emroidering Ptterns Exmple: Lower the emroidery foot, then press the Strt/Stop utton to strt emroidering. When the first color is completely emroidered, the mchine will utomticlly trim the threds nd stop. The emroidery foot will then utomticlly e rised. On the emroidery color order disply, the next color will move to the top. Memo If you wnt to get more ttrctive finishes, try the procedures elow; - After 5-6 stitches, press the Strt/Stop utton gin to stop the mchine. - Trim the excess thred t the end of the sem. If the end of the sem is under the emroidery foot, rise the emroidery foot, then trim the excess thred. Emroidery color order Cursor Memo The [+] cursor moves over the pttern, showing which prt of the pttern is eing emroidered. Using the utomtic needle threder, thred the mchine for the first color. c If there is thred left over from the eginning of emroidering, it my e emroidered over s you continue emroidering the pttern, mking it very difficult to del with the thred fter the pttern is finished. Trim the threds t the eginning of ech thred chnge. Remove the thred for the first color from the mchine. Thred the mchine with the next color. 54

57 EMBROIDERING A PATTERN d Repet the sme steps for emroidering the remining colors. d 1 c Emroidery Step y Step Current stitch numers/totl stitch numers Current time/totl time c The prt of pttern emroider next d Emroidered colors/totl colors When the lst color is emroidered, Finished emroidering will pper on the disply. Press, nd the disply will return to the originl screen. Memo The Thred Trimming Function is originlly set to trim excess thred jumps (threds linking prts of the pttern, etc.). Depending on the type of thred nd fric tht re used, n end of upper thred my remin on the surfce of the fric t the eginning of the stitching. After emroidering is finished, cut off this excess thred. If the setting hs een turned off, trim the excess thred jumps using scissors fter the pttern is finished. Refer to pge 106 for informtion on the thred trimming function. 55

58 ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS Note Be creful not to ump the emroidery unit crrige or the emroidery foot when removing or ttching the emroidery frme. Otherwise, the pttern will not emroider correctly. If the Boin Runs Out of Thred When the oin egins to run out of thred during emroidering, the mchine will stop nd the messge elow will pper. Press nd follow the directions elow to replce the oin. Unlock the frme-securing lever nd remove the emroidery frme. * Be creful not to pply strong force to the fric t this time. Otherwise, the fric my loosen in the frme. c Insert wound oin into the mchine. (Refer to Setting the Boin on pge 20.) Note If Upper nd Boin Thred Sensor in the Generl settings screen of the mchine setting mode is set to OFF, the messge shown ove does not pper. You cn emroider 10 finl stitches without replcing the oin y pressing. Press. d Press. e f Attch the emroidery frme. To return to the spot in the pttern where you stopped emroidering, follow steps through h in If the Thred Breks During Emroidering on pge 57. After the thred is utomticlly cut, the crrige will move. 56

59 ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS If the Thred Breks During Emroidering If the upper thred is roken, redo the upper threding. If the oin thred is roken, press nd follow the directions in steps through e in If the Boin Runs Out of Thred on pge 56. Press. Press or to move the needle ck e the correct numer of stitches efore the spot where the thred roke. * If you cnnot move ck to the spot where the thred roke, press or to select the color nd move to the eginning position of tht color, then use or to move hed to slightly efore where the thred roke. 1 Emroidery Step y Step c Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to lower the emroidery foot. d Press. * Press to enlrge the imge in the screen. * Press to remove from the screen. f Press window. g Press h to close the cmer view to return to the originl screen. Press the Strt/Stop utton to continue emroidering. The cmer view window ppers. 57

60 ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS Restrting from the Beginning Press. Resuming Emroidery After Turning Off the Power The current color nd stitch numer re sved when emroidery is stopped. The next time the mchine is turned on, you hve the option to continue or delete the pttern. Memo Even if the power goes out in the middle of emroidery, the mchine returns to the point where emroidery ws stopped when the mchine is turned on gin. Press. Current stitch numer when emroidery ws stopped Note Do not remove the emroidery unit or the memory will no longer rememer your design. Turn the min power to ON. c The crrige moves, returning the needle to the pttern s eginning position. Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to lower the emroidery foot nd strt emroidering. Follow the instructions shown on the screen nd remove the emroidery frme. The following messge will pper. 58

61 ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS c Attch the emroidery frme nd press. 1 Emroidery Step y Step The previous emroidering screen displyed efore the mchine ws turned off ppers. Memo If you wnt to strt new emroidery pttern, press so the pttern selection screen ppers. d Continue emroidering. Stitch numer when emroidery is resumed 59

62 60 ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE EMBROIDERY PROCESS

63 Chpter 2 Bsic Editing

64 BASIC EDITING BASIC EDITING Previewing the Pttern The stitch simultor screen ppers. Press. An imge of the pttern s it will e emroidered ppers. Press used in the preview. to select the frme * Frmes displyed in drk gry cnnot e selected. * Press to enlrge the imge of the pttern. * The pttern cn e emroidered s it ppers in the following disply. Select the simultion speed. Press, or to chnge the speed. The speed cn even e chnged while the simultion is running. Opertion keys : Press to strt the simultion t the set speed. When pressing, icon chnges to. : Press this key while the simultion is running to puse it. When pressing, icon chnges to. Press to return to the emroidery frme holder/ emroidery frme selection screen. d Press. c Press to check the emroidering order. 62

65 BASIC EDITING Moving the Pttern Rotting the Pttern Press, nd then press to disply the pttern move window. Press, nd then press. c Use Select the desired pttern y pressing, if there re severl ptterns on the screen. to move the pttern in the 2 direction shown y the rrow. Press center the pttern. to Bsic Editing Select the key indicting the desired direction nd ngle for rotting the pttern. (Exmple: rottes 90 degrees clockwise.) Distnce from the center Pttern select key If USB mouse is connected, move the mouse to position the pointer on the desired pttern, nd then select nd drg the pttern. The pttern cn lso e drgged y selecting it directly in the screen with your finger or the dul purpose stylus. d Press. 0 63

66 BASIC EDITING * Press to return the pttern to its originl position. Chnging the Size of the Pttern Press, nd then press. Degree of rottion Memo If the USB mouse is connected, you cn rotte the pttern y rotting the mouse wheel. Rotte the mouse wheel wy from you to rotte the pttern 10 degrees to the left. Rotte the mouse wheel towrd you to rotte the pttern 10 degrees to the right. Select the direction in which to chnge the size. Exmple: You cn move ptterns using on the window. You cn lso rotte ptterns y drgging t the top of the pttern. c Press. Memo Press to return the pttern to its originl size. 64

67 BASIC EDITING Chnging the Size y Drgging You cn lso chnge the pttern size y drgging the red point on the pttern imge. 2 Size of the pttern Memo In order to mintin emroidering qulity, there is limit to how much the emroidery pttern cn e enlrged or reduced. Some ptterns or chrcters cn e enlrged to greter degree if they re rotted 90 degrees. If the USB mouse is connected, you cn chnge the size of the pttern y rotting the mouse wheel. Rotte the mouse wheel wy from you to shrink the pttern. Rotte the mouse wheel towrd you to enlrge the pttern. You cn move ptterns using the window. c Press. on Note You cn chnge the pttern size with one finger. Using two or more fingers does not work. Chnging the Size nd the Density of the Pttern You cn chnge the pttern size while mintining the desired thred density. The mchine reclcultes the stitch density utomticlly. With this function, the pttern will e enlrged or reduced t lrger rtio thn with norml pttern resizing. Note Be sure to do tril emroidery using sme fric nd threds s project in order to check the emroidering results. This function cnnot e used with chrcter ptterns, frme ptterns or order ptterns. However, order pttern cn e edited fter this function hs een used. Ptterns with lrge numer of stitches cnnot e resized while mintining thred density. Bsic Editing Press Memo Depending on the pttern, the size of the pttern increses up to 200 % or reduces to 60 %. in the size window. * : When you wnt to increse or decrese the density of the design. When the pttern size is chnged, the thred density for the pttern increses or decreses, ut the numer of stitches is mintined. 65

68 BASIC EDITING * : When chnging the size, the pttern keeps the originl density. The numer of stitch is reclculted. Select the direction in which to chnge the size. Chnging the Density The thred density cn e chnged. A setting etween 80% nd 120% in 5% increments cn e specified. This setting is ville for some lphet chrcter ptterns, frme ptterns nd so on. Other ptterns re ville fter enling ptterns to chnge the density. For detils, refer to Chnging the Size nd the Density of the Pttern on pge 65. Press, nd then press. * Press to mke the pttern less dense. * Press to mke the pttern more dense. Note If the pttern is enlrged nd there is spce etween stitches, etter effect cn e chieved y incresing the thred density. If the pttern is reduced nd the stitching is too thick, etter effect cn e chieved y reducing the thred density. c Press. Chnge the density. * Press to mke the pttern less dense. * Press to mke the pttern more dense. 66

69 BASIC EDITING Designing Repeted Ptterns Norml Fine (stitches closer together) c Corse (stitches frther prt) The pttern density chnges ech time you press utton. Emroidering Repeted Ptterns Using the order function, you cn crete repeted ptterns. You cn lso djust the spcing of the ptterns. Press, nd then press. 2 c Press. Creting Horizontl Mirror Imge Bsic Editing Press, nd then press to crete horizontl mirror imge of the selected pttern. Select the direction in which the pttern will e repeted. Use to repet the pttern ove nd to repet the pttern elow. * To delete ove pttern, press. * To delete elow pttern, press. 67

70 BASIC EDITING Verticl direction c Adjust the spcing of the repeted pttern. * To widen spcing, press. * To tighten spcing, press. c Repeting nd deleting keys Spcing keys c Key to cncel pttern repeting Horizontl direction d Complete repeted ptterns y repeting steps through c. e Press. Memo When there re two or more ptterns, ll ptterns will e grouped together s one pttern in the red frme. c Repeting nd deleting keys Spcing keys c Key to cncel pttern repeting The pttern direction indictor will chnge depending on the direction selected. When chnging the direction in which the pttern will e repeted, ll of the ptterns in the red frme will utomticlly e grouped s one repeting unit. Refer to the following section on how to repet one element of repeted pttern. 68

71 BASIC EDITING Repeting One Element of Repeted Pttern By using the Cut function, you cn select one element of repeted pttern nd repet only tht single element. This function llows you to design complex repeted ptterns. d Press. Press. Choose the direction in which the repeted pttern will e cut. 2 * Press to cut verticlly. * Press to cut horizontlly. The repeted pttern will e divided into seprte elements. Bsic Editing e Press. f Use nd to select the element to repet. The pttern direction indictor will chnge depending on the direction selected. c Use nd to select the cut line. Repet the selected element. g h Press. The cut line will move. 69

72 BASIC EDITING Note Once you hve cut repeted pttern into seprte elements, you cnnot return to the originl repeted pttern. Ech element cn e edited seprtely in the edit screen. Refer to Selecting comined emroidery ptterns on pge 87. Press to chnge the emroidering order in order to minimize the numer of the thred color chnges. c Press sewn. to select the thred mrk to e Assigning Thred Mrks By emroidering thred mrks, you cn esily lign ptterns when emroidering series. When emroidering is finished on pttern, thred mrk in the shpe of n rrow will e sewn using the finl thred. When emroidering series of ptterns, use the point of this rrow for positioning the following designs to e emroidered. Press, nd then press. Press. Memo When there re two or more elements, use nd or nd to select pttern tht you wnt to ssign thred mrk(s) to. d Press. Emroidering the Pttern Repetedly After creting the repeted pttern, rehoop the emroidery frme nd keep emroidering for the next pttern. Memo The optionl order frme llows you to esily rehoop the fric without removing the emroidery frme from the mchine. 70

73 BASIC EDITING Select the order pttern with the thred mrk t the center of the end of the pttern. * Refer to Assigning Thred Mrks on pge 70. Note Adjust the position of the fric so tht the emroidering re for the next pttern is within the emroidering re of the emroidery sheet. 2 Bsic Editing Press, then. Pttern emroidered first Position of pttern to e emroidered next c Emroidering re of emroidery sheet c Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. When emroidering is finished, the thred mrk is sewn with the lst thred color. f Attch the emroidery frme to the mchine, nd then touch. d Remove the emroidery frme. e Rehoop the fric in the emroidery frme. 71

74 BASIC EDITING g Touch to set the strting point to the center of the pttern. l Press the positioning keys to move the emroidery frme until the thred mrk on the fric is ligned on the strting point in the cmer view window. c h Touch. i Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to lower the emroidery foot. j Press. k Press. m Grid lines Thred mrk on the fric c Positioning keys Memo Press to enlrge the cmer view. By enlrging the cmer view, you cn mke close djustment for the needle drop point moving the emroidery frme little y little. If the pttern position cnnot e ligned using the positioning keys, rehoop the fric, nd then try gin to lign the position with the positioning keys. Note When emroidering the repeted pttern, you cnnot rotte the pttern in the cmer view window. If the pttern is rotted in the cmer view window, you cnnot emroider the pttern properly ligned even if the thred mrk nd the strting point re ligned in the cmer view window. n Press to return to the previous screen. o Remove the thred mrk. p Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. 72

75 BASIC EDITING Duplicting Pttern Deleting the Pttern Press, nd then press. Press to delete the pttern from the screen. 2 Bsic Editing The duplicte is positioned. Displying Ptterns in the Screen Mgnified Press to mgnify the imge. * The imge is mgnified y 125%, 150% nd 200% s you press. Duplicted pttern Note If multiple ptterns re displyed in the screen, only the pttern selected using nd is duplicted. Move nd edit ech duplicted pttern individully. 73

76 BASIC EDITING Check the displyed pttern. Memo When mgnifying, pressing enles you to move displyed re. At this time, the emroidery pttern in the loction in the emroidery field does not move. 74

77 EDITING LETTERS EDITING LETTERS Selecting Alphet Chrcter Ptterns Exmple: Entering The Sky is Blue. Press. e Press nd enter he. 2 Press the key of the font you wnt to emroider. Bsic Editing f Press to enter spce. c Press the t to select chrcter type. d Press nd then enter T. * If you wnt to chnge the size of chrcter, select the chrcter nd then press to chnge the size. The size chnges ech time you press the key, from lrge to medium to smll. * If you mke mistke, press to erse the mistke. Memo If you continue dding chrcters fter chnging the size, the new chrcters will e entered in the new size. 75

78 EDITING LETTERS g Press gin nd enter S. Chrcter Alignment Ech press of switches etween right lignment, left lignment nd center lignment, in tht order. Right lignment Left lignment Center lignment h Press nd then enter ky_is. Chnging Font Type Before chnging the font type, press, nd then press. i Press to mke new line. j Enter Blue ccording to step d nd e. k Press. The emroidering screen is displyed. l Follow the steps from d to g of Selecting Emroidery Ptterns/Decortive Alphet Ptterns/Utility Emroidery Ptterns on pge

79 EDITING LETTERS Press. The new font is selected. 2 Select the font type. c All the chrcters in the screen chnge into the selected font type. Chnging Letter Size Press, nd then press. Bsic Editing * Scroll the r to disply the font type tht is not on the screen. Memo To chnge the chrcter font type for only the selected chrcter, press. The font type on the left side of the selected chrcter is chnged. d Press. 77

80 EDITING LETTERS Press. Chnging the Configurtion of Alphet Chrcter Ptterns Press, nd then press. c Chnge the size of letters. Press. c Chnge the size to the specific direction. Chnge the size from L, M or S size. c Move the text. Memo To chnge the chrcter letter size for only the selected chrcter, press. The letter size on the left side of the selected chrcter is chnged. d Press. 78

81 EDITING LETTERS c Select the lyout. (Exmple: ) When selecting n rc, use nd to chnge the degree of the rc. Chnging Alphet Chrcter Spcing * Press to mke the rc fltter. * Press to mke the rc rounder. Press, nd then press. 2 Bsic Editing Memo When selecting, these keys ( nd Press. ) chnge to look like ( nd ). So you cn increse or decrese the incline. You cn move ptterns using on the screen. d Press. 79

82 EDITING LETTERS Select the spcing. c * Press to increse the chrcter spcing. * Press to decrese the chrcter spcing. * Press to return the pttern to its originl ppernce. * Press to move the text up. * Press to move the text down. Memo The spcing etween chrcters cn e reduced to 50% of the nrrowest chrcter in the group. Re-editing Chrcter Ptterns Even fter text hs een entered, the chrcters cn e re-edited. Press, nd then press. Memo To chnge the chrcter spcing for only the selected chrcter, press. The spcing on the left side of the selected chrcter is chnged. The chrcter pttern cn e re-edited. Note A line feed cnnot e dded when reediting chrcter ptterns. You cn move ptterns using on the screen. d Press. Note It is not recommended to edit dt nd trnsfer to other or older version mchines. Some fetures do not pply in other mchines, so prolems my occur. Chrcter spcing cn e reduced only when chrcters re rrnged normlly on stright line. 80

83 EDITING COLORS EDITING COLORS Chnging the Thred Color You cn chnge the thred color y moving the color to e chnged to the top of the emroidering order nd selecting new color from the thred colors in the mchine. Press, nd then press. Select new color from the color plette, c nd then press. * To return to the originl color, press. If multiple colors hve een chnged, this commnd will return ll colors to their originl colors. 2 Bsic Editing The thred color plette screen displys. Press the color of the prt to e chnged. * Scroll color plette re to disply the thred color tht is not on the screen. The selected thred color imge is displyed. Color plette The selected color ppers t the top of the emroidering order. The disply shows the chnged colors. d Press. Memo Press to find thred color y entering its numer. If you enter the wrong numer, press, nd then enter the correct numer. After entering the numer, press. Selected thred color imge 64 Emroidery thred color plette Find New Color Schemes With the Color Shuffling Function With the color shuffling function, the mchine suggests new color schemes for the emroidery pttern tht you hve selected. After you select the 81

84 EDITING COLORS desired effect from the four ville ( Rndom, Vivid, Grdient nd Soft ), smple color schemes for the selected effect re displyed. Press, nd then press. The thred color plette screen ppers. Press. If you select Rndom or Grdient, the color specifying screen will pper. * If you select Vivid or Soft, proceed to step f. e Press nd specify the thred color to use in the desired effect. * If you don t need to specify the thred color, just set to. c The color shuffling screen ppers. Note This function my not e ville depending on the pttern you select (ex. ordered emroidery pttern, licensed pttern). Select the thred rnd for colors nd the numer of colors you wnt to crete the pttern with. Thred rnd for colors Numer of colors to e used. d Select the desired effect. Effects for schemes 82

85 EDITING COLORS Mnul setting for Rndom You cn select up to 6 colors to e used in the Rndom effect. The effect will e creted using the selected colors. f Press. g Press the desired color scheme from smples. * Press to disply the new schemes. 2 Bsic Editing Select colors from the pllet. Selected colors re listed. Mnul setting for Grdient You cn select one color to e used in the Grdient effect. The effect will e creted with color you select. Press to review the previous schemes. Note Mximum 10 pges of schemes cn e reviewed. After 10 pges of schemes, the oldest pge is deleted every time you press. h Press nd then, select the displyed color scheme. * Press to return to the previous screen. * You cn continue selecting color schemes from the selected pge prior to pressing. Select color from the pllet. Selected color is displyed. 83

86 EDITING COLORS * Press or to disply the other color schemes. Press. The thred color plette screen will pper. Thred Color Sorting * Press gin to check the sorted thred colors. This function llows you to emroider while replcing the thred spool miniml numer of times. Before strting to emroider, press in the emroidery screen to rerrnge the emroidery order nd sort it y thred colors. Press in the emroidery screen. The emroidery color order is rerrnged nd sorted y thred colors. Press, then to cncel color sorting nd emroider with the originl emroidery color order. Note This function does not work on overlpping designs. 84

87 COMBINING PATTERNS COMBINING PATTERNS Editing Comined Ptterns Exmple: Comining lphet chrcters with n emroidery pttern nd editing Select, press nd then press. 2 Press pttern. to select n emroidery Bsic Editing c Press. 85

88 COMBINING PATTERNS d Press chrcters. to enter the lphet * Press to return to the previous screen. Press, nd then press to h chnge the color of the chrcters. * Refer to pge 81 for more informtion out chnging the color. e Select nd enter LOVE. When ll editing is finished, press. i The chrcters you enter will e displyed in the center of the disply. f Press to chnge the lyout of the chrcters. Press. * Refer to pge 78 for more informtion out chnging the lyout. g Use to move the chrcters. * With USB mouse, your finger or the dul purpose stylus, drg the chrcters to move them. 86

89 COMBINING PATTERNS Selecting comined emroidery ptterns If multiple ptterns hve een comined, use to select the pttern to e edited. If USB mouse is connected, the pttern cn e selected y clicking it. Move the mouse to position the pointer over the desired pttern, nd then click the left mouse utton. In ddition, ptterns cn e selected y directly touching the screen with your finger or dul purpose stylus. Memo Use to select ptterns tht re overlpping nd cnnot e selected y clicking them or y touching the screen. Selecting Multiple Ptterns t the Sme Time Multiple ptterns cn esily e edited, for exmple, when moving ptterns tht re comined, if they re ll selected together. Press. The Multiple Selection screen ppers. Touch ech pttern to select multiple ptterns. 2 Bsic Editing 87

90 COMBINING PATTERNS Memo Multiple ptterns cn lso e selected y drgging your finger in the screen. Multiple ptterns cn e selected or deselected from the Multiple Selection screen. Press or to check the ptterns to e selected, nd then press. Grouping Multiple Selected Ptterns If the multiple ptterns selected in Selecting Multiple Ptterns t the Sme Time on pge 87 re grouped, they cn e edited s single pttern. Press to select multiple ptterns. The selected ptterns re grouped. The selected ptterns re surrounded with red ox. Press to select ll ptterns in the pttern disply re. Press to deselect ll selected ptterns. The ptterns cn lso e selected y touching them directly in the screen. While the Multiple Selection screen is displyed, ptterns cn e moved with. The following functions cnnot e used while multiple ptterns re selected. -Resizing -Rotting - Appliqué - Border - Thred color chnging c Press screen. to return to the emroidery edit * Ech selected pttern is surrounded with red ox. * Press to ungroup the ptterns. If there re multiple grouped ptterns, the selected pttern group is ungrouped. Memo When ptterns re grouped, the following functions re pplied to ll ptterns in the pttern group. -Moving -Rotting - Appliqué - Border - Extrcting pttern outlines - Simple stippling or echo quilting - Thred color chnging 88

91 COMBINING PATTERNS Aligning the Emroidery Ptterns Exmple: Press, select ech pttern tht you wnt to lign, nd then press. 2 d e f c Bsic Editing Press,, nd then press the key for the desired lignment. No. Disply Explntion c d e f Top Middle Bottom Left Center Right 89

92 COMBINING PATTERNS Emroidering Comined Ptterns Comined ptterns will e emroidered in the order they were entered. In this exmple, the emroidery order will e s follows: Note Follow the directions in Emroidering Ptterns on pge 54. Emroider y following the color order on the right side of the disply. After re emroidered, the [+] cursor will move to the LOVE prt of the pttern. Emroider. 90 When LOVE is emroidered, the disply returns to the emroidering screen.

93 Chpter 3 Advnced Editing

94 VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS Uninterrupted Emroidering (Using Single Color : Monochrome) A selected pttern cn e stitched out in one color insted of multicolor. The mchine will continue till the pttern is completed. In the emroidery screen, press. The thred color displyed on the screen will e gryed out. Memo Even if uninterrupted emroidering hs een set, the utomtic thred cutting function nd the thred trimming function cn e used (pge 105 nd 106). Press. * Press the key gin to return to the originl setting. Disply the Fric While Aligning the Emroidering Position The fric hooped in the emroidery frme cn e displyed on the LCD so tht the emroidery position cn e esily ligned. Exmple: Note When emroidery frme (smll: H 2 cm W 6 cm (H 1 inch W 2-1/2 inches)) is instlled, the uilt-in cmer cnnot e used to lign the emroidering position. For detils on using thicker fric such s quilting, refer to Positioning the Pttern on Thick Fric on pge

95 VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS Hoop the fric in the emroidery frme, nd then ttch the frme to the mchine. Select the pttern nd, if necessry, edit the pttern nd press. e When the following messge ppers, press. Note When using light to medium weight frics, check the settings screen to mke sure Fric Thickness Sensor is set to OFF. The crrige moves so the fric cn e scnned. c Press. f Memo If you do not wish the upper thred to e scnned together with the fric, scn the fric without the needle threded with the upper thred. When the fric ppers s ckground for the pttern, press to disply the 3 editing window. * The pttern cn e moved to the desired position y drgging on the screen using your finger, the dul purpose stylus or connected mouse without displying the editing window. If you need some fine djustment, move the pttern from the editing window. Advnced Editing d Press. 93

96 VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS g Press window. to disply the pttern moving Specify Fric Disply from the Settings Screen Whether the fric disppers or remins displyed cn e specified from the settings screen. h Use emroidery position. to lign the pttern to the desired Set to Fine to scn clerer thn setting to Stndrd. Press completely. to remove the ckground imge Note The fric ckground will remin if the emroidery is not finished. In this cse, erse the ckground imge from the settings screen. Sving Scnned Imge to USB Medi Insert the USB medi into the USB port on the mchine. i Press. Memo If necessry, press to disply preview in order to check the pttern position. Press the Strt/Stop utton to strt j emroidering. * Refer to Emroidering Ptterns on pge 54. When emroidery is finished, the fric displyed in the ckground disppers. USB medi USB port Press imge. nd select the USB port to sve c Press. The imge file will e sved to the USB medi. d Remove the USB medi, nd then check the sved imge using computer. The files for scnned imges re sved with the nme BG**.PNG in folder leled Pocket. 94

97 VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS * ** in the nme BG**.PNG will utomticlly e replced with numer etween 00 nd 99. Positioning the Pttern on Thick Fric When positioning the pttern on thick fric such s quilting, the fric my not e detected correctly. In order for the fric to e correctly detected, its thickness must first e mesured. Affix the emroidery positioning sticker to g the fric within the re indicted y the red frme displyed with the projector, nd then press. Memo This feture is functionl only when the fric is scnned. It will not ffect emroidering if it is turned on with norml emroidery. Hoop the fric in the emroidery frme, nd then ttch the frme to the mchine. 3 Select the pttern nd, if necessry, edit the pttern nd press. c Disply pge 10 of the settings screen, nd then set Fric Thickness Sensor to ON. When the following messge ppers, h remove the emroidery positioning sticker, nd then press. Advnced Editing d Press. e Press. f Press. i The crrige is moved, nd the emroidery positioning sticker ffixed to the fric is detected. Continue with step f on pge 93 to lign the pttern with the desired emroidery position. CAUTION Use frics with thickness of less thn 3 mm (pprox. 1/8 inch). Using frics thicker thn 3 mm (pprox. 1/8 inch) my cuse the needle to rek. 95

98 VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS Bsting Emroidery Before emroidering, sting stitches cn e sewn long the outline of the pttern. This is useful for emroidering fric tht cnnot hve stilizer mteril ffixed with n iron or dhesive. By stitching stilizer mteril to the fric, shrinkge of the stitching or misligned pttern cn e minimized. Press. c Touch the numer to specify the distnce from the pttern to the sting stitching. Note It is recommended to finish comining nd editing the pttern efore selecting the sting setting. If the pttern is edited fter selecting the sting setting, the sting nd pttern my ecome misligned, nd the sting under the pttern my e difficult to remove fter emroidering is complete. Press, nd then press to select the sting setting. d Press e f Memo The higher the setting, the frther the sting is from the pttern. The setting remins selected even if the mchine is turned off. to return to the previous screen. Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. When emroidering is finished, remove the sting stitching. Memo To cncel the setting, press. Bsting is dded to the eginning of the emroidering order. 96

99 PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) Completed emroidery ptterns comined with printed designs re uilt into this mchine. Beutiful three-dimensionl emroidered designs cn e creted y ironing ckground onto fric or printing it onto printle fric, then doing complementry emroidery on top of the ckground. Using iron-on pper 3 Using printle fric Advnced Editing Step1 Select pttern to e comined with the ckground imge. Refer to Selecting Pttern on pge 98. Step2 Output from the mchine the ckground imge nd the positioning imge. Refer to Exporting the Bckground Imge nd Positioning Imge on pge 98. Step3 When using iron-on pper With printer, print the ckground onto iron-on pper, nd print the emroidery position sheet on plin pper. Then, iron the ckground imge onto fric. When using printle fric With printer, print the ckground onto printle fric, nd print the emroidery position sheet on plin pper. Refer to Printing the Bckground nd Emroidery Position Sheet on pge 99. Step4 Hoop in the emroidery frme the fric with the ckground imge ironed on or printed, check the emroidering position, nd then strt emroidering. Refer to Emroidering Ptterns on pge 100. Note Print the ckground nd emroidery position sheet in their originl dimensions. If n imge is printed in different size, the sizes of the emroidery pttern nd ckground my not mtch. In ddition, the uilt-in cmer cnnot detect the emroidery position mrk. Mke sure tht the print settings re correctly specified. 97

100 PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) Selecting Pttern Ptterns comining emroidery nd printed designs ppers with nd. Memo Refer to the Quick Reference Guide for the detil of ptterns which enle this function. Select pttern comining emroidery nd printed designs. * To return to the imge of only the emroidery design, press. Exporting the Bckground Imge nd Positioning Imge Use USB medi or SD crd to sve the following three imges from the mchine. * File nme my differ depending on the PDF file selected. Only the emroidery pttern (not the ckground imge of the selected emroidery pttern) is displyed. [xxx]r.pdf (Exmple: E_1r.pdf) An imge flipped on verticl xis (for n ironon trnsfer) Checking the Comined Imge Press. [xxx]n.pdf (Exmple: E_1n.pdf) An imge tht is not flipped (for printing on printle fric) [xxx]p.pdf (Exmple: E_1p.pdf) An imge tht is not flipped, ut hs positioning mrks ttched (for positioning) An imge of the pttern comined with the ckground ppers. 98

101 PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) Note Print the ckground nd emroidery position sheet in their originl dimensions. If n imge is printed in different size, the sizes of the emroidery pttern nd ckground my not mtch. In ddition, the uilt-in cmer cnnot detect the emroidery position mrk. Mke sure tht the print settings re correctly specified. When printing the PDF file of the imge with positioning mrks, specify the highest imge qulity possile for full-color printing. In ddition, use mtte printing pper. Due to poor printing conditions, the mchine s uilt-in cmer my not e le to correctly detect the positioning mrks. (For detils on printing, refer to the operting instructions for your printer.) Printing the Bckground nd Emroidery Position Sheet Print the PDF files of the ckground nd emroidery position sheet. The ckground file tht is printed differs depending on whether ironon pper or printle fric is used. To view the PDF file, Adoe Reder is needed. If it is not instlled on your computer, you cn downlod it from the Adoe Systems wesite: Open the PDF file to e printed, click File - Print, nd then set Pge Scling to None (100%). 3 Connect to the mchine the medi where the dt will e sved. Select the pttern, nd then press. Note Print the ckground nd emroidery position sheet in their originl dimensions. If n imge is printed in different size, the sizes of the emroidery pttern nd ckground my not mtch. In ddition, the uilt-in cmer cnnot detect the emroidery position mrk. Mke sure tht the print settings re correctly specified. Advnced Editing Print the ckground imge. * When printing onto iron-on pper, print the file nmed E_1r.pdf (n imge flipped on verticl xis). When printing onto printle fric, print the file nmed E_1n.pdf (n imge tht is not flipped). The select output screen ppers. Bckground imge c Press the key for the corresponding medi to sve the files. Two files of the ckground imge only nd one file for ligning emroidery into position re copied (PDF formt) onto the USB medi or the SD crd. Memo Do not remove the USB medi or the SD crd from the mchine until dt export is finished. 99

102 PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) Note Before printing onto iron-on pper or printle fric, we recommend performing test print to check the print settings. For detils on printing on iron-on trnsfer sheets or printle fric, refer to the instructions for the iron-on trnsfer sheets nd printle fric. Some printers will utomticlly print n imge flipped if n iron-on trnsfer sheet is selected s the pper. For detils, refer to the instructions for the printer eing used. Emroidering Ptterns Hoop in the emroidery frme the fric with the ckground imge ironed on. c Print the emroidery position sheet (file nmed E_1p.pdf) onto plin pper. d Emroidery position sheet Note When printing the PDF file for the emroidery position sheet, specify the highest imge qulity possile for full-color printing. In ddition, we recommend printing on mtte pper. If this is not done, the uilt-in cmer my not e le to correctly detect the emroidery positioning mrk. If n iron-on trnsfer sheet is used, trnsfer the imge onto fric. Cut the pper printed with the center positioning imge so it cn esily e positioned ligned with the ckground imge on the fric. c * Lines or color chnges in the imge cn help you find the correct lignment position. Plce the pper printed with the positioning imge on top of the fric so tht the pttern is ligned, nd then ffix the pper to the fric with cellophne tpe to prevent the pper from moving. Memo For detils on trnsferring from iron-on trnsfer sheets, refer to the instructions for the iron-on trnsfer sheets. If necessry, cut the iron-on trnsfer sheet to the size of the pttern efore trnsferring the imge. Cellophne tpe 100

103 PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS) After checking tht pttern is selected, d press. The emroidering screen ppers. Note Before emroidering, check tht the emroidery position sheet is perfectly ligned with the ckground. e f Align the emroidering position ccording to steps through m of Aligning the Emroidering Position Using the Built-In Cmer on pge 47. Remove the positioning sheet nd press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering. 3 Note Before pressing the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering, remove the positioning sheet tped to the fric in step c. Advnced Editing 101

104 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Adjusting Thred Tension When emroidering, the thred tension should e set so tht the upper thred cn slightly e seen on the wrong side of the fric. Correct Thred Tension The pttern cn e seen from the wrong side of the fric. If the thred tension is not set correctly, the pttern will not finish well. The fric my pucker or the thred my rek. Upper Thred is Too Tight The tension of the upper thred is too tight, resulting in the oin thred eing visile from the right side of the fric. Note If the oin thred ws incorrectly threded, the upper thred my e too tight. In this cse, refer to Setting the Boin on pge 20 nd rethred the oin thred. Right side Wrong side Follow the opertions descried elow to djust thred tension ccording to the sitution. Right side Wrong side Press. Note If the thred tension setting is mde extremely loose, the mchine my stop during emroidering. This is not the sign of mlfunction. Increse the thred tension slightly, nd egin emroidering gin. Memo If you turn the min power to OFF or select different pttern, the thred tension will reset to the utomtic setting. When you retrieve sved pttern, the thred tension setting will e the sme s when the pttern ws sved. 102

105 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Press to loosen the upper thred tension. (The tension numer will decrese.) Press to tighten the upper thred tension. (The tension numer will increse.) 3 c Press. Upper Thred is Too Loose The tension of the upper thred is too loose, resulting in loose upper thred, loose thred locks, or loops ppering on the right side of the fric. Note If the upper thred ws incorrectly threded, the upper thred my e too loose. In this cse, refer to Upper Threding on pge 22 nd rethred the upper thred. c Press. Note The tension of the upper thred cn e djusted for emroidering on pge 8 of the emroidery settings screen. The selected setting will e pplied to ll ptterns. When emroidering, if the overll tension of the upper thred is too tight or too loose, djust it from the setting screen. Increse the numer to tighten the upper thred nd decrese the numer to loosen the upper tension. If n individul emroidery pttern needs dditionl fine tuning, refer to Adjusting Thred Tension on pge 102. Advnced Editing Right side Wrong side Press. Adjusting Overll Upper Thred Tension When emroidering, if the overll tension of the upper thred is too tight or too loose, djust it from the setting screen. Press, nd then press. 103

106 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS In the Emroidery Tension, touch the numer to djust the upper thred tension. * Increse to tighten the upper thred tension. * Decrese to loosen the upper thred tension. c Press. Adjusting the Alternte Boin Cse (with No Color on the Adjusting Screw) When using the emroidery oin thred provided, plese e sure to choose the green mrked oin cse when performing utility stitch sewing nd emroidery functions. When in the emroidery function mode, the lternte oin cse (with no color on the screw) should e selected when sustitute emroidery oin threds (other thn wht is ccompnied with your mchine) re eing used. The lternte oin cse (with no color on the screw) cn e esily djusted when oin tension chnges re required to ccommodte different oin threds. Refer to the Opertion Mnul (Sewing). To djust the oin tension for emroidery function, using the lternte oin cse (with no color on the screw), turn the slotted screw (-) with (smll) screwdriver. Do not turn phillips screw (+). Adjust with screwdriver (smll). Correct Tension Upper thred slightly ppers on the wrong side of fric. Right side Wrong side 104

107 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Boin Thred is Too Loose Boin thred ppers slightly on the right side of fric. Right side Wrong side If this occurs, turn the slotted screw (-) clockwise, eing creful not to over-tighten the screw, pproximtely degrees to increse oin tension. Using the Automtic Thred Cutting Function (End Color Trim) The utomtic thred cutting function will cut the thred t the end of emroidering ech color. This function is initilly turned ON. To turn this function OFF, press key nd then. This function cn e turned on or off during emroidering. * This setting returns to its defult when the mchine is turned off. Press. 3 Boin Thred is Too Tight Upper thred on the right side of fric seems to e lifting/looping nd oin thred is not seen on the wrong side of fric. Advnced Editing Right side Wrong side If this occurs, turn the slotted screw (-) counterclockwise, eing creful not to over-loosen the screw, pproximtely degrees to decrese oin tension. Press to turn off the utomtic thred cutting function. CAUTION When djusting the lternte oin cse, e sure to remove the oin from the lternte oin cse. DO NOT djust the position of the phillips (+) screw on the lternte oin cse s this my result in dmge to the oin cse, rendering it unusle. If the slotted screw (-) is difficult to turn, do not use force. Turning the screw too much or providing force in either (rottionl) direction my cuse dmge to the oin cse. Should dmge occur, the oin cse my not mintin proper tension. The key will disply s. * When one color thred is emroidered, the mchine will stop without cutting the thred. 105

108 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Using the Thred Trimming Function (Jump Stitch Trim) The thred trimming function will utomticlly trim ny excess thred jumps within the color. This function is initilly turned ON. To turn this function OFF, press key nd then. This function cn e turned on or off during emroidering. * Your customized setting remins fter turning the mchine off nd on. Press function. to turn off the thred trimming The key will disply s. * The mchine will not trim the thred efore moving to the next stitching. Jump stitch Note When this function is turned on, use the included ll point needle 75/11 for emroidering ptterns with short jump stitches such s lphet chrcters. Using other needles my cuse the thred to rek. Press. Selecting the Trim Function to Adjust Jump Stitch Length When the thred trimming function is turned on, you cn select the length of the jump stitch. Stitch elow the vlue will not e trimmed. This function cn e turned ON or OFF during emroidering. Select setting from 5 mm to 50 mm in 5 mm increments. * Your customized setting remins fter turning the mchine off nd on. Press or to select the length of jump stitch. For exmple: Press to select 25 mm (1 inch) nd the mchine will not trim jump stitch of 25 mm or less efore moving to the next stitching. Note If design hs mny trims it is recommended to select higher jump stitch trim setting in order to reduce the mount of excess tils on ckside of fric. The higher numer of the jump stitch length selected, the fewer numer of times the mchine will trim. In this cse, more jump stitches remin on the surfce of the fric. 106

109 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Adjusting the Emroidery Speed In the Thred color, touch the sttus to disply the nme of the thred colors or the emroidery thred numer. Press, nd then press. In the Mx Emroidery Speed, touch the numer to chnge the mximum emroidery speed. * You cn choose from 8 different speed levels. c Touch the emroidery thred nme to select from 13 emroidery thred rnds pictured elow. 3 Memo SPM is the numer of stitches emroidered in one minute. Decrese the emroidery speed when emroidering on thin, thick, or hevy frics. The emroidery speed cn e chnged while emroidery is eing done. The setting specified efore the min power is set to OFF remins selected the next time tht the mchine is turned ON. Decrese the emroidery speed to 600 spm when using specility thred like metllic thred. c Press. Emroidery: Polyester thred Country: Cotton thred* Mdeir Poly: Polyester thred Mdeir Ryon Sulky Roison-Anton: Polyester thred Roison-Anton: Ryon thred Advnced Editing Chnging the Thred Color Disply You cn disply the nme of the thred colors or emroidery thred numer. Iscord GueterMnn Simplicity Pro Polyfst Memo Colors on the screen my vry slightly from ctul spool colors. Originl, imported dt remins the rnd thred creted with the softwre, is set s defult. Press, nd then press. Iris Florini * Depending on the country or re, cotton-like polyester thred is sold. d Press. 107

110 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS Chnging the Emroidery Frme Disply Press. Press nd. In the Emroidery Frme Disply, touch to chnge the emroidery frme disply mode. * There re 12 choices. c Press. c Press. Aligning the Pttern nd the Needle Exmple: Aligning the lower left side of pttern nd the needle Mrk the emroidery strt position on the fric, s shown. This key is used for ligning linked chrcters (pge 109). Strt position The needle position moves to the ottom left corner of the pttern (the emroidery frme moves so tht the needle is positioned correctly). 108

111 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS d Press, nd then press. Press. e Use to lign the needle nd the mrk on the fric, nd egin emroidering the pttern. 3 Memo You cn use cmer positioning function. For detils, refer to Aligning the Emroidering Position Using the Built-In Cmer on pge 47. Emroidering Linked Chrcters c Press. Advnced Editing Follow the procedure descried elow to emroider linked chrcters in single row when the entire pttern extends eyond the emroidery frme. Exmple: Linking FG to the chrcters ABCDE Select the chrcter ptterns for ABCDE. Note For detils on selecting chrcter ptterns, refer to Selecting Alphet Chrcter Ptterns on pge 75. The needle is positioned in the lower-left corner of the pttern. The crrige moves so tht the needle is positioned correctly. Note To cncel the strting point setting nd return the strting point to the center of the pttern, press. Use to select different strting point for emroidering. d Press. 109

112 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS e Press. h After the chrcters re emroidered, cut the threds to generous length, remove the emroidery frme, nd then ttch the emroidery frme gin so tht the remining chrcters ( FG ) cn e emroidered. End of the emroidering f Press to turn off the thred cutting function nd then press. i As in step, select the chrcter ptterns for FG. j Press. k Press. Press the Strt/Stop utton. g The needle is positioned in the lower-left corner of the pttern. The crrige moves so tht the needle is positioned correctly. l Press. 110

113 MAKING EMBROIDERY ADJUSTMENTS m Use to lign the needle with the end of emroidering for the previous pttern. n Press the Strt/Stop utton to egin emroidering the remining chrcter ptterns. 3 Advnced Editing Memo You cn use cmer positioning function. For detils, refer to Aligning the Emroidering Position Using the Built-In Cmer on pge

114 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Emroidery Dt Precutions Oserve the following precutions when using emroidery dt other thn tht creted nd sved in this mchine. CAUTION When using emroidery dt other thn our originl ptterns, the thred or needle my rek when emroidering with stitch density tht is too fine or when emroidering three or more overlpping stitches. In tht cse, use one of our originl dt design systems to edit the emroidery dt. Types of Emroidery Dt tht cn e Used Only.pes,.ph,.ph,.phc,.dst nd.phx emroidery dt files cn e used with this mchine. Using dt other thn tht sved using our dt design systems or mchines my cuse this mchine to mlfunction. When the mchine is used to sve file with ny extension, it is sved s.phx dt file. Types of USB Devices/Medi tht cn e Used Emroidery dt cn e sved to or reclled from USB medi. Use medi tht meets the following specifictions. USB Flsh drive (USB Flsh memory) Emroidery dt cn e reclled only. USB CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW drives You cn lso use the following types of USB medi with the USB Memory Crd Reder/USB crd writer module. Secure Digitl (SD) Crd CompctFlsh Memory Stick Smrt Medi Multi Medi Crd (MMC) xd-picture Crd Note The processing speed my vry y port selection nd quntity of dt stored. Some USB medi my not e usle with this mchine. Plese visit our wesite for more detils. The ccess lmp will egin linking fter inserting USB devices/medi, nd it will tke out 5 to 6 seconds to recognize the devices/medi. (Time will differ depending on the USB device/medi). Memo To crete file folders, use computer. Letters nd numerls cn e used in the file nmes. In ddition, if the file nme contins no more thn eight chrcters, the entire file nme will pper on the screen. If the file nme is more thn eight chrcters long, only the first six chrcters followed y ~ nd numer pper s the file nme. 112

115 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Precutions on Using the Computer to Crete nd Sve Dt If the nme of the emroidery dt file/folder cnnot e identified, for exmple, ecuse the nme contins specil chrcters, the file/folder is not displyed. If this occurs, chnge the nme of the file/folder. We recommend using the 26 letters of the lphet (uppercse nd lowercse), the numers 0 through 9, -, nd _. If emroidery dt lrger thn 408 mm (H) 272 mm (W) (pprox.16 inches (H) 10-5/8 inches (W)) is selected, messge is shown sking if you wish to rotte the pttern 90 degrees. Even fter eing rotted 90 degrees, emroidery dt lrger thn 408 mm (H) 272 mm (W) (pprox.16 inches (H) 10-5/8 inches (W)) cnnot e used. (All designs must e within the 408 mm (H) 272 mm (W) (pprox.16 inches (H) 10-5/8 inches (W)) design field size.).pes files sved with the numer of stitches or the numer of colors exceeding the specified limits cnnot e displyed. The comined design cnnot exceed mximum numer of 750,000 stitches or mximum numer of 127 color chnges (Aove numers re pproximte, depending on the overll size of the design). Use one of our design softwre progrms to edit the emroidery pttern so tht it meets these specifictions. Emroidery dt stored in folder creted in USB medi cn e retrieved. Even if the emroidery unit is not ttched, the mchine will recognize emroidery dt. Tjim (.dst) Emroidery Dt.dst dt is displyed in the pttern list screen y file nme (the ctul imge cnnot e displyed). Only the first eight chrcters of the file nme cn e displyed. Since Tjim (.dst) dt does not contin specific thred color informtion, it is displyed with our defult thred color sequence. Check the preview nd chnge the thred colors s desired. 3 Advnced Editing 113

116 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Sving Emroidery Ptterns in the Mchine s Memory You cn sve emroidery ptterns tht you hve customized nd will use often; for exmple, your nme, ptterns tht hve een rotted or hd the size chnged, ptterns tht hve hd the emroidering position chnged, etc. A totl of out 10 MB of ptterns cn e sved in the mchine's memory. Note Do not turn the min power to OFF while the Sving screen is displyed. You will lose the pttern you re sving. Memo It tkes few seconds to sve pttern to the mchine s memory. Refer to pge 115 for informtion on retrieving sved pttern. Press. * Press to return to the originl screen without sving. The Sving screen is displyed. When the pttern is sved, the disply returns to the originl screen utomticlly. If the Memory is Full If the screen elow displys, either the mximum numer of ptterns hve een sved or the pttern you wnt to sve tkes lot of memory, nd the mchine cnnot sve it. Refer to Retrieving Ptterns from the Mchine s Memory on pge 115. Press when the pttern you wnt to sve is in the emroidering screen. 114

117 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Retrieving Ptterns from the Mchine s Memory c Press. * Press to delete the emroidery pttern. Press. 3 The mchine displys the ptterns currently in the memory. The emroidering screen is displyed. Advnced Editing Press the key of the pttern you wnt to retrieve. 115

118 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Sving Emroidery Ptterns to USB Medi/SD Crd When sending emroidery ptterns from the mchine to USB medi/sd crd, plug the USB medi/sd crd into the mchine s USB port/sd crd slot. Memo USB medi is commercilly ville, ut some USB medi my not e usle with this mchine. Plese visit our wesite for more detils. Depending on the type of USB medi eing used, either directly plug the USB device into the mchine s USB port or plug the USB medi Reder/Writer into the mchine s USB port. The USB medi/sd crd cn e inserted or removed t ny time. Press when the pttern you wnt to sve is in the emroidering screen. Insert the USB medi/sd crd into the USB port/sd crd slot on the mchine. SD crd slot USB port Press the key for the corresponding medi. c Note Do not insert nything other thn USB medi into the USB medi port. Otherwise, dmge to the mchine my result. Do not insert nything other thn SD crd into the SD crd slot. Otherwise, dmge to the mchine my result. * Press to return to the originl screen without sving. The Sving screen is displyed. When the pttern is sved, the disply returns to the originl screen utomticlly. Note Do not insert or remove USB medi/sd crd while Sving screen is displyed. You will lose some or ll of the pttern you re sving. 116

119 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Reclling from USB Medi/SD crd You cn recll specific emroidery pttern from either direct USB medi/sd crd or folder in the USB medi/sd crd. If the pttern is in folder, check ech folder to find the emroidery pttern. Note The processing speed my vry y quntity of dt. c Press the key for the corresponding medi. Insert the USB medi/sd crd into the USB port/sd crd slot on the mchine. 3 SD crd slot USB port Press. Emroidery ptterns nd folder in top folder re displyed. Advnced Editing 117

120 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION d Press when there is sufolder to sort two or more emroidery ptterns to USB medi/sd crd, the emroidery pttern in the sufolder is displyed. e Press the key of the pttern you wnt to retrieve. The pttern is selected. * Press to return to the originl screen. d c Folder nme Emroidery ptterns in USB medi/sd crd c Pth * The pth to show the current folder t the top of the list. Emroidery ptterns nd sufolders within folder re displyed. d Press to return to the previous folder. * Use the computer to crete folders. Folders cnnot e creted with the mchine. 118

121 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Sving/Deleting Multiple Ptterns It my e useful to sve ll or multiple dt from USB medi/sd crd, for exmple, to the mchine. The dt cn only e sved to the mchine s memory (Pocket). Press, nd then either select the thumnils of the ptterns or press. Trnsferring Emroidery Ptterns For detiled procedures, refer to PE-DESIGN mnul (Version 11 or higher). Memo Emroidery ptterns cnnot e trnsferred if the computer nd mchine re connected to different home network. Be sure to connect to the sme home network. In the pttern type selection screen on the mchine, press. 3 Advnced Editing The thumnils of selected ptterns pper in lue. To deselect the pttern, either press the thumnil gin or press. Memo When selecting USB medi or SD crd, is displyed. When is selected, ll the selected files re sved to the mchine's memory. A list of emroidery ptterns sved in the mchine ppers. Select the pttern to e trnsferred to the ppliction, nd then press. The pttern is sved in folder to e trnsferred vi the wireless network. 119

122 USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION Receiving Emroidery Ptterns on the Mchine For detiled procedures, refer to PE-DESIGN mnul (Version 11 or higher). Memo Emroidery ptterns cnnot e trnsferred if the computer nd mchine re connected to different home network. Be sure to connect to the sme home network. In the pttern type selection screen on the mchine, press, nd then press. Select from the list the pttern to e reclled 120

123 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Creting n Appliqué Piece Appliqué pieces cn e creted from the uilt-in ptterns nd imported ptterns. This is convenient for frics tht cnnot e emroidered or when you wish to ttch n ppliqué to grment. Select the pttern, nd edit it if necessry. Creting n Appliqué Piece The following pttern will e used to crete n ppliqué piece. 3 Note Felt or denim frics re recommended to mke the ppliqué piece. Depending on the pttern nd fric used, lighter weight frics my cuse the stitching to pper smller. For est results, e sure to use stilizer mteril for emroidering. Select frme tht mtches the pttern size. Frme options re displyed on the LCD screen. When mking ppliqué pieces, do not use the order emroidery frme. Depending on the pttern density nd fric used, shrinkge of the stitching my occur. Note Finish comining nd editing the pttern efore selecting the ppliqué setting. If the pttern is edited fter selecting the ppliqué setting, the ppliqué stitching nd pttern my ecome misligned. Since n outline is dded, the pttern for n ppliqué piece (when the ppliqué setting is selected) will e lrger thn the originl pttern. First, djust the size nd position of the pttern s shown elow. c Advnced Editing Emroidering re Approx. 10 mm (3/8 inch) c Pttern size 121

124 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Press, nd then press to position the stin stitching round design. Memo Three steps re dded to the emroidering order: ppliqué cutting line, position of pttern plcement on the grment, nd ppliqué stitching. c c Specify the distnce etween the pttern nd the ppliqué outline. Cutting line for ppliqué Position of pttern plcement on grment c Appliqué stitching Note An ppliqué piece cnnot e creted if the pttern is too lrge or too complicted or comined pttern is seprted. Even if the selected pttern fits within the emroidering re, the entire ppliqué pttern my exceed the emroidering re when the outline is dded. If n error messge ppers, select different pttern or edit it. d Press. Memo At this time, the pttern nd ppliqué piece re grouped. The steps for creting the ppliqué piece re dded to the emroidering order. e Fuse or stick piece of stilizer to the ck of the felt or denim fric to e used s the ppliqué piece. Note For est results, e sure to use stilizer mteril for emroidering. 122

125 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS f g Hoop the ppliqué fric in the emroidery frme, ttch the emroidery frme to the mchine, nd then strt emroidering. After the pttern is emroidered, thred the mchine with the thred for the cutting line, nd then sew the cutting line (APPLIQUE MATERIAL). i Use two lyers of dhesive wter solule stilizer mteril with their sticky sides together, nd then hoop them in the emroidery frme. h Cutting line for ppliqué Memo We recommend using thred for the cutting line tht is closest to the color of the fric. Remove the ppliqué mteril from the emroidery frme, nd then crefully cut long the stitching. After cutting, crefully remove ll of the cutting line thred. j Note If wter solule stilizer is used, it is not necessry to remove the stilizer mteril fter sewing the ppliqué outline. To reduce shrinkge of the pttern, we recommend using wter solule stilizer. Put together two lyers of wter solule stilizer, otherwise the stilizer mteril my ter during emroidering. Thred the mchine with the thred for the outline from step l, nd then sew the plcement line for the ppliqué position (APPLIQUE POSITION). 3 Advnced Editing Note Depending on the pttern density nd fric used, there my e shrinking of the pttern or the ppliqué my e misligned with the plcement line. We recommend cutting slightly outside of the cutting line. When using ptterns tht re verticlly nd horizontlly symmetricl, use chlk pencil to indicte the pttern orienttion efore cutting it out. Crefully cut out the pttern on the outline you just sewed. Do not cut inside the cutting line, otherwise the ppliqué fric will not e cught y the ppliqué stitch. k Pttern plcement line Lightly pply glue or spry dhesive, nd pste the ppliqué piece so tht it ligns with the plcement line. Note Before psting the ppliqué piece down, mke sure the ppliqué piece is positioned correctly within the plcement line. 123

126 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS l With the mchine threded using the thred for the outline from step j, sew the outline (APPLIQUE). Using Frme Pttern for the Outline Using frme pttern, the desired shpe cn e dded s the outline of the ppliqué. To select the desired frme, refer to Selecting Frme Ptterns on pge 45. Outline of ppliqué piece m Memo The outline is sewn using stin stitching. Some glue my get onto the emroidery foot, needle, nd needle plte t this time. Finish emroidering the ppliqué pttern, nd then clen off the glue. After sewing is finished, remove the stilizer mteril from the emroidery frme. Select the pttern nd edit, if necessry. Select the desired frme shpe nd pttern, nd dd it to the ppliqué pttern. n o Use scissors to cut the excess wter solule stilizer from outside the ppliqué outline. Sok the ppliqué piece in wter to dissolve the wter solule stilizer. p Dry the ppliqué piece, nd then iron it if necessry. Note Do not pply strong force when ironing, otherwise the stitching my e dmged. 124

127 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS c Press to edit the frme pttern to fit the size of the ppliqué pttern. e Press to ungroup the ptterns. f Use to select the frme pttern, nd then press nd. 3 d Press setting. to select the ppliqué piece The frme pttern is deleted. g Press. Advnced Editing h Continue with step e of Creting n Appliqué Piece on pge 122 to complete the ppliqué piece. 125

128 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Using Appliqués This mchine cn emroider ptterns tht contin n ppliqué. Follow the procedure descried elow to emroider ptterns with (ppliqué piece), (ppliqué position) nd (ppliqué) in the emroidery color order disply. 1. Creting the Appliqué Piece Select the ppliqué pttern, nd then continue to the emroidering screen. 1. Crete the ppliqué piece. 2. Sew the ppliqué position on the se fric. 3. Affix the ppliqué piece to the se fric. 4. Emroider the reminder of the pttern. Required mterils Fric for the ppliqué piece Fric for the ppliqué se Stilizer mteril Crft glue Emroidery thred Note If (ppliqué piece), (ppliqué position) nd (ppliqué) pper in the emroidery color order disply, the nmes nd numers of the thred colors to e used will not pper. Select the thred colors ccording to those in the ppliqué pttern. c Attch stilizer mteril to the wrong side of the ppliqué fric. Hoop the fric in the emroidery frme, nd then ttch the emroidery frme to the emroidery unit. Appliqué (cotton, felt, etc.) Stilizer Thred the mchine with the emroidery thred, lower the presser foot lever, nd then press the Strt/Stop utton to sew the cutting line of the ppliqué piece. The outline of the ppliqué piece is sewn, nd then the mchine stops. Cutting line for ppliqué piece Fric for ppliqué piece 126

129 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS d Remove the fric for the ppliqué piece from the emroidery frme, nd then crefully cut long the sewn cutting line. The position of the ppliqué is sewn, nd then the mchine stops. Note If the ppliqué piece is cut out long the inside of the cutting line, it my not e correctly ttched to the fric. Therefore, crefully cut out the ppliqué piece long the cutting line. After cutting out the ppliqué piece, crefully remove the thred. c Appliqué position Bse fric Remove the emroidery frme from the emroidery unit. Note Do not remove the se fric from the emroidery frme until ll sewing is finished Sewing the Appliqué Position on the Bse Fric Attch stilizer mteril to the wrong side of the fric for the ppliqué se. Hoop the fric in the emroidery frme, nd then ttch the emroidery frme to the emroidery unit. Thred the mchine with the emroidery thred, lower the presser foot lever, nd then press the Strt/Stop utton to sew the ppliqué position. 3. Affixing the Appliqué Piece to the Bse Fric Lightly pply crft glue to the ck of the ppliqué piece, nd then ttch it to the se fric within the outline of the position sewn in step of 2. Sewing the Appliqué Position on the Bse Fric. Advnced Editing Note If the ppliqué piece is not securely ttched to the se fric, the ppliqué piece my lift off the se fric during emroidering, cusing mislignment. If the ppliqué piece cnnot e ttched to the se fric with crft glue, securely ste it in plce with sting stitches. If thin fric is used for the ppliqué piece, reinforce nd secure it in plce with n ironon dhesive sheet. An iron cn e used to ttch the ppliqué piece to the ppliqué loction. Do not remove the fric from the emroidery frme when ttching the ppliqué piece to the se fric. 127

130 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS After the ppliqué piece is ttched, ttch the emroidery frme to the mchine. Thred the mchine with the emroidery thred, lower the presser foot lever, nd then press the Strt/Stop utton to emroider the ppliqué. 4. Emroidering the Reminder of the Pttern Chnge the emroidery thred ccording to the emroidery color order disply, nd then finish emroidering the reminder of the pttern. The ppliqué piece is emroidered to the se fric, nd then the mchine stops. Memo Depending on the pttern tht is selected, (ppliqué piece), (ppliqué position) nd (ppliqué) for ll three steps my not pper. If (ppliqué) ppers s color, emroider using thred of tht color. Memo Since glue my ecome ttched to the emroidery foot, needle or needle plte, clen off ny glue off fter finishing emroidering the ppliqué pttern. For est results, trim ll excess threds ech time the thred color is chnged. 128

131 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Using Frme Pttern to Mke n Appliqué (1) You cn use frmed ptterns of the sme size nd shpe to crete n ppliqué. Emroider one pttern with stright stitch nd one pttern with stin stitch. Select stright stitch frme pttern. Emroider the pttern onto the ppliqué mteril, then cut netly round the outside of the shpe. c d Apply thin lyer of fric glue or temporry spry dhesive to the rer of the ppliqué creted in step. Attch the ppliqué to the se fric mtching the shpes. Select the stin stitch frme pttern of the sme shpe s the ppliqué. Emroider over the ppliqué nd se fric from step c to crete the ppliqué. 3 Advnced Editing Emroider the sme pttern from step onto the se fric. Note If you chnge the size or position of the ptterns when selecting them, mke note of the size nd loction. Appliqué mteril 129

132 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Using Frme Pttern to Mke n Appliqué (2) d Remove the emroidery frme from the emroidery unit, nd cut round the outside of the stitches. This is second method to mke ppliqué using emroidery ptterns. You do not hve to chnge the fric in the emroidery frme using this method. Emroider one pttern with stright stitch nd one pttern with stin stitch. Select stright stitch frme pttern, nd emroider the pttern onto the se fric. e Note Do not remove the fric from the emroidery frme to cut it. Also, do not pull strongly on the fric. Otherwise, the fric my loosen in the frme. Select the stin stitch frme pttern of the sme shpe s the ppliqué. Plce the ppliqué fric over the pttern emroidered in step. * Be sure tht the ppliqué fric completely covers the sem. c Emroider the sme pttern on the ppliqué fric. Note Do not chnge the size or position of the pttern. If you chnge the size or position of the ptterns when selecting them, mke note of the size nd loction. Appliqué mteril 130

133 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS f Rettch the emroidery frme to the emroidery unit, nd emroider the stin stitch pttern to crete n ppliqué. * Press in the stippling settings screen to crete n echo quilting pttern. After specifying the stitch settings for the c stippling, press. Creting Stippling or Echo Ptterns Automticlly 3 Stippling or echo quilting ptterns cn e creted round the mchine s uilt-in ptterns or originl emroidery dt without using My Design Center. Memo If this simple stippling opertion is used with tting sndwiched etween two lyers of fric, the emroidery pttern nd stippling my ecome misligned. For quilting, refer to Decortive Stitching Around Pttern in Emroidery ( Quilting Function) on pge 181. Select the pttern tht stippling will e dded round. c If n emroidery frme size is selected, the stippling is dded within the re of the selected frme size. If the pttern is lrger thn the selected frme size, the re indicting the frme size will pper in gry. Specify the distnce from the outline of the pttern to the stippling. c Specify the spcing for the stippling. Advnced Editing Press in the emroidery edit screen. Stippling is utomticlly pplied round the selected pttern. To select multiple ptterns, refer to Selecting Multiple Ptterns t the Sme Time on pge

134 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Emroidering Quilting Border Ptterns Quilting order ptterns lrger thn the emroidery frme cn e split in order to e emroidered. It is recommended to mesure the size of quilting order you wnt to emroider in the eginning. c Enter vlues to ech of the width nd height of the ssh nd quilting order, nd then press. After entering ll three vlues, press. c Press. Width Height c Quilting order * To cler the vlue, press. The pttern ppers with the specified settings pplied. d Check the split pttern, nd then press. Select the quilt order pttern, nd then press. You cn chnge the thred color. The dt for the split emroidery pttern is sved on the mchine. Note The dt for the split emroidery pttern cnnot e sved on externl medi such s USB medi. 132

135 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS e To emroider the pttern, press. i Move nd rotte the pttern to lign with the ckground. f Select the emroidering method, nd then press. 3 j For moving the pttern, refer to Moving the Pttern on pge 63. For rotting the pttern, refer to Rotting the Pttern on pge 63. Emroider the first section. Advnced Editing To emroider using the uilt-in cmer for ligning the emroidering position, press the key showing the entire pttern. To emroider y visully ligning the pttern sections, press the pttern section to e emroidered. * This mnul shows method. For method, refer to Emroidering Split Emroidery Ptterns on pge 134. k After emroidering the first section, following messge ppers. Press. g Press. h Attch the emroidery frme long with the first section eing emroidered, nd scn the frme. For scnning the ckground, refer to Disply the Fric While Aligning the Emroidering Position on pge 92. Move to emroider the second section. l Press. 133

136 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS m Press. Emroidering Split Emroidery Ptterns Split emroidery ptterns creted with PE-DESIGN Ver.7 or lter cn e emroidered. With split emroidery ptterns, emroidery designs lrger thn the emroidery hoop re divided into multiple sections, which comine to crete single pttern fter ech section is emroidered. For detils on creting split emroidery ptterns nd for more detiled emroidering instructions, refer to the opertion mnul included with PE- DESIGN Ver.7 or lter. n Emroider the rest of the section following the step m on pge 138 through step s on pge 141 of Connecting Three Ptterns. The following procedure descries how to red the split emroidery pttern shown elow from USB medi/sd crd nd emroider it. Connect to the mchine the medi contining the creted split emroidery pttern, nd then select the split emroidery pttern to e emroidered. * For detils on reclling ptterns, refer to Reclling from USB Medi/SD crd on pge 117. A screen ppers so tht section of the split emroidery pttern cn e selected. 134

137 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Select section to e emroidered. * Select the sections in lpheticl order. * A mximum of 12 sections cn e displyed in one pge. If there re 13 or more sections in the pttern, scroll the r. d e Press the Strt/Stop utton to emroider the pttern section. When emroidering is finished, the following screen ppers. Press. f A screen ppers so tht section of the split emroidery pttern cn e selected. Repet steps through e to emroider the remining sections of the pttern. 3 Note To emroider lrge-size split emroidery ptterns y using the cmer to connect the pttern sections, press the whole pttern icon. Refer to Connecting Lrge-Size Split Emroidery Ptterns on pge 144. Advnced Editing c If necessry, press pttern. Press emroidery screen. nd edit the to disply the Memo The pttern cn e rotted 90 to either the left or right when is pressed. 135

138 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS Insted of using thred mrks, the cmer cn e used to connect ptterns in the Emroidery Edit screen. Select the pproprite frme depending on the size of the emroidery. At this time, the mrgin for the pttern is out 3 cm (1-3/16 inches). The smll emroidery frme (2 cm 6 cm (1 inch 2-1/2 inches)) cnnot e used with the cmer function. Hoop fric in the 18 cm 13 cm (7-1/8 c Connecting Three Ptterns inches 5-1/8 inches) emroidery frme, nd then ttch the frme to the mchine. Exmple: d Press screen. to disply the emroidering Pttern A Pttern B c Pttern C Select the first pttern A, nd then press. e Press. f Press. ppers in the screen, nd then chnges to. Thred the mchine with the upper thred nd the oin thred. g Memo cn e pressed while emroidering. A pttern cnnot e sved in the mchine s memory while ptterns re eing connected. Lower the emroidery foot, nd then emroider the first pttern. 136

139 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS h After emroidering of the first pttern is finished, the following messge ppers. Press. k Press, nd then select how the ptterns will e connected. 3 i When the following messge ppers, press. l The pttern connection setting screen ppers. Memo You cn edit the second pttern in this screen. Select the position of the second pttern y pressing on the screen. Press fter specifying the position. Advnced Editing j Select the second pttern B, nd then press. * You cn djust the position of the second pttern using the keys descried elow. 137

140 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS m Prepre two emroidery positioning stickers. Follow the on-screen instructions to ffix the two stickers to the fric so tht the positioning mrks cn e detected y the cmer. c Connecting point First pttern A c Second pttern B d Press to move the second pttern. d Note Use the emroidery positioning stickers included with this product or purchse replcement stickers (SAEPS2, SAEPS2C, EPS2: XG / 115Z05E000E, EPS2: 115Z05E700E) from your uthorized Brother deler. If ny other sticker is used, the cmer my not recognize it. The 182 mm 257 mm (7 inches 10 inches) emroidery positioning sticker sheet with strong dhesive is most pproprite for connecting ptterns (SAEPS2, SAEPS2C, EPS2: XG / 115Z05E000E, EPS2: 115Z05E700E). If ny other positioning sticker is used, it my peel off. If the sticker peels off, the ptterns cnnot e connected. Press to rotte the second pttern in clockwise rc referring the first pttern s center. Press to rotte the second pttern in counterclockwise rc referring the first pttern s center. Rotte the second pttern 90 degrees in clockwise rc. Messge ppers on screen nd crrige will move fter pressing. n Affix the first emroidery positioning sticker onto the fric within the red lines tht now pper on the screen of the mchine y using oth hnds to press down on ech corner of the sticker. Affix the sticker with the lrge circle to the top s shown on mchine. Then, press. Note The second pttern will e utomticlly connected to the first pttern without djustment. Chnge the position of the second pttern mnully using. The position of the second pttern cn e moved using your finger or the included dul purpose stylus. Use, or if you wnt to lign the pttern to the corner of the center of the first pttern, when chnging the pttern s connecting position. The cmer detects the first emroidery positioning sticker. 138

141 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS Note Do not peel off the first emroidery positioning sticker to use it for the second emroidery positioning mrk. Use new emroidery positioning stickers. If sticker is reused, it my esily peel off. If the sticker peels off during this procedure, the ptterns cnnot e connected. Use your fingers to pply pressure to the corners of the emroidery positioning sticker to firmly ffix it to the fric. If the sticker is not firmly ttched, the cmer my incorrectly detect the sticker. If ny of the following messges pper, rettch the emroidery positioning sticker in the correct position. Mke sure tht the sticker is ffixed with the lrge circle t the top. p The cmer detects the second emroidery positioning sticker. After the two emroidery positioning stickers hve een detected, the following messge ppers. 3 Advnced Editing o Use oth hnds to ffix the second emroidery positioning mrk within the red lines tht now pper on the mchine y pressing down on ech corner of the positioning mrk onto the mteril nd then touch. Emroidering re Note The positioning mrkers re shown with tilted ppernce to mke sure tht s long s the mrkers were plced with the red outlined squre, they will e red properly nd correct connection cn e ssured. 139

142 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS While mking sure tht the two emroidery positioning stickers do not peel off, remove the emroidery frme from the mchine, nd then rehoop the fric. Be sure to hoop the fric so the next pttern nd oth the emroidery positioning stickers re within the emroidery re. Rettch the frme nd press. Note If either of the following messges pper, rehoop the fric so tht the next pttern nd oth the emroidery positioning stickers re within the emroidery re s indicted in the screen. Press to detect the emroidery positioning stickers. Pttern to e emroidered next Centers of lrge circles for stickers The cmer detects the two emroidery positioning stickers. If the mchine detects tht the next pttern nd the centers of the lrge circles of the two emroidery positioning stickers do not fit within the emroidering re, the opertion will e pused. Follow the onscreen instructions to reposition the emroidery positioning stickers. Refer to Chnging the Position of Sticker on pge 142 to reposition the stickers. If the sticker peels off during this procedure, the ptterns cnnot e connected. If this occurs, restrt the procedure from the eginning. To quit positioning, press. 140

143 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS q After the emroidery positioning stickers hve een detected, press, nd then remove the stickers. u Press, nd then select how the ptterns will e connected. r Lower the emroidery foot, nd then emroider the second pttern. When emroidering is finished, the following messge ppers. To connect third pttern, press. 3 s When the following messge ppers, press. The pttern connection setting screen ppers. Memo You cn edit the third pttern in this screen. Specify the position of the third pttern v referring to the screen disply. Advnced Editing In this exmple, press 2 times, nd then press. Press fter specifying the position. t Select the third pttern C, nd press. c Connecting point Second pttern B c Third pttern C 141

144 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS Refer to steps through o of Connecting Three Ptterns using the emroidery frme with size of 10 cm 10 cm (4 inches 4 inches) to emroider the first pttern nd to connect the second pttern. Messge ppers on screen nd crrige will move fter pressing. w Lower the emroidery foot, nd then emroider the third pttern. When emroidering is finished, the following messge ppers. When finished connecting ptterns, press. Following messge ppers in step p if the next pttern or ffixed emroidery positioning stickers re close to eing out of the emroidering re. Follow the instructions nd then press. After emroidering is finished, is no longer locted t the top left of LCD screen. The three ptterns hve een connected. Chnging the Position of Sticker If the selected pttern or emroidery positioning stickers for connecting the next pttern do not esily fit in the emroidering re, follow the on-screen instructions tht pper fter step o on pge 139 in order to move the emroidery positioning stickers. For n exmple, the on-screen instruction ppers when you use the emroidery frme with size of 10 cm 10 cm (4 inches 4 inches) to connect ptterns s shown elow. Emroidering re Pttern A Pttern B 142

145 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS d Affix the two emroidery positioning stickers gin ccording to the on-screen instructions so tht the next pttern or positioning mrks cn fit in the emroidery re. Pttern to e emroidered next Note If the following messge ppers, rehoop the fric s indicted in the screen, nd then press. 3 Press so tht the cmer detects the first emroidery positioning sticker. Note The positioning mrkers re shown with tilted ppernce to mke sure tht s long s the mrkers were plced with the red outlined squre, they will e red properly nd correct connection cn e ssured. Advnced Editing e Affix the second sticker nd then press. c After the sticker position is detected, press, nd then remove the stickers. The cmer detects the second emroidery positioning sticker. 143

146 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS f After the two emroidery positioning stickers hve een detected, the following messge ppers. While mking sure tht the emroidery positioning stickers do not peel off, rehoop the fric ccording to the exmple displyed on the on-screen instruction. Connecting Lrge-Size Split Emroidery Ptterns Lrge-size split emroidery ptterns cn e emroidered if emroidery positioning stickers re used. Recll the lrge-size split emroidery pttern. Press. Emroidering re Use the cmer to connect lrge-size split emroidery ptterns. c Emroider the first pttern. Pttern to e emroidered next d Refer to steps m to q of Connecting Three Ptterns on pge 136 to emroider the remining ptterns. Continue the opertion from step q on g pge 141 fter pressing. 144

147 USING THE CAMERA TO CONNECT PATTERNS Resume Feture If the mchine is turned off while the pttern connecting function is eing used, the mchine will return to the opertion indicted elow when it is turned on gin. The mchine opertion will differ depending on when it is turned off. Exmple: When connecting two ptterns Begin emroidering the second pttern. Finish emroidering the second pttern. Select the first pttern. Press the pttern connection key. Begin emroidering the first pttern. Finish emroidering the first pttern. (A) If the mchine is turned off during ny opertion in this ox, the mchine will return to (A) when it is turned on gin. 3 Select the second pttern. Press. Specify the reference point for connecting the pttern. Strt detecting emroidery positioning stickers (2 loctions). Advnced Editing Finish detecting emroidery positioning stickers. (B) If the mchine is turned off during ny opertion in this ox, the mchine will return to (B) when it is turned on gin. Rehoop the fric. Finish detecting emroidery positioning stickers (2 loctions). 145

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149 Chpter 4 My Design Center

150 ABOUT MY DESIGN CENTER ABOUT MY DESIGN CENTER With My Design Center, you cn use the functions listed elow: Hnd-drwn functions - creting emroidery ptterns y drwing on the LCD screen Scnning functions - creting emroidery ptterns y not only scnning oject with uilt-in cmer, ut lso imported dt from USB medi or SD crd. You cn lso comine ptterns tht you hve creted with the mchine s uilt-in ptterns. Strt My Design Center y pressing in the home pge screen or pressing in the emroidery pttern selection screen. CAUTION Only touch the screen with your finger or the dul purpose stylus included with the mchine. Do not use mechnicl pencil, screwdriver or ny other hrd or shrp oject. In ddition, do not press the screen with extreme pressure. Otherwise the screen my e dmged. All or prt of the screen my sometimes ecome drker or lighter due to chnges in the surrounding temperture or other chnges in the environment. This is not sign of mlfunction. If the screen is difficult to red, djust its rightness. 148

151 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN c d * e f g i k m o h j l n 4 u t s r q p * Pttern drwing re Memo The ctul dimension of the pttern re is the size of the emroidery frme, which is 40.8 cm 27.2 cm (pprox. 16 inches 10-5/8 inches). The pttern you drew my e igger thn you expected. Plese resize the pttern fter converting the design to the emroidery pttern. When the pttern is enlrged so tht only prt of it ppers in the pttern drwing re, the entire pttern is displyed in the pttern preview re. The red frme in the pttern preview re indictes the prt of the pttern displyed in the pttern drwing re. Move the red frme in the pttern preview re with the dul purpose stylus or your finger to disply the corresponding re in the pttern drwing re. My Design Center 149

152 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Key functions No. Disply Key Nme Explntion Pge Mgnify key Press this key to mgnify the pttern. 153 Hnd key Press this key to move the cnvs when it is mgnified. c Scn key Press this key to select ckground imge scnning, line scnning or illustrtion scnning. d Recll key Press this key to recll imge dt creted with My Design Center from the mchine s memory, USB medi, SD crd or the computer. e Line tool key Drw lines nd set the color. You cn select the line type, stitch type nd color s you need. Press to pick up the color, line type nd stitch type from line in the pttern within the pttern drwing re. The picked up color is shown s the currently selected line color eside the utton nd s the selected color in the Line Property screen. f Brush tool key Pint with rush nd set the color. You cn select the rush type, fill type nd color s you need. Pinted lines nd res will e converted to the pttern emroidered with fill stitch. 161, 165, Press to pick up the color, rush type nd fill type from region in the pttern within the pttern drwing re. The picked up color is shown s the currently selected region color eside the utton nd s the selected color in the Region Property screen. g Erse key Press this key to erse lines nd shpes tht hve een drwn. You 155 cn select the size/shpe of the erser. h Stmp key Press this key to select the stmp shpe for pttern drwing. 154 i Size key Press this key to chnge the size of the selected section. 155, 172 j Rotte key Press this key to rotte the selected section. 155 k Mirror imge key Press this key to crete mirror imge of the selected pttern. 156 l Duplicte key Press this key to duplicte the selected section. The temporrily positioned section cn immeditely e rotted, enlrged, reduced or moved. m Cut key Press this key to cut out the selected section. 156 n Pste key Press this key to pste in the selected section duplicted with the 156 duplicte key or selected section using the cut key. o Next key Press this key to continue to the stitch settings screen. p Memory key Press this key to store the pttern eing creted. q Select key Press this key to select section for moving y finger or pen, copying, deleting, chnging size nd rotting lines nd shpes tht hve een drwn. r Redo key Press this key to redo the lst opertion tht ws undone s Undo key Press this key to undo the lst opertion tht ws performed nd return to the previous stte. Ech press of this key will undo one opertion. t All Cler key Press this key to cler ll the lines nd shpes nd strt from the eginning. The ckground imge is lso clered. u Cncel key Press this key to exit from My Design Center. All lines nd shped re ersed when you press this key. 150

153 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Before Creting Designs Drwing Lines The pttern preview displys the design smller thn the ctul size. You cn view the ctul pttern size y setting the Emroidery Frme Disply. With Emroidery Frme Disply in the settings screen, the emroidery frme nd grid cn e specified seprtely. For detils on the types of emroidery frmes nd grids ville, refer to Chnging the Emroidery Frme Disply on pge 108. Press. Press nd drw lines. Select the grid line of the Emroidery Frme Disply. Memo When is pressed, ll regions will e displyed in the ckground to clrify the drwing lines on the screen. 4 My Design Center Emroidery frme types Grid types * Select the grid size 10 mm (3/8 inch) or 25 mm (1 inch). 151

154 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Setting the line types, stitch types nd colors You cn set or chnge the line types, stitch types nd colors nytime. You cn lso specify the line types, stitch types nd colors efore drwing lines. Press to set the line types, stitch types nd colors. Stitch types Zigzg stitch Running stitch Triple stitch Cndlewicking stitch Chin stitch E stitch V stitch Select motif stitches Displys motif stitch selection screen, where cn e pressed to select pttern. Line without stitch for creting region. Creted region will e defined y the gry line. The settings screen ppers. Press to return to the pttern drwing screen. You cn check the selected stitch type nd color. c Line types Stitch types c Line color selection: touch the color plette to ctivte the drwing pen color. Color r Stitch type Line types Freehnd line with the end open. Freehnd line closing the end utomticlly. Stright line with one stroke Stright line chnging directions to the point you select. If the end point is creted ner the strt point, closed oject will e creted. 152

155 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN c Press its color. then press on the line to chnge The connected line will e chnged to the selected color. Memo Press to mgnify the imge when you cnnot press on the line correctly. For detils on mgnify the imge, refer to Displying Ptterns in the Screen Mgnified on pge 73. Press, nd then select color within the pttern drwing re to pply the sme color to other lines or prts of the pttern. Setting the rush types nd fill colors Press colors. to set the rush types nd fill c Use to select the line color. Press for chnging the line color, nd then select the pttern to e chnged. Brush types Fill stitch types c Fill color selection: touch the color plette to ctivte the pint rush color. Brush shpes Squre rush Round rush To select the rush size, press or. 4 My Design Center Drwing Regions Fill stitch types Press nd drw with rush. Fill stitch pttern Stippling pttern Select decortive fill ptterns Displys fill pttern selection screen, where cn e pressed to select pttern. Select when you don t wnt fill stitch. 153

156 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Press to return to the pttern drwing screen. You cn check the selected stitch type nd color. Using the Stmp Key Press. Color r * If stippling pttern or decortive fill pttern hs een specified, the settings re displyed. Stitch type c Press nd press on the rush line to chnge color nd fill stitch types. You cn lso set the fill color, stitch type nd fill pttern of closed re mde of the lines nd rush lines. Memo Press to mgnify the imge when you cnnot press on the fill correctly. Press, nd then select pttern color in the pttern drwing re to pply tht fill color to other ptterns. Select stmp type nd stmp shpe. c d Use to select the fill color. Press for chnging the fill color, nd then select the pttern to e chnged. Stmp shpes Stmp types c Sved outlines d Frme emroidering res 154

157 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Stmp shpes Bsic shpes Closed shpes Open shpes Using the Erse Key Press. Stmp types (Only for Bsic shpes) Outline Fill stitch Outline nd fill stitch * Select the outline ( ), fill stitch ( ), or outline nd fill stitch ( ) of sic shpe. Sved outlines Frme emroidering res Emroidery pttern outlines cn e registered s stmp shpes. When registering stmp shpes, select from the lst six emroidery ptterns used. If more thn six shpes re registered, the oldest one is utomticlly ersed. For detils on registering stmp shpe, refer to Decortive Stitching Around Pttern in Emroidery ( Quilting Function) on pge 181. Select n emroidering re in order to rrnge the pttern to fit n emroidery frme. Select the shpe of the erser. 4 My Design Center * Press to return to the pttern drwing screen. c Press to set the selected stmp. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. * You cn chnge size of, rotte or move the shpe right fter you crete it y pressing or. * To select the erser size, press or. c Drg long the re or line tht you wnt to erse while the key ppers s. 155

158 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Using the Select Key You cn select the prt of the design to move nd/ or edit. Some keys re ville only fter you select the prt. c Select the re you wnt to edit, nd then press. * To select n re you wnt to edit, hold the dul purpose stylus t point on the screen nd drg the dul purpose stylus to crete the red ox round your selected re to e edited. Press. Select the method for selecting n re. d Edit the design with ville keys. (Refer to Key functions on pge 150 for the detils of ech key function.) e Press setting., nd then specify the stitch 156

159 STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN Before creting the emroidery pttern, specify the stitch settings. Lines of the design re sewn with vrious stitches nd res re sewn with fill stitches or stippling stitches. Stitching of the res ws lredy selected in Drwing Regions on pge 153, so specify vlues of detiled settings. After specifying the settings, press to crete the emroidery pttern. Specifying Individul Stitch Settings Select pttern in the stitch settings screen to specify its line nd region stitch settings. If multiple ptterns re selected, the settings re pplied to those ptterns. Line settings Running stitch /Triple stitch * Both includes n under sewing. Run pitch Cndlewicking Stitch Size Spcing Chin stitch Specifies the length of the stright stitch of the design. Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Specifies the spcing of the cndlewicking stitch. 4 Size Thickness Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Sets repeted sewing t the sme prt. E stitch Stitch width Spcing Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Specifies the spcing of the E stitch. My Design Center Thickness Sets repeted sewing t the sme prt. Arrnge Specifies the orienttion of the pttern. Flip Specifies the decortive line shows up inside or outside. Shows the stitch type nd color for the selected line. Shows the stitch settings for the selected line. Line sew stitch settings Select the type of stitching you wnt pplied to your line rt, from zigzg stitch ( ), running stitch ( ), triple stitch ( ), cndlewicking stitch or chin stitch. Zigzg stitch V stitch Stitch width Spcing Thickness Arrnge Flip Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Specifies the spcing of the V stitch. Sets repeted sewing t the sme prt. Specifies the orienttion of the pttern. Specifies the decortive line shows up inside or outside. Zigzg width Density Specifies the width of the zigzg stitches used to sew the lines of the design. Specifies the density of the zigzg stitches used to sew the lines of the design. Motif stitch Pttern selection Select the pttern. Size Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Spcing Specifies the spcing of the motif stitch. Flip Specifies the decortive line shows up inside or outside. 157

160 STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN Region settings Use chnged. to select the line or region to e Ech press of moves the highlighting of the selected pttern in order. Select the setting to e chnged, nd then chnge the setting in the screen tht ppers. (In this exmple, the sewing direction will e chnged.) The setting screen ppers. Shows the stitch type nd color for the selected region. Shows the stitch settings for the selected region. Fill stitch settings Direction Density Pull compenstion Under sewing Specifies the sewing direction. Select Mnul to chnge to the desired direction of fill stitch. Specifies the stitch density of fill stitch. Specifies to correct the shrinkge of the pttern y slightly shortening or lengthening the stitching. Chnge the setting fter you emroider the pttern nd cn check the shrinkge. Select if you need or do not need the under sewing for the stilized fric. c Press, nd then use to chnge the direction. Stippling stitch settings Run pitch Spcing Distnce Single/ Triple stitch Decortive fill Size Direction Outline Rndom shift Specifies the length of stitch of the stippling stitch. Specifies the spcing etween the stitches when emroidering the stippling stitch. Specifies the offset from the pttern outline. Specifies the stitch type. Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Specifies the rottion ngle of the pttern. Select whether ON or OFF the outline is lso converted to emroidery dt. If ON is selected, the numer of thred jumps cn e reduced. Rndomly vries the line. d Press to pply the setting. * Chnge other settings in the sme wy. Position offset Specifies the reference point for the pttern. 158

161 STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN Specifying Glol Stitch Settings The sme stitch settings cn e chnged t the sme time for multiple ptterns of the sme type. Use to select the stitch whose settings re to e chnged, nd then press. Follow steps through d in Specifying Individul Stitch Settings on pge 157 to chnge the settings. c Press screen. to disply the pttern editing 4 Press to check vrious informtion such s the thred colors. The sme stitch type res will e selected t the sme time. Press pttern. Press to check n enlrged view of the to sve the emroidery dt. My Design Center 159

162 MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN Using the Scnning Frme Prepre the desired drwing/illustrtion. CAUTION To void hving the emroidery foot strike the frme during the scnning process nd possily cusing injury, check the following: the thickness of the fric or pper, creses or folds in the fric or pper tht my e rolled up too close to the frme. Memo Only one sheet of pper cn e plced in the scnning frme per scn. Plce the pper to e scnned in the scnning frme, nd then secure the pper in plce with the mgnets. * Plce the mgnets t six loctions round the pper to secure it, mking sure tht the line drwing is not covered. Note When plcing the pper in the scnning frme, mke sure tht the white lnce re is not hidden; otherwise, the drwing cnnot e scnned correctly. At the sme time, e sure to plce the scn imge within the scn re. The imge out of the scn re will not e scnned. White lnce re Scn re Mke sure tht the white lnce re or the scn re is not dirty or scrtched; otherwise, the imge cnnot e scnned correctly. Be sure to use the mgnets which re included with the scnning frme. If ny other mgnets re used, they my ecome ttched to the mchine during scnning, or other prolems, such s misligned scn imge, my occur. Be sure to plce the mgnets so tht they secure the pper firmly. If the pper is plced unevenly, the imge cnnot e scnned correctly. If the scnning frme is dirty, wipe it with cloth dmpened with diluted neutrl detergent solution. Memo If you wnt to scn n imge from smll piece of pper tht cn't e held with the mgnets, copy tht imge onto lrger piece of pper, to then e plced on the scnning frme. 160

163 MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN c Attch the emroidery unit to the mchine, nd then turn on the mchine. * Refer to ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY UNIT on pge 13. pper to e scnned on the fric, nd then secure it, with tpe. Note Unthred the mchine to void hving the thred slipping out of the needle or getting cught on the emroidery frme. d e Press the Presser Foot Lifter utton to rise the emroidery foot, nd then press the Needle Position utton to rise the needle. * The emroidery foot is not rised high enough when rised with the presser foot lever. CAUTION Mke sure tht emroidery foot nd needle re fully rised. If scnning is strted with the emroidery foot nd needle lowered, the scnning frme my hit the mchine, cusing dmge. After ttching the scnning frme to the emroidery unit, swing the frme-securing lever towrd you to secure the frme. * Refer to ATTACHING THE EMBROIDERY FRAME on pge 34. Fric Tpe Scnning to Trce Bckground Imge If you hve fvorite picture or drwing, it cn esily e trced on the scnned ckground imge nd you cn crete your own pttern. Press. 4 My Design Center Note Be sure not to ttch ny emroidery foot other thn the emroidery foot W, otherwise the emroidery foot will e scnned. Scnning with n Emroidery Frme Drwings nd illustrtions cn lso e scnned using n emroidery frme. Hoop the emroidery frme with fric lrger thn the frme. Plce the Press. The imge disply screen ppers. 161

164 MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN c Using the mgnets, ffix picture to the scnning frme nd ttch the frme to the mchine. Refer to Using the Scnning Frme on pge 160. e When scnning is finished, scnned imge is displyed trnsprently in the pttern drwing re. d Press. Note When scnning strts, some of the mchine lights will turn off in certin circumstnces, in order to increse the scn qulity. The mchine lights will return to their originl rightness when scnning ends. When the following messge ppers, press. f Using the included dul purpose stylus, press imge., nd then drw lines to trce the * For detils on drwing lines, refer to Drwing Lines on pge 151. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step d, press. Trnsprency djustment * Press or to djust the trnsprency of the ckground. Ech press of lightens the ckground, mking the line pttern drker. Ech press of drkens the ckground, mking the line pttern lighter. After editing the pttern, press g to specify the settings for pttern. 162

165 MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN h Press screen. to disply the pttern editing c Select the device you sved the dt to. Importing the Bckground imge Prepre the dt file of your fvorite picture so tht you cn crete n emroidery pttern. Sve dt s.jpg file type in your computer, on USB medi stick or SD crd. Press. Note You cn import n imge of 2 MB or smller from USB medi or SD crd. 4 d Select the dt, nd then press. Press. My Design Center The imge disply screen ppers. 163

166 MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN e The selected imge is displyed trnsprently in the pttern drwing re. * After the scnned imge is converted to stitching, it ppers s ckground in the pttern drwing screen. Use guge to djust the trnsprency of the ckground. Ech press of lightens the ckground, mking the line pttern drker. Ech press of drkens the ckground, mking the line pttern lighter. 164

167 LINE SCAN LINE SCAN Custom ptterns cn e creted from drwings. You cn crete ptterns y scnning your drwings using the included scnning frme or importing n imge from USB medi or SD crd. Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Line Scn Press. Recommended line drwings for Line Scn Line drwings must e drwn clerly using lines with pproximtely 1 mm thickness. Line drwings should e drwn in strong contrst. If the lines re too short or gthered too densely, they will not e scnned correctly. 4 Note For detils on creting ptterns using color illustrtions, refer to ILLUSTRATION SCAN on pge 168. If you cnnot scn the drwings s expected, you cn edit the design in My Design Center. Refer to PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN on pge 149. Line drwings re scnned without recognizing the thickness of lines. If you wnt to chnge the thickness of lines, specify in the settings screen. Refer to STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN on pge 157. Line drwings re scnned s lck lines. If you wnt to chnge the colors, specify in My Design Center. Refer to Drwing Regions on pge 153. Press. The imge disply screen ppers. c Press. * To import n imge from USB medi or SD crd, press, or. For detils, see Importing the Bckground imge on pge 163. My Design Center 165

168 LINE SCAN * If you scn the imge, mke sure tht the scnning frme is ttched to the mchine. Refer to Using the Scnning Frme on pge 160. d When scnning is finished, specify the Gry-Scle Detection level on the screen if necessry. The Gry-Scle Detection level cn chnge the lck nd white threshold for the imge. Note The scnned ckground imge cn e converted to line scn dt. At this time, it is unnecessry to scn the line drwing gin. When scnning strts, some of the mchine lights will turn off in certin circumstnces, in order to increse the scn qulity. The mchine lights will return to their originl rightness when scnning ends. You cn import n imge of 2 MB or smller from USB medi or SD crd. When the following messge ppers, press. * If you do not know how the settings should e chnged, first continue the opertion without specifying settings nd check the results. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step c, press. The scnned imge will e deleted when you return to the previous screen. e Move pttern. to frme the imge for the f Press. The screen for confirming the converted imge ppers. g In the screen for confirming the converted imge, you cn djust the Gry-Scle Detection level gin, if necessry. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step c, press. The settings for the lines to e sewn pper. 166

169 LINE SCAN * If you do not know how the settings should e chnged, first continue the opertion without specifying settings nd check the results. * To enlrge the imge, press. * To disply the imge efore eing converted, press. Compre the imges efore nd fter eing converted, nd then chnge the settings if necessry. * To return to the previous screen, press. After chnges to the settings for Detection level is pplied, chnges to. Press to check tht the imge is s desired. h Press. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. i If necessry, edit the scnned imge. 4 My Design Center * After the scnned imge is converted to stitching, it ppers s ckground in the pttern drwing screen. Use guge to djust the trnsprency of the ckground. Ech press of lightens the ckground, mking the line pttern drker. Ech press of drkens the ckground, mking the line pttern lighter. Note During scnning, the smll dots tht pper nd unnecessry lines cn e ersed. 167

170 ILLUSTRATION SCAN ILLUSTRATION SCAN Custom ptterns cn e creted from color illustrtions. You cn crete ptterns y scnning n illustrtion using the included scnning frme or importing n imge from USB medi or SD crd. Press. The imge disply screen ppers. Recommended illustrtions for Illustrtion Scn Ptterns tht re clerly drwn, with no grdtion, fding or lurriness. Ptterns tht re t lest 5 mm squre Ptterns tht re extremely simple imges c Press. * To import n imge from USB medi or SD crd, press, or. Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Illustrtion Scn Press. Note The scnned ckground imge cn e converted to illustrtion scn dt. At this time, it is unnecessry to scn the illustrtion gin. When scnning strts, some of the mchine lights will turn off in order to increse the scn qulity. The mchine lights will return to their originl rightness when scnning ends. When the following messge ppers, press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step c, press. 168

171 ILLUSTRATION SCAN d When scnning is finished, specify the necessry settings in the scn imge confirmtion screen. Chnge the settings to djust the imge so it cn esily e converted to the desired pttern. e Move pttern. f Press. to frme the imge for the The screen for confirming the converted imge ppers. g In the screen for confirming the converted imge, djust the imge s necessry s in step d. c 4 Mx. Numer of Colors The numer of colors in n imge will e reduced less thn the numer specified here, nd then the outline will e extrcted. Remove Bckground Select whether or not the ckground color will e included s one of the colors. c Line Select whether or not the outline will e detected s line. A thick outline cn lso e detected s region. When detected s line, the line thickness nd color cn e specified. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step c, press. Memo Press to detect the outline. Line thickness cn e specified from 1.0 mm (1/16 inch) to 5.0 mm (3/16 inch). * To enlrge the imge, press. * To disply the imge efore eing converted, press. Compre the imges efore nd fter eing converted, nd then chnge the settings if necessry. * To return to the previous screen, press. After chnges to the settings descried ove hve een pplied, chnges to. Press to check tht the imge is s desired. h Press. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. My Design Center Press to select the outline color. Select y touching the color, or moving icon using in the color selection screen. 169

172 ILLUSTRATION SCAN i If necessry, edit the scnned imge. * After the scnned imge is converted to stitching, it ppers s ckground in the pttern drwing screen. Use guge to djust the trnsprency of the ckground. Ech press of lightens the ckground, mking the illustrtion pttern drker. Ech press of drkens the ckground, mking the illustrtion pttern lighter. 170

173 STIPPLING STIPPLING Bsic Stippling with My Design Center c Select the squre shpe, nd then press. Crete stippling design with the sic procedure. Exmple: Press. * You cn lso strt the function y pressing in Emroidery mode. 4 Press. d Press. My Design Center 171

174 STIPPLING e Select the hert shpe, nd then press. g Press until the hert shpe fits in the squre shpe, nd then press. Press, nd then press. h f Press. i Press Press, nd then select the stitch color. fter setting the color. 172

175 STIPPLING j Select the re you wnt to set stippling effect. l Adjust the stippling settings to crete the desired effect, nd then press. * For detils, refer to Specifying Individul Stitch Settings on pge 157. Select this re. k Press. m Follow the procedure descried on Editing Ptterns on pge 38 to edit the pttern s desired. 4 Scnning Drwing to Crete Stippling Pttern Crete custom pttern with stippling design. Exmple: My Design Center Plce drwing of your design on the scnning frme. Press. * You cn lso strt the function y pressing in Emroidery mode. 173

176 STIPPLING c Press. Note When scnning strts, some of the mchine lights will turn off in certin circumstnces, in order to increse the scn qulity. The mchine lights will return to their originl rightness when scnning ends. You cn import n imge of 2 MB or smller from USB medi or SD crd. When the following messge ppers, press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step e, press. d Press. f When scnning is finished, move to frme the imge for the pttern, nd then press. The imge disply screen ppers. e Position the scnning frme on the mchine, nd then press. 174

177 STIPPLING The screen for confirming the converted g imge ppers, djust the imge if i Press nd then. This will set the outline without stitch. necessry nd then press. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. j Select the outline of the pttern. 4 To set the outline of the pttern, press, h nd then. My Design Center Outline of the pttern 175

178 STIPPLING k Press to select the color of the stitch round the stippling effect. m Select the stitch line round the stippling effect. Stitch line l Press nd select the stitch color, nd then press. n To set the stitch color nd fill stitch type, press, nd then. 176

179 o Press Press, nd then select the stitch color. fter setting the color. STIPPLING Scnning Fric nd Stippling Use the fric pttern to coordinte with the stippling pttern. Set the fric to the emroidery frme. Press. * You cn lso strt the function y pressing in Emroidery mode. c Press. p Select the re you wnt to set stippling effect. 4 My Design Center d Press. q Follow the procedure from step k of Bsic Stippling with My Design Center on pge 171. The imge disply screen ppers. 177

180 STIPPLING e Position the emroidery frme on the mchine, nd then press. f Press. Memo Although the instructions in the LCD screen refer to the scnning frme, this exmple uses n emroidery frme for scnning. Select the circle shpe, nd then press g. Note When scnning strts, some of the mchine lights will turn off in certin circumstnces, in order to increse the scn qulity. The mchine lights will return to their originl rightness when scnning ends. You cn import n imge of 2 MB or smller from USB medi or SD crd. When the following messge ppers, press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step e, press. 178

181 STIPPLING h Press to increse or decrese the size of the circle. j To set the stitch color nd fill stitch type, press, nd then. i Press until the size of circle fits the pttern on the fric, nd then press. k Press Press, nd then select the stitch color. fter setting the color. 4 * Use to lign the position of the circle to the pttern on the fric. My Design Center 179

182 STIPPLING l Select the re you wnt to set stippling effect. n Press nd then. This will set the outline without stitch. m To set the outline of the pttern, press, nd then. o Select the outline of the pttern. p Outline of the pttern Follow the procedure from step k of Bsic Stippling with My Design Center on pge 171. Strt emroidering on the fric tht you scnned t first. 180

183 STIPPLING Decortive Stitching Around Pttern in Emroidery ( Quilting Function) c Press. Memo For est results, reduce the sewing speed. A quilt cn e creted with stippling round n emroidery pttern. Hoop the emroidery frme with tting sndwiched etween two lyers of fric, nd then ttch the frme to the mchine. Press nd select the pttern tht decortive stitching will e dded round, nd then press in the emroidery edit screen. A messge ppers, nd the pttern outline is registered s stmp shpe in My Design Center. Press. 4 d Press to continue to the emroidery screen, nd then emroider the pttern. My Design Center e Press in the home pge screen to strt My Design Center. The outline of the pttern is displyed. 181

184 STIPPLING f Press to scn the emroidered fric. Refer to Importing the Bckground imge on pge 163 for detils. h Use stmp or rectngulr frme to determine the re to e stitched. Note If the re is to e drwn y hnd, e sure to drw completely closed shpe. If the re is not closed, it cnnot e correctly filled with the decorting. g Press, press to recll the stmp shpe registered in step c, nd then rrnge it over the scnned pttern. i Use the rush tool keys to select the pttern nd color of the decortive stitching. 182

185 STIPPLING j Fill the re to e stitched outside of the stmp shpe outline. l Specify the stitch spcing nd length in the stitch settings screen, nd then press. Set the line type for the frme nd pttern k to, nd then press. * Stitch settings cn e djusted in the stitch settings screen. For detils, refer to STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN on pge 157. m Emroider the stippling round the emroidery pttern. 4 My Design Center 183