Emroidery Mchine Opertion Mnul Addendum Product Code: 884-T13 Be sure to red this document efore using the mchine. We recommend tht you keep this document nery for future reference.
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ABOUT THIS MANUAL This mnul provides detils on My Design Center, which is ville with the upgrde. Mke sure tht the mchine hs een upgrded to the most recent version. When you find this icon on the title in this mnul, you cn find the tutoril video of the procedure in your mchine. 1
CONTENTS CONTENTS ABOUT THIS MANUAL... 1 CONTENTS... 2 ABOUT MY DESIGN CENTER... 3 Strting My Design Center for the First Time... 3 Attching the Scnning Frme... 3 Bsics: Creting Pttern... 4 PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN... 6 Key functions... 7 Before Creting Designs... 8 Drwing Lines... 8 Setting the line types, stitch types nd colors... 9 Drwing Regions... 10 Setting the rush types nd fill colors... 10 Using the stmp key... 12 Using the erse key... 13 Using the select key... 13 STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN... 15 Specifying individul stitch settings... 15 Line settings... 15 Region settings... 15 Specifying glol stitch settings... 16 After specifying the settings generte emroidery pttern... 16 EMBROIDERY IMAGE PREVIEW SCREEN... 17 MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN... 18 Using the Scnning Frme... 18 Scnning to Trce Bckground Imge... 19 Importing the Bckground imge... 20 LINE SCAN... 21 Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Line Scn... 21 ILLUSTRATION SCAN... 24 Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Illustrtion Scn... 24 STIPPLING... 26 Bsic Stippling with My Design Center... 26 Scnning Drwing to Crete Stippling Pttern... 28 Scnning Fric nd Stippling... 30 Decortive stitching round pttern in emroidery ( quilting function)... 33 2
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, SD crd or computer. You cn lso comine ptterns tht you hve creted with the mchine s uilt-in ptterns. Strting My Design Center for the First Time 2. Instll the needle plte cover included with the mchine. My Design Center will e ctivted once the scnning frme hs een ttched. After the initil ctivtion is complete, you no longer hve to ttch the scnning frme. View the tutoril video tht shows how to use My Design Center. Memo This is required only for the first time tht My Design Center is used. After the first time, My Design Center will e ville even if the scnning frme is not ttched. In order to use My Design Center fter upgrding the mchine, ttch the scnning frme to enle My Design Center. Attching the Scnning Frme 1. Remove the two thum screws securing the emroidery frme holder, nd then remove the frme holder from the mchine. Needle plte cover Memo For est scnning results, e sure to instll the needle plte cover. 3. Align the holes in the scnning frme with the pins on the frme-mounting plte of the crrige. Pins on the frme-mounting plte Holes in the scnning frme Thum screws 4. Secure the scnning frme with the two thum screws removed in step. Thum screws 3
ABOUT MY DESIGN CENTER The My Design Center icon ppers in the home screen. Bsics: Creting Pttern Strt My Design Center y pressing home pge screen. in the CAUTION Only touch the screen with your finger or the pen (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. 1. Drw line drwing in the pttern drwing screen. (pge 8) 2. Adding color to the pttern. 4
ABOUT MY DESIGN CENTER 3. Select colors, fill stitches nd desired ptterns to complete your design. 5. Convert imge dt to emroidery dt. The emroidery imge preview screen ppers. (pge 17) 4. Specify stitch settings. (pge 15) * Further customize your pttern y specifying emroidery stitch settings, such s stin stitch width nd density. 6. Edit the pttern in the emroidery edit screen, for exmple, y comining it with the mchine s uilt-in ptterns. * For detils on how to edit the pttern, refer to Editing the Emroidery Pttern (Pttern Editing Screen) in the Opertion Mnul. Shows the stitch settings for the selected line. Emroidering egins. Shows the stitch settings for the selected region. 5
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN c d e v u g i l n f h j k m o t s r q p Pttern drwing re Pttern preview re Memo The ctul dimension of the pttern re is the size of the emroidery frme, which is 360 mm 200 mm (pprox. 14 inches 7-7/8 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 touch pen or your finger to disply the corresponding re in the pttern drwing re. 6
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Key functions No. Disply Key Nme Explntion Pge c Imge scn key Press this key to scn the ttched frme nd disply on the screen s the ckground while using the My Design Center. You cn scn the fric s the ckground or scn the picture s the reference when creting the pttern. 19 d Line design key Press this key to scn the line drwing to edit nd convert to the emroidery dt using the uilt-in cmer. You cn lso import the line drwing imge from USB medi, computer or SD crd nd crete the emroidery design. e Illustrtion design key Press this key to scn the illustrtion to edit nd convert to the emroidery dt using the uilt-in cmer. You cn lso import the illustrtion from USB medi, computer or SD crd nd crete the emroidery design. f Mgnify key Press this key to mgnify the pttern. 10 g Stmp key Press this key to select the stmp shpe for pttern drwing. 12 h Rotte key Press this key to rotte the selected section. 14 i Size key Press this key to chnge the size of the selected section. 14 j Erse key Press this key to erse lines nd shpes tht hve een drwn. You cn select the size/shpe of the erser. k Pste key Press this key to pste in the selected section duplicted with the duplicte key or selected section using the cut key. 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. n 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. o Next key Press this key to continue to the stitch settings screen. p 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. q Store key Press this key to store the pttern eing creted. 21 24 13 13 r 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. s All Cler key Press this key to cler ll the lines nd shpes nd strt from the eginning. The ckground imge is lso clered. t Cncel key Press this key to exit from the My Design Center. All lines nd shped re ersed when you press this key. u 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. Press to pick up the color 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. v 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 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. 10 8 7
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Before Creting Designs Drwing Lines Select the centerpoint mrker or grid lines setting for Frme Disply to pply the frme disply to the pttern drwing re of My Design Center. For detils on the types of emroidery frmes nd grids ville, refer to Chnging the disply guides in the Opertion Mnul included with the mchine. Press nd drw lines. Attch the frme to e used. Memo The frme type cnnot e chnged in the settings screen. Press. c Select the grid line of the Frme Disply. Memo When is pressed, ll regions will e displyed in the ckground to clrify the drwing lines on the screen. Grid types * Select the grid size 10 mm (3/8 inch) or 25 mm (1 inch). 8
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 Line without stitch for creting region. Creted region will e defined y the gry line. Press to return to the pttern drwing screen. The color r on the line tool key is chnged to the selected color. * The ppernce of the line does not chnge even if the line type ws chnged. The specified line type cn e checked in the stitch settings screen. The settings screen ppers. c Color r Line types Stitch types c Line color selection: touch the color plette to ctivte the drwing pen color. 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. 9
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 Enlrge the pttern imge on the screen in the Opertion Mnul included with the mchine. Drwing Regions Press nd drw with rush. 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 Use to select the line color. c Brush types Fill stitch types c Fill color selection: touch the color plette to ctivte the pint rush color. Press for chnging the line color, nd then select the pttern to e chnged. Brush shpes/sizes Squre rush Round rush Smll rush Medium rush Lrge rush 10
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Fill stitch types Fill stitch pttern Stippling pttern Select decortive fill ptterns Displys fill pttern selection screen, where cn e pressed to select pttern. 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 when you don t wnt fill stitch. Press to return to the pttern drwing screen. The color r on the rush tool key is chnged to the selected color. Use to select the fill color. Color r * If stippling pttern or decortive fill pttern hs een specified, the settings re displyed. 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. Press for chnging the fill color, nd then select the pttern to e chnged. 11
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Using the stmp key Press. Stmp shpes Bsic shpes Closed shpes Open shpes 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. Select stmp type nd stmp shpe. c d Sved outlines 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 round pttern in emroidery ( quilting function) on pge 33. Frme emroidering res Select n emroidering re in order to rrnge the pttern to fit n emroidery frme. Stmp shpes Stmp types c Sved outlines d Frme emroidering res * 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. 12
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN Using the erse key Press. 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. Press. Select the size nd shpe of the erser. * If the selected key will e used, press. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. Select the re you wnt to edit. * To select n re you wnt to edit, hold the stylus t point on the screen nd drg the stylus to crete the red ox round your selected re to e edited. c Drg long the re or line tht you wnt to erse while the key ppers s. 13
PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN c When is pressed, the pttern size is displyed in the screen. Shows the size for the selected the prt. Reverts to the originl size. d When is pressed, the pttern rottion ngle is displyed in the screen. c e c Shows the ngle for the selected prt. Edit the design with ville keys. (See Key functions on pge 7 for the detils of ech key function.) f Press setting., nd then specify the stitch 14
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 10, so specify vlues of detiled settings. After specifying the settings, press to crete the emroidery pttern. If the design dt is sved, the settings cn e chnged fter tril emroidering. 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. Cndlewicking Stitch Size Spcing Chin stitch Size Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Specifies the spcing of the cndlewicking stitch. Increses/reduces the size of the pttern. Line settings Repetition Sets repeted sewing t the sme prt. Region settings 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 Shows the stitch type nd color for the selected region. Shows the stitch settings for the selected region. Fill stitch settings Direction Density Specifies the sewing direction. Select Mnul to chnge to the desired direction of fill stitch. Specifies the stitch density of fill stitch. 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. Running stitch /Triple stitch * Both includes n under sewing. Pull compenstion Under sewing 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. Run pitch Specifies the length of the stright stitch of the design. 15
STITCH SETTINGS SCREEN Stippling stitch settings Run pitch Spcing Distnce 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. 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. Decortive fill Size Direction Outline Use chnged. 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. 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 sme stitch type res will e selected t the sme time. The setting screen ppers. c Press, nd then use to chnge the direction. Follow steps through d in Specifying individul stitch settings on pge 15 to chnge the settings. After specifying the settings generte emroidery pttern Press to crete the emroidery pttern. d Press to pply the setting. * ppers on the t for settings tht were chnged. * Chnge other settings in the sme wy. 16
EMBROIDERY IMAGE PREVIEW SCREEN EMBROIDERY IMAGE PREVIEW SCREEN You cn check the totl stitch numer, emroidery time nd spool thred color numer to emroider the pttern. Press to check the pttern imge within the emroidery frme. Press to proceed to the emroidery edit screen. Note Once you proceed to the emroidery edit screen, you cnnot return to the My Design Center. Press Press to sve the pttern s the emroidering dt. to return to the stitch settings screen. 17
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. Position the pper to e scnned so tht it is ligned with the lower-left corner, securing the pper in plce with the mgnets. 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. 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. * Plce the mgnets t six loctions round the pper to secure it, mking sure tht the line drwing is not covered. Note The scnning re is 300 mm x 200 mm (pprox. 11-3/4 inches x 7-7/8 inches). There re scn re mrks with the frme. Mke sure tht the pper is plced within the mrk. Any prt of the imge tht is outside the mrk will not e scnned. 1 3 2 1 300 mm x 200 mm (pprox. 11-3/4 inches x 7-7/8 inches) mrk (mximum scnning field) Scn re c Outside the scn re 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. 18
MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN 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. When the following messge ppers, press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step c, press. When the following messge ppers, remove the scnning frme, instll the needle plte cover, nd then re-instll the scnning frme, nd then press. The imge disply screen ppers. d When scnning is finished, scnned imge is displyed trnsprently in the pttern drwing re. Using the mgnets, ffix picture to the scnning frme nd ttch the frme to the mchine. Refer to Using the Scnning Frme on pge 18. 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, computer or SD crd. 19
MY DESIGN CENTER WITH SCAN e Using the included touch pen, press, nd then drw lines to trce the imge. * For detils on drwing lines, refer to Drwing Lines on pge 8. Select the device you sved the dt to. c Select the dt, nd then 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. f After editing the pttern, press to specify the settings for pttern. g Press pttern. to crete the emroidery 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. d The selected imge is displyed trnsprently in the pttern drwing re. Press. The imge disply screen ppers. * 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. 20
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, computer 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. Note For detils on creting ptterns using color illustrtions, refer to ILLUSTRATION SCAN on pge 24. If you cnnot scn the drwings s expected, you cn edit the design in the My Design Center. Refer to PATTERN DRAWING SCREEN on pge 6. 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 15. Line drwings re scnned s lck lines. If you wnt to chnge the colors, specify in the My Design Center. Refer to Drwing Regions on pge 10. The imge disply screen ppers. Press. * To import n imge from USB medi, computer or SD crd, press,, or. For detils, refer to Importing the Bckground imge on pge 20. * If you scn the imge, mke sure tht the scnning frme is ttched to the mchine. Refer to Using the Scnning Frme on pge 18. 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, computer or SD crd. 21
LINE SCAN When the following messge ppers, press. f 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, press. c 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. * 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, press. The scnned imge will e deleted when you return to the previous screen. The settings for the lines to e sewn pper. * 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 Gry-Scle Detection level is pplied, chnges to. Press to check tht the imge is s desired. g Press. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. d Move pttern. to frme the imge for the e Press. The screen for confirming the converted imge ppers. 22
LINE SCAN If necessry, edit the scnned imge. h * 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. 23
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, computer or SD crd. Press. * To import n imge from USB medi, computer or SD crd, press,, or. 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 Using the Scnning Frme to Crete Pttern with Illustrtion Scn Note 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. Press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step, press. The imge disply screen ppers. 24
ILLUSTRATION SCAN c 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. f In the screen for confirming the converted imge, djust the imge s necessry s in step c. c Mx. Numer of Colors * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step, press. 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. 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 g Press. to check tht the imge is s desired. The pttern drwing screen is displyed. If necessry, edit the scnned imge. h Press to select the outline color. Select y touching the color, or moving icon using d Move pttern. e Press. in the color selection screen. to frme the imge for the The screen for confirming the converted imge ppers. * 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. Note During scnning, the smll dots tht pper nd unnecessry lines cn e ersed. 25
STIPPLING STIPPLING Bsic Stippling with My Design Center d Press. Crete stippling design with the sic procedure. Exmple: Press. Press. e Select the hert shpe, nd then press. c Select the squre shpe, nd then press. f Press. 26
STIPPLING g Press until the hert shpe fits in the squre shpe, nd then press. k Press. Press, nd then press. h i Press Press, nd then select the stitch color. fter setting the color. l Adjust the stippling settings to crete the desired effect, nd then press. * For detils, refer to Specifying individul stitch settings on pge 15. j Select the re you wnt to set stippling effect. m When the following messge ppers, press. n Press to convert into emroidery. Select this re. 27
STIPPLING When the following messge ppers, press. d Position the scnning frme on the mchine, nd then press. o Follow the procedure descried on Editing the Emroidery Pttern (Pttern Editing Screen) in the Opertion Mnul included with the mchine to edit the pttern s desired. Scnning Drwing to Crete Stippling Pttern Crete custom pttern with stippling design. Exmple: 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, computer or SD crd. When the following messge ppers, press. Plce drwing of your design on the scnning frme. Press. c Press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step d, press. e When scnning is finished, move to frme the imge for the pttern, nd then press. The imge disply screen ppers. 28
STIPPLING f The screen for confirming the converted imge ppers, djust the imge if i Select the outline of the pttern. necessry nd then press. Outline of the pttern The pttern drwing screen is displyed. To set the outline of the pttern, press, g nd then. j Press to select the color of the stitch round the stippling effect. Press nd then. h This will set the outline without stitch. k Press nd select the stitch color, nd then press. 29
STIPPLING l Select the stitch line round the stippling effect. o Select the re you wnt to set stippling effect. m Stitch line To set the stitch color nd fill stitch type, press, nd then. p Follow the procedure from step k on pge 26 of Bsic Stippling with My Design Center. Scnning Fric nd Stippling Use the fric pttern to coordinte with the stippling pttern. Set the fric to the emroidery frme. Press. c Press. n Press Press, nd then select the stitch color. fter setting the color. The imge disply screen ppers. 30
STIPPLING d Position the emroidery frme on the mchine, nd then press. f Select the circle shpe, nd then press. Memo Although the instructions in the LCD screen refer to the scnning frme, this exmple uses n emroidery frme for scnning. g Press to increse or decrese the size of the circle. 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, computer or SD crd. When the following messge ppers, press. h Press until the size of circle fits the pttern on the fric, nd then press. Scnning egins. * To stop scnning nd return to the screen in step d, press. * Use to lign the position of the circle to the pttern on the fric. e Press. 31
STIPPLING i To set the stitch color nd fill stitch type, press, nd then. l To set the outline of the pttern, press, nd then. j Press Press, nd then select the stitch color. fter setting the color. m Press nd then. This will set the outline without stitch. k Select the re you wnt to set stippling effect. n Select the outline of the pttern. o Outline of the pttern Follow the procedure from step k on pge 26 of Bsic Stippling with My Design Center. Strt emroidering on the fric tht you scnned t first. 32
STIPPLING Decortive stitching round 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. 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. d Press, to continue to the emroidery screen, nd then emroider the pttern. e Press in the home pge screen to strt the My Design Center. The outline of the pttern is displyed. f Press fric. to scn the emroidered 33
STIPPLING 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. j Fill the re to e stitched outside of the stmp shpe outline. 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. 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 15. 34
STIPPLING l Specify the stitch spcing nd length in the stitch settings screen, nd then press. Check the pttern, nd then press. m Emroider the stippling round the emroidery pttern. 35
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