Brother N5V Selecting Stitching, Selecting stitch types and, patterns, Preset utillity stitch

UTILITY STITCHES ———————————————————————————————————————————

Selecting Stitching

You can select any of the various types of stitching available.

Selecting stitch types and

†

Preset utillity stitch

The most frequently used utility stitches

patterns

have been assigned to the numeric keys.

A stitch can be selected from the following types

These stitches can be selected simply by

pressing the key.

available.

†

Saved patterns

Stitch patterns can be selected through either direct

select (by pressing the key for a specific stitch) or

Frequently used patterns and combined

number selection (by entering the number for the

patterns can be saved on the machine's

stitch pattern).

memory and easily retrieved using

For details on the types of stitches available, refer to

(Preset utility stitch/saved pattern key) and

“Stitch Settings” (page 134).

■ Direct selection

the numeric keys. For details, refer to

“Saving patterns” (page 126).

After pressing

(Preset utility stitch/saved

pattern key) to select the stitch mode, press the

■ Number selection

numeric key assigned with the desired stitch.

After pressing

(Utility stitch key),

With direct selection, there are two stitch modes:

(Decorative stitch key) or

(Character stitch

preset utility stitch mode

and saved pattern

key) to select the stitch mode, use the numeric

keys to type in the number for the desired stitch.

mode

. When the machine is turned on or

when the

(Preset utility stitch/saved pattern

key) is pressed, the machine enters preset utility

1

stitch mode, indicated by

in the lower-left

/

corner of the screen. To enter saved pattern

2

/

/

mode, indicated by

in the lower-left corner of

3

4

the screen, press the

(Preset utility stitch/

a Utility stitch key

saved pattern key). Each press of

(Preset

b Decorative stitch key

c Character stitch key

utility stitch/saved pattern key) switches the mode

d Numeric keys

between the preset utility stitch mode

and

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Utility stitches (No.01-67)

saved pattern mode

.

There are 67 utility stitches, including

straight stitches, overcasting stitches and

/

1

buttonhole stitches.

2

aPreset utility stitch/saved pattern key

bNumeric keys

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