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CONTENTS
NAMES OF MACHINE PARTS AND THEIR
FUNCTIONS ............... ............. ............ ............. ...... 9
Machine .................. .............. .............. .............. ......... 9
Needle and Presser Foot Section ............................... 10
Embroidery Unit ....................... .............. .............. .... 10
Operation Buttons ... ................. .............. ................. . 11
Included Accessories ............. ................. .............. .... 11
Options ........ .............. ................. .............. .............. . 14
Chapter 1 Getting Ready 15
TURNING THE MACH INE ON/OFF ............... ..... 16
LCD SCREEN ................. ............. ................ ......... 17
Using the Machine Setting Mode Key ..................... . 20
Using the Machine Operation Mode Key ....... .......... 22
Using the Pattern Explanation K ey ................. .......... 23
LOWER/UPPER T HREADING ..................... ......... 24
Winding the Bobbin ... ................. .............. ............... 24
Setting the Bobbin .............. .............. .............. .......... 27
Pulling Up the Bobbin Thread .......... ................. ....... 27
Upper Threading .. .............. ................. .............. ....... 28
Using the Twin Needle ............. ................. .............. . 31
CHANGING THE PRES SER FOOT ..... ................ .. 33
Removing the Presser Foot ........... ................ ............. 33
Attaching the Presser Foot ................. .............. .......... 33
CHANGING THE NEE DLE ................. ............. ..... 34
Chapter 2 Sewing Basics 37
SEWING .. ................ ............. ............. ................ .. 38
Sewing a Stitch ................... .............. .............. .......... 38
Sewing Reinforcement Stitches ....................... .......... 40
Sewing Curves .................... .............. .............. .......... 40
Changing Sewing D irection ................. .............. ....... 40
Sewing Heavyweight Fabric ....................... ............... 41
Sewing Lightweight Fabric ............. .............. ............. 41
ADJUSTING S TITCH SETTIN GS ......... ............. ..... 42
Adjusting the Stitch Wi dth ................ .............. .......... 42
Adjusting the Stitch Length ............ .............. ............. 42
Adjusting the Thread Tension ...... .............. .............. . 43
USEFUL FUNCT IONS ........... ................ ............... 43
Automatic Reinforcement Stitching ......... .............. .... 43
Automatic Thread Cutting ......... .............. .............. .... 44
Locking the Screen ............. .............. .............. .......... 45
Chapter 3 Utility Stitches 47
SELECTING A U TILITY STITCH ................... ......... 48
Selecting a Stitch Pattern............................ .............. . 49
Saving Stitch Settings ................................................ 49
Using the Sewing Type Selection Key ...................... 50
SEWING THE STITCHES ................ ............. ......... 51
Straight Stitches .......... ................. .............. .............. . 51
Darts Seams .............................................................. 53
Gathering .. .............. .............. .............. .............. ....... 54
Flat Fell Seams .......................................................... 54
Pintucks ...................... ........... .............. .............. ....... 55
Zigzag Stitches .......................................................... 56
Elastic Zigzag Stitches............................................... 57
Overcasting ............. ................. .............. .............. .... 58
Quilting ................... .............. .............. .............. ....... 62
Blind Hem Stitches ...................... .............. .............. . 66
Appliqués ................... ................. .............. .............. . 67
Shell Tuck Stitching ....................... .............. ............. 68
Scalloping ................................................................. 68
Top Stitching ..... .............. .............. ................. .......... 69
Smocking ....................... .............. .............. .............. . 69
Fagoting .................................................................... 70
Tape or Elastic Attaching....................... ................. ... 71
Heirloom Stitching ............ ................. .............. ......... 72
Buttonhole Stitches ................................................... 74
Bar Tacks ...... ................. .............. .............. .............. . 79
Button Sewing...................... ................. .............. ...... 81
Eyelets ...................................................................... 82
Multi-Directional Sewing (Straight Stit ch and
Zigzag Stitch) ............................................................ 83
Zipper Insertion ........ ................ ............... .............. ... 84
Chapter 4 Character/Decorative Stitches 87
SELECTING STITC H PATTERNS ... ................ ....... 88
Selecting Decorative Stitch Patterns/7 mm
Decorative Stitch Patterns/Satin Stitc h Patterns/
7 mm Satin Stitch Patterns/Cross Stitch Pat terns/
Utility Decorative St itch Patterns ................ .............. . 89
Alphabet Patterns ................. .............. .............. ......... 89
SEWING STIT CH PATTERNS . ................ ............. . 91
Sewing Attractive Fi nishes........................ ................ . 91
Basic Sewing..................... .............. .............. ............ 91
Adjusting Patterns ............. ................. .............. ......... 92
EDITING STITC H PATTERNS ....... ............. .......... 94
Changing the Pattern Size ......... ................. ............... 95
Changing the Pattern Length
(7 mm Satin Stitch Patterns Only) ........................... ... 95
Creating a Vertica l Mirror Image ......................... ...... 95
Creating a Horizontal Mirror I mage ... ................. ...... 95
Selecting a Single/Repeating Pattern................. ......... 96
Changing the Thread Density
(Satin Stitch Patterns Only) ............................ ............ 96
COMBINING STI TCH PATTERNS ....................... 97
Before Combining Patterns....................... ................ . 97
Combining Patterns F rom Different Categories .......... 97
Combining Stitch Patterns of Different Sizes.............. 98
Combinin g Stitch Patterns of Different Orientations .. 99
Combining Stitch Patterns of Different Lengths........ 100
Creating Step Patterns (7 mm Satin Stitch Patterns
Only) .................. .............. .............. .............. .......... 101
USING THE MEMO RY FUNCTION. ................ .. 103
Stitch Data Precautions ........................................... 103
Saving Stitch Patterns in the Machine’s Memory ..... 103
Saving Stitch Patterns to the Computer .................... 105
Retrieving Stitch Patterns from the Machine’s
Memory .................... .............. .............. .............. .... 106
Retrieving Stitch Patt erns from the Computer .......... 107
Chapter 5 Embroidery 109
BEFORE EMBROIDERIN G .................. ............. .. 110
Attaching Embroidery Foot “U”........................ ....... 111
Attaching the Embr oidery Unit ................. .............. . 112
SELECTING EMBROIDERY PATTE RNS .............. 11 4
One-point Patterns/Floral Patterns .............. ............. 115
Alphabet Patterns ................. .............. .............. ....... 116
Frame Patterns ............... ................. .............. .......... 117
Embroidery Cards ........................ ................. .......... 118
Selecting Patterns from the Machine's Memory/
Computer.................... .............. ............... .............. . 118
VIEWING THE SEWING SCREEN ....... ............... 119
PREPARING THE FABRIC .......... ................ ........ 120
Attaching Stabilizer to Fabric ................ ................. . 120
Hooping Fabric in the Embroidery Frame................ 121