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FAGOTING ..........................................................73
DECORATIVE STITCHING .................................74
Shell tuck stitching ........................................74
HEIRLOOM STITCHING......................................75
Hemstitching with
Hemstitching with
CHAPTER 4
MY CUSTOM STITCH (CREATE YOUR OWN STITCH DESIGNS)
TM
..................................................77
DESIGNING THE STITCH...................................77
ENTERING STITCH DATA ..................................79
EDITING STITCH DATA ......................................81
Moving a point ...............................................81
Moving part or all of the design......................82
Inserting new points.......................................82
STORING A STITCH DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE
CREATED ............................................................84
RETRIEVING A STITCH DESIGN THAT HAS
BEEN SAVED ......................................................85
CHAPTER 5
EMBROIDERING
..................................................86
SETUP .................................................................86
Installing embroidery foot Q...........................86
Installing the embroidery unit.........................87
Initializing the embroidery unit .......................87
Embroidering screen......................................88
Removing the embroidery unit.......................88
Creating beautiful embroidery........................89
Attaching stabilizer material...........................89
Inserting the fabric in the embroidery frame ..90
Attaching the embroidery frame to the
embroidery arm..............................................92
Removing the embroidery frame from the
embroidery arm..............................................92
EMBROIDERING .................................................93
Simple embroidering......................................93
Embroidering multi-color patterns..................93
EMBROIDERY PATTERNS.................................95
Creating text patterns ....................................95
Typing uppercase & lowercase characters....97
Changing the character size ..........................97
Checking the text ...........................................98
Editing text .....................................................99
Changing the color of each character in the
text .................................................................99
Creating frame patterns ...............................100
Selecting one-point patterns ........................101
Displaying the thread color names ..............102
Selecting patterns from a memory card.......102
CHANGING THE PATTERN SETTING .............104
Editing the layout of the pattern ...................104
Changing the embroidering position ............105
Changing the pattern direction.....................106
Mirror imaging patterns................................106
Embroidering from a specific starting point..107
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Checking the embroidery area.....................107
Changing the size of patterns ......................108
Changing the thread density........................109
MEMORY ...........................................................110
Saving character combinations
in the memory ..............................................110
Retrieving a pattern which has been saved.111
ADJUSTMENTS WHILE EMBROIDERING .......112
Continuing embroidering..............................112
Embroidering again from the beginning.......113
EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS........................114
Linking characters........................................114
Using the extra-large embroidery frame
(optional)......................................................115
Combining a frame pattern with a design ....119
Embroidering appliqués
(using a frame pattern) ................................120
Embroidering onto small pieces of fabric
or in corners.................................................121
MAINTENANCE
................................................122
CLEANING.........................................................122
Cleaning the screen.....................................122
Cleaning the machine surface .....................122
Cleaning the shuttle .....................................122
CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB..........................124
ERROR MESSAGES
................................................125
Warning messages ......................................125
Operation messages....................................128
Troubleshooting ...........................................129
Thread and stitch problems .........................130
Mechanical problems...................................131
SEWING CHART
................................................132
PATTERNS
(PROGRAMMED IN MACHINE)
................................................135
Utility stitches...............................................135
Character embroidering ...............................135
Frame pattern embroidering ........................136
Floral alphabet .............................................136
One-point pattern embroidering...................137
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