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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS BEFORE YOU START......................... 2 NEW FEATURES ........................2 Chapter 1 How to Create Bobbin Work..................3 ABOUT BOBBIN WORK ......................4 PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK .................... 5 Required Materials ........................ 5 Upper Threading ........................6 Preparing the Bobbin Thread....................6 CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING) ................... -
Page 3: Before You Start
BEFORE YOU START It is important to perform the upgrade according to the procedure outlined in the Installation Guide. The machine can then be used as outlined in this upgrade Instruction and Reference Guide. Additional new machine features and instructions are located in the New Features of Version 2 guide. NEW FEATURES The following features will be activated with the upgrade for Kit I. -
Page 4: Chapter 1 How To Create Bobbin Work
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Page 5: About Bobbin Work
ABOUT BOBBIN WORK Beautiful embroidery work, with a three-dimensional appearance, can be created by winding the bobbin with heavy weight thread or ribbon, which is too thick to be threaded through the machine’s needle. The decorative thread or ribbon will stitch out on the underneath side of fabric while sewing with the fabric wrong side facing up. Bobbin work is sewn using the special bobbin case (gray) and bobbin cover with tabs included with Kit I. -
Page 6: Preparing For Bobbin Work
PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK ■ Upper thread Required Materials Upper thread choices can vary depending on the finished look you would like to achieve. By using sewing machine embroidery thread (polyester), ■ Bobbin case and bobbin cover multipurpose polyester thread, or monofilament (transparent nylon) thread the appearance of a single design can be changed many times just by choosing a different upper thread weight and/or color. -
Page 7: Upper Threading
Remove the bobbin case. Upper Threading Install a needle appropriate for the upper thread and fabric to be used. For details on installing the needle, refer to “CHANGING THE NEEDLE” in the machine’s Instruction and Reference Guide. Bobbin case Attach the presser foot. For details on attaching the presser foot, refer to Use the cleaning brush included with the the following topics in the machine’s Instruction... - Page 8 Note CAUTION • The bobbin case (gray) cannot be used for sewing in any way other than bobbin work. After sewing • Be sure to use the machine’s included bobbin or one bobbin work, refer back to the steps in “Preparing designed specifically for this machine (Class 15).
- Page 9 ■ When tension is applied to the bobbin ■ When tension is not applied to the bobbin thread thread Insert bobbin into bobbin case so the thread unwinds If the bobbin thread in the trial stitching is too tight and from the left side.
- Page 10 Gently pull the upper thread to bring the bobbin thread up through the needle plate. → A loop of the bobbin thread comes out through the hole in the needle plate. Insert tweezers through bobbin thread loop and pull bobbin thread above the needle plate.
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Page 11: Creating Bobbin Work (Sewing)
CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING) Make sure the automatic thread cutting Positioning the Fabric and Sewing ) and automatic reinforcement/reverse stitching ( ) have been turned off. Note • Recommended stitches for bobbin work are open “airy” type stitches. CAUTION • Be sure to sew trial stitches using same fabric and •... - Page 12 Turn the handwheel toward you Raise the presser foot lever, and then use (counterclockwise) to feed the needle into the tweezers to pull up the bobbin thread and fabric or punched hole. Position the upper bring the end of the thread to the top of the thread over the presser foot and lightly hold fabric.
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Page 13: Bobbin Work Free Motion Sewing
Raise the needle and presser foot. Working from the wrong side of the fabric, tie the bobbin and upper threads together by hand. Cut away excess threads with scissors. Leaving about 10 cm (approx. 4 inches) of thread at the ends, use scissors to cut the threads. -
Page 14: Creating Bobbin Work (Embroidery)
CREATING BOBBIN WORK (EMBROIDERY) Select one of the bobbin work embroidery Selecting the Pattern patterns. Embroidery patterns for bobbin work appear with the letter “B” in the lower-left corner of the key. Note • Prepare the machine for bobbin work as described in “PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK”... -
Page 15: Start Embroidering
Press Press , and then adjust the tension of the → The sewing screen is displayed. upper thread. For details on adjusting the tension of the upper thread, refer to “Adjusting Thread Tension” in chapter 5 of the machine’s Instruction and Reference Guide. - Page 16 Press Stop the machine, and then tie the upper thread and the bobbin thread together to → The screen changes, and all keys and operation secure the threads. buttons are locked. Using the presser foot lever, raise the presser foot. To bring the bobbin thread above the fabric, rotate the handwheel counterclockwise while holding the upper thread.
- Page 17 Remove the fabric from the embroidery frame, and check the finished embroidery. Right side of fabric Wrong side of fabric If the desired results could not be achieved, adjust the tension of the bobbin thread and of the upper thread, and then try sewing the pattern again.
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Page 18: Adjusting The Thread Tension
ADJUSTING THE THREAD TENSION After sewing trial stitches and checking the sewing results, adjust the thread tensions if necessary. After adjusting the tensions, be sure to sew trial stitches again in order to check the sewing results. ■ Adjusting the upper thread tension Note We recommend a setting between 6 and 8 for the upper thread tension. -
Page 19: Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING Several solutions for minor problems are described below. If the problem persists, contact your nearest authorized Baby Lock retailer. ■ The thread was accidentally cut Apply slight tension on bobbin thread by holding thread out to the left side of presser automatically and the bobbin thread is foot. -
Page 20: Chapter 2 New Features And New Patterns
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Page 21: How To Use New Features
HOW TO USE NEW FEATURES Press Displaying the Fabric While Aligning the Embroidery Position The fabric hooped in the embroidery frame can be displayed on the LCD so that the embroidery position can be aligned. This feature can be used from the sewing screen of embroidery mode and the edit and sewing screens of embroidery edit mode. - Page 22 When the fabric appears as a background for Press to start embroidering. the pattern, the pattern can be edited if it is → When embroidery is finished, the fabric displayed in necessary. the background disappears. Whether the fabric disappears or remains displayed can be specified from page 8/8 of the Settings screen.
- Page 23 ■ Positioning the pattern on thick fabric Affix the embroidery positioning sticker to the fabric within the area indicated by the red When positioning the pattern on thick fabric such as frame in the LCD, and then press quilting, the fabric may not be detected correctly. In order for the fabric to be correctly detected, its thickness must first be measured.
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Page 24: Changing The Pattern Size While Maintaining The Desired Thread Density (Stitch Recalculator)
CHANGING THE PATTERN SIZE WHILE MAINTAINING THE DESIRED THREAD DENSITY (STITCH RECALCULATOR) In the embroidery edit screen, the size of the pattern Press can be changed while the desired thread density is maintained. Press to enter Stitch Recalculator With this function, the pattern will be enlarged or reduced at a larger ratio than with normal pattern mode ( resizing. - Page 25 Select how to change the pattern size. Press Press Note • Depending on the pattern, embroidering may not be possible at the appropriate thread density. Before sewing on your project, be sure to sew trial embroidery on a piece of scrap fabric that is the same as the fabric used in the project using the same needle and embroidery thread.
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Page 26: New Patterns
NEW PATTERNS Thumbnail List Utility embroidery patterns Note • Must be accessed through Embroidery mode; not Embroidery Edit mode. Alphabet character patterns... -
Page 27: Embroidery Patterns Color Change Table
Embroidery Patterns Color Change Table Embroidery patterns for bobbin work are reversed when they have been sewn. Use these patterns to create beautiful bobbin work embroidery after selecting upper and lower threads of the desired colors according to the descriptions in “Required Materials” on page 5. The beginning and end of stitching are specified for bobbin work patterns. - Page 28 No.7 No.8 No.9 1 min 1 min 1 min 13.6 cm 15.4 cm 6.3 cm 13.3 cm 10.0 cm 7.5 cm 1.6 m 1.6 m 1.1 m (1.0m + 0.6 m) (1.0m + 0.6 m) (0.5m + 0.6 m) No.10 No.11 No.12 1 min...
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