Brother 888-G60 Operation Manual page 30

Embroidering Preparation
■ Attaching iron-on stabilizers (backing) to the
fabric
For best results in your embroidery projects, always use
stabilizer material for embroidery.
a Press the iron-on stabilizer material to the wrong side
of the fabric.
• Use a piece of stabilizer which is larger than the
embroidery frame being used.
Memo
• When embroidering small pieces of fabric that
cannot be hooped on an embroidery frame, use
stabilizer material as a base. After lightly ironing the
fabric to the stabilizer material, hoop it in the
embroidery frame. If stabilizer material cannot be
ironed onto the fabric, attach it with a basting
stitch. After completing the embroidery, remove the
stabilizer material carefully.
a
• When embroidering on thin fabrics such as
organdy or lawn, or on napped fabrics such as terry
cloth or corduroy, use water soluble stabilizer (sold
separately) for best results. The water soluble
stabilizer material will dissolve completely in water,
giving the project a more attractive finish.
• In the case of thick terry cloth towels we
recommend that you place a piece of water soluble
stabilizer on the top surface of the towel. This will
help to reduce the nap of the toweling and result in
more attractive embroidery.
• When using fabrics that cannot be ironed (such as
terry cloth or fabrics that have loops which expand
when ironed) or in places where ironing is difficult,
position the stabilizer material under the fabric
without fusing it, then position the fabric and
stabilizer in the embroidery frame, or check with
your authorized Brother dealer for the correct
stabilizer to use.
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1 Fusible side of
stabilizer
2 Fabric (wrong side)
3 Size of the
embroidery frame
c
a
b
1 Fabric
2 Stabilizer
3 Basting
c
■ Inserting the fabric
CAUTION
• If you use a frame that is too small, the presser
foot may strike the frame during embroidering
and cause injury or may damage your
machine.
Note
• If the fabric is not securely held in the embroidery
frame, the embroidery pattern will stitch out poorly.
Insert the fabric on a level surface, and gently pull
the fabric taut in the frame, being careful not to
distort hooped fabric.
a Lift-up and loosen the frame adjustment screw and
remove the inner frame.
1 Frame adjustment screw
2 Inner frame
b Lay the fabric right side up on top of the outer frame.
Re-insert the inner frame making sure to align the inner
frame's with the outer frame's
1 Inner frame's
2 Outer frame's
3 Frame adjustment screw
c Slightly tighten the frame adjustment screw, and then
remove the slack in the fabric by gently pulling on the
edges and corners. Do not loosen the screw.
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