Brother PE 400D operation manual Contents

CONTENTS
SETTING UP
...................................................	5
PRINCIPAL PARTS	5
OTHER INCLUDED ACCESSORIES	7
OPTIONS	8
SELECTION KEYS	9
Screen messages guide you through each
operation	9
OPERATION BUTTONS	10
Using the operation buttons	10
BASIC SEWING MACHINE
OPERATION
.................................................	11
FLAT BED EXTENSION TABLE	11
Free arm	11
POWER SUPPLY	12
USING THE SCREEN KEYS	13
ABOUT THE SCREEN	13
ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE
SCREEN	13
HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE	14
How to clear the language selection	15
BOBBIN WINDING / BOBBIN THREAD
SETTING	16
Setting the bobbin	19
UPPER THREADING	20
STARTING AND STOPPING SEWING	23
“START/STOP” button	23
Foot controller	23
STITCH SELECTION (UTILITY STITCHES)	24
Stitches	24
TRIAL SEWING	25
STITCH WIDTH AND STITCH LENGTH	27
Adjusting the stitch width	27
Adjusting the stitch length	27
Quick adjustment reference chart for stitch
width and stitch length	28
THREAD TENSION	30
Correct tension	30
Tightening the upper thread tension	30
Loosening the upper thread tension	30
PRESSER FOOT	31
Changing the presser foot	31
Changing the Embroidery foot and the
zipper foot	32
FEED DOGS	33
NEEDLE	34
Checking the needle	34
Installing the needle securely	34
FABRIC/THREAD/NEEDLE COMBINATION
CHART	35
UTILITY STITCHES
.................................................	36
STRAIGHT STITCHES	36
Changing needle position	37
Sewing corners	37
Sewing curves	38
Sewing thick seams	38
Sewing thick fabric	38
Sewing thin fabric	39
Using the free arm	39
STRETCH STITCH AND TRIPLE STITCH	40
Stretch stitch	40

Triple stitch	40
ZIGZAG STITCHES	41
Overcasting (using a zigzag stitch)	41
Applique (using a zigzag stitch)	41
Patchwork (for crazy quilt)	42
Sewing a curve with a zigzag stitch	42
DOTTED ZIGZAG	43
Attaching elastic bands	43
Overcasting	43
OVERCASTING	44
Overcasting	44
Overcasting	44
Overcasting	45
Overcasting	45
BLIND HEM STITCHES	46
If the needle does not catch the fold of
hem enough	47
If the needle catches the fold of hem
too much	47
BUTTONHOLE STITCHES	48
Order of one cycle	49
Sewing stretch fabrics ( )	50
Buttons that do not fit into the guide plate
(Odd-shaped buttons)	50
BAR TACKING	51
Thick fabrics	52
APPLIQUES	53
Sewing the applique around corners	53
SCALLOP	54
PATCHWORK STITCH	55
ZIPPER INSERTION
(CENTERED AND SIDE APPLICATION)	56
Centered application	56
Side application	57
SMOCKING	59
BUTTON SEWING	60
Attaching buttons with four holes	61
EMBROIDERING
.................................................	62
BEFORE YOU BEGIN	62
1. Embroidery unit and memory cards
(optional)	62
2. Attaching the embroidery foot “Q”	62
3. Attaching the embroidery unit	63
REMOVING EMBROIDERY UNIT	64
CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS
(PART I)	65
One-point patterns	66
Borders	68
Lettering	69
Numerals and punctuation	70
Lower and upper case letters	70
Selecting patterns from a memory card	71
CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS
(PART II)	72
If you accidentally choose the wrong design ....	72
If you choose the wrong character	72
To change size	72
To make words	73
EMBROIDERING	74
Embroidering attractive finishes	74
Setting the fabric into the embroidery frame ....	75
Fitting the embroidery frame to the
embroidery unit	77
Removing the embroidery frame	77
Embroidering	78
THREAD TENSION	80

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