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If the bobbin thread breaks or runs out ...................................................................................................... 117

Embroidering From the Beginning or Middle of the Pattern ........................................ 118

Resume Embroidering After Turning Off the Machine..................................................120

Adjusting the Thread Tension .......................................................................................122

Adjusting the tension of the bobbin thread ................................................................................................ 122

Adjusting the tension of the upper thread .................................................................................................. 123

EMBROIDERING SETTINGS

Basting Embroidery ......................................................................................................126

Creating an Appliqué Piece ..........................................................................................127

Creating an appliqué piece ....................................................................................................................... 127

Using a frame pattern for the outline ......................................................................................................... 130

Selecting/Managing Thread Colors for Each Needle Bar (Manual Color Sequence) .... 132

Convenience of the manual color sequence .............................................................................................. 132

Specifying the manual color sequence ...................................................................................................... 132

Using the manual color sequence ............................................................................................................. 133

Precautions on the manual color sequence ............................................................................................... 133

Automatic Lock Stitch Setting ......................................................................................134

Starting/Ending Position Settings ..................................................................................135

Repeatedly sewing a pattern along a diagonal ........................................................................................... 136

Embroidering linked characters ................................................................................................................. 137

Maximum Sewing Speed Setting ...................................................................................139

Setting the Machine to Stop at Color Changes .............................................................140

Stopping the machine at the next color change ......................................................................................... 140

Specifying pause locations before embroidering........................................................................................ 140

Temporary Needle Bar Setting .....................................................................................142

Uninterrupted embroidering (monochrome) .............................................................................................. 143

Reserved Needle Bar and Sewing Speed Settings..........................................................145

SELECTING/EDITING/SAVING PATTERNS

Precautions...................................................................................................................150

Concerning embroidery data ..................................................................................................................... 150

Concerning optional embroidery cards ..................................................................................................... 152

Concerning USB media ............................................................................................................................. 152

Selecting an Embroidery Pattern ..................................................................................153

General pattern selection .......................................................................................................................... 153

Embroidery patterns .................................................................................................................................. 154

Frame patterns .......................................................................................................................................... 154

Monogram and frame designs ................................................................................................................... 155

Alphabet patterns ...................................................................................................................................... 159

Floral alphabet patterns............................................................................................................................. 162

Renaissance alphabet patterns................................................................................................................... 163

Appliqué alphabet..................................................................................................................................... 164

Greek alphabet patterns ............................................................................................................................ 165

Embroidery patterns stored in the machine memory .................................................................................. 165

Embroidery cards (optional) ...................................................................................................................... 166

Computer (USB) ........................................................................................................................................ 168

Connecting the USB using the included USB cord clamps ........................................................................ 171

USB media ................................................................................................................................................ 173

Sending Embroidery Patterns From a Computer to the Machine (Link Function) ........ 176

Operations available with the Link function .............................................................................................. 176

Embroidering using the Link function ........................................................................................................ 177

Disabling the Link function ....................................................................................................................... 180

Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Pattern Editing Screen) ..............................................181

Enlarge the pattern image on the screen .................................................................................................... 181

Combining patterns ................................................................................................................................... 181

Selecting the pattern to be edited .............................................................................................................. 182

Moving a pattern ....................................................................................................................................... 183

Flipping a pattern horizontally .................................................................................................................. 184

Changing the size of a pattern ................................................................................................................... 184

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