Brother 888-F50 Operation Manual page 8

CONTENTS
D Decorative sewing
Chapter 1 CHARACTER / DECORATIVE
STITCHES
Sewing the Various Built-in Decorative Patterns .... 2
Selecting stitch patterns .......................................................... 2
Deleting a pattern................................................................... 3
Sewing attractive finishes ....................................................... 3
Basic sewing .......................................................................... 4
Combining patterns ................................................................ 5
Repeating combined patterns ................................................. 5
Checking the selected pattern................................................. 6
Changing the pattern size ....................................................... 6
Changing the stitch density..................................................... 6
Changing the pattern length ................................................... 6
Changing character spacing ................................................... 7
Creating step stitch patterns .................................................... 7
Mirroring a pattern image ....................................................... 8
Returning to the beginning of the pattern................................ 9
Saving a pattern...................................................................... 9
Retrieving a pattern .............................................................. 10
Realigning the pattern .......................................................... 10
Chapter 2 MY CUSTOM STITCH
Designing a Stitch............................................... 12
Drawing a sketch of the pattern ............................................ 12
Entering the pattern data....................................................... 12
Examples of designs ............................................................. 14
A Appendix
Chapter 1 MAINTENANCE AND
TROUBLESHOOTING
Care and Maintenance.......................................... 2
Restrictions on oiling .............................................................. 2
Precautions on storing the machine ........................................ 2
Cleaning the LCD screen ........................................................ 2
Cleaning the machine surface ................................................ 2
Cleaning the race ................................................................... 2
Troubleshooting.................................................... 4
Frequent troubleshooting topics ............................................. 4
Upper thread tightened up ..................................................... 4
Tangled thread on wrong side of fabric .................................. 5
Incorrect thread tension.......................................................... 6
Fabric is caught in the machine and cannot be removed ........ 8
When the thread became tangled under the bobbin winder
seat ...................................................................................... 10
List of symptoms................................................................... 12
Error messages...................................................................... 17
Operation beep .................................................................... 20
Nothing appears in the LCD ................................................. 20
Specifications ..................................................... 20
Index .................................................................. 21
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