Mirroring Embroidery Motifs; Bending The Text; Changing The Stitch Type - Bernina 590 Instructions Manual

Creative embroidering
> Touch the icon «Retain the proportions».
> Turn the «Upper Multifunctional knob» to alter the embroidery motif horizontally.
> Turn the «Lower Multifunctional knob» to alter the embroidery motif vertically.

Mirroring embroidery motifs

Embroidery motifs can be mirror-imaged both vertically and horizontally.
> Select an embroidery motif.
> Touch the icon «i»-Dialog.
> Touch the icon «Mirror image left/right» to mirror the embroidery motif vertically.
> Touch the icon «Mirror image up/down» to mirror the embroidery motif horizontally.

Bending the text

Texts can be arranged and designed arc-shaped.
> Create an alphabet embroidery motif.
> Touch the icon «i»-Dialog.
> Touch the icon «Bend text».
> Turn the «Upper Multifunctional knob» to alter the distance between the characters in millimeter-steps.
> Turn the «Lower Multifunctional knob» to the left or to the right to bend the lettering upwards or

Changing the stitch type

If the satin stitches are too long, they can be changed to step stitches.
> Select an embroidery motif.
> Touch the icon «i»-Dialog.
> Touch the icon «Change the stitch type».
> Touch the switch in the upper section of the display (1) to change the satin stitch to the step stitch.
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– The embroidery motif is not scaled up or downsized proportionally.
downwards.