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Adjusting the Thread Tension .......................................................................................112
Adjusting the tension of the bobbin thread................................................................................................ 112
Adjusting the tension of the upper thread.................................................................................................. 113
EMBROIDERING SETTINGS 115Basting Embroidery ...................................................................................................... 116
Creating an Appliqué Piece .......................................................................................... 117
Creating an appliqué piece.......................................................................................................................117
Using a frame pattern for the outline......................................................................................................... 120
Automatic Lock Stitch Setting ...................................................................................... 122
Starting/Ending Position Settings. .................................................................................123
Repeatedly sewing a pattern along a diagonal..........................................................................................124
Embroidering linked characters.................................................................................................................125
Maximum Sewing Speed Setting.................................. .................................................127
Setting the Machine to Stop at Color Changes ............................................................. 128
Stopping the machine at the next color change.........................................................................................128
Specifying pause locations before embroidering....................................................................................... 128
Temporary Needle Bar Setting ..................................................................................... 130
Uninterrupted embroidering (using a single color).................................................................................... 131
Reserved Needle Bar Settings................... ....................................................................132
SELECTING/EDITING/SAVING PATTERNS 135Precautions..................................................................................... ..............................136
Concerning embroidery data.................................................................................................................... 136
Concerning optional embroidery cards.....................................................................................................138
Concerning USB media............................................................................................................................ 139
Selecting an Embroidery Pattern .............................................................................. ....140
General pattern selection..........................................................................................................................140
Embroidery patterns..................................................................................................................................141
Frame patterns.......................................................................................................................................... 141
Monogram and frame designs................................................................................................................... 142
Alphabet patterns......................................................................................................................................145
Floral alphabet patterns............................................................................................................................ 148
Renaissance alphabet patterns..................................................................................................................149
Appliqué alphabet....................................................................................................................................150
Greek alphabet patterns............................................................................................................................151
Embroidery patterns stored in the machine memory..................................................................................151
Embroidery cards (optional)......................................................................................................................152
Computer (USB)........................................................................................................................................156
USB media............................................................................................................................................... 160
Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Pattern Editing Screen) .............................................. 162
Combining patterns.................................................................................................................................. 162
Selecting the pattern to be edited..............................................................................................................163
Moving a pattern...................................................................................................................................... 163
Flipping a pattern horizontally..................................................................................................................164
Changing the size of a pattern...................................................................................................................164
Rotating a pattern.....................................................................................................................................166
Changing the text arrangement of a character...........................................................................................167
Changing the character spacing................................................................................................................167
Separating combined character patterns...................................................................................................168
Trimming the threads between characters.................................................................................................169
Changing the thread density (only for some character and frame patterns)................................................170
Specifying multi-color text........................................................................................................................170
Changing the colors of the pattern............................................................................................................ 171
Designing repeated patterns......................................................................................................................172
Creating a custom thread table.................................................................................................................176
Choosing a color from the custom thread table. ........................................................................................179
Duplicating a pattern................................................................................................................................180
Deleting a pattern.....................................................................................................................................180
Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Embroidering Settings Screen) .................................. 181
Rotating the entire pattern......................................................................................................................... 181