Selecting A Stitch - Pfaff 2144 Instruction Manual

3. Getting started with your Pfaff creative 2144
Your machine is operated by touching the appropriate
icons on the screen (touch-screen principle).
You can call up an introduction to the machine by touching
the icon .
Touch the icon to open the main menu. The
main menu shows the stitch categories and functions.
By touching the
return to the last stitch used before the machine was swit-
ched off.

Selecting a stitch

Touch the icon, to open the main menu.
• In this menu, you can select a stitch; you are then taken
into the logically arranged list of stitches or menus, from
which you can select the stitch directly.
• You can open a stitch sequence that has previously
been saved, or create a new one.
• You can move, copy, sort and rename stitch data in the
machine's Creative Data Manager.
After opening the main menu, "Joining" is automatically
highlighted.
Note: If you press the foot control at this point, the display
switches to the straight stitch and your Pfaff creative
2144 is ready to sew.
If you have opened a stitch selection, such as "Alphabets"
and you are closing the selection by touching
"Alphabets" icon is highlighted.
If you close the selection by touching
highlighted.
icon, you can automatically
, the
, "Joining" is
Touch "Join".
This selection provides a list of 18 different stitch types that
are suitable for joining stretch and non-stretch fabrics.
The straight stitch is highlighted. If you press the foot
control, the display switches directly to the screen for the
straight stitch, press it again and the machine sews in
accordance to the selected settings (stitch length, needle
position, tension)
You can browse one column at a time with the cursor
arrows. You can also use the bar between the arrows: gent-
ly touch and drag it.
You can touch any stitch to open the screen for that stitch.
When you open the screen the most important settings are
visible.
Using the straight stitch as an example, we will now per-
form various changes in order to explain the machine's
basic operating principle.
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