BERNINA®
Embroidery Module/Machine
MASTERING YOURBERNINA® EMBROIDERY MODULE/MACHINE 2/06 2
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Table of Contents
Section A: Embroidery Beginnings.............................................................................. 3
Introduction.............................................................................................................. 4
General Information: Your Embroidery Machine/Module.......................................... 5
4 Levels of BERNINA® v4.0 Embroidery Software.................................................. 9
Getting Started........................................................................................................10
Needles ..................................................................................................................14
Thread....................................................................................................................16
Embroidery Thread.................................................................................................17
Stabilizers & Interfacings........................................................................................18
Sewing & Craft Sprays ...........................................................................................19
Samples
Stitching A Motif.................................................................................................20
Monochrome Embroidery .................................................................................22
Customizing Thread Color................................................................................ 24
Duplicating & Rescaling Motifs .........................................................................26
Proportional Resizing of Motifs......................................................................... 28
Rotating Designs ..............................................................................................30
Proportional Resizing & Rotation......................................................................32
Stretching Designs............................................................................................34
Right-to-Left Mirror Image.................................................................................36
Up-to-Down Mirror Image.................................................................................. 38
Using Embroidery Cards ..................................................................................40
Using an Embroidery CD or USB stick.............................................................. 42
Saving & Deleting Embroidery Motifs.....................................................................44
Embroidery Beginnings Shopping List....................................................................46
Section B: Beyond the Basics .....................................................................................47
General Information: Working with Alphabets & Text.............................................. 48
Selecting, Adding, & Deleting Letters......................................................................49
Saving Text Designs...............................................................................................50
Samples
Alphabet Sampler .............................................................................................52
Manipulating Alphabets......................................................................................54
Stitch Density....................................................................................................56
Combining Motifs.............................................................................................. 58
Combining Lettering & Motifs............................................................................60
Rehooping.........................................................................................................62
Free-Arm Embroidery .......................................................................................64
Baseline Sampler .............................................................................................66
Changing Lettering Height.................................................................................68
Changing Lettering Spacing..............................................................................70
Mega Hoop........................................................................................................72
myartista Portal ...............................................................................................74
Beyond the Basics Shopping List...........................................................................76