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Setting Up Sewing Utility Stitches Characters and Decorative Stitches Embroidering Editing Embroidery Patterns Retrieving My Custom Stitch TM This message is displayed when the embroidery unit is attached while the needle is lowered. This message is displayed if the "START/STOP" button is pressed while the foot controller is still connected. This message is displayed if the "START/STOP" button is touched when in editing mode. This message is displayed if a non-buttonhole pattern is selected and the "START/STOP" button or "REVERSE STITCH" button is pressed while the buttonhole lever is lowered. This message is displayed if a buttonhole pattern is selected and the "START/STOP" button or "REVERSE STITCH" button is pressed while the buttonhole lever is raised. This message is displayed when the embroidery pattern is larger than the embroidery frame. 176 Error Maintenance Messages Trouble shooting Sewing Chart Patterns (Programmed in Machine) Patterns (Memory Card)

Section	Page
Contents	5
Set Up	8
Principal Parts	8
Other Included Accessories	10
Options	11
Power Supply	12
Selection Keys	13
Operation Buttons	14
Using the Screen Keys	15
How to use the Language Selection Key	17
Bobbin Winding/Bobbin Thread Setting	19
Upper Threading	22
Start/Stop	25
Stitch Width and Stitch Length	27
Thread Tension	32
Changing the Presser Foot	34
Changing the Needle	37
Machine Operation Keys	38
Sewing	39
Trial Sewing	39
Automatic Reinforcement Stitching	41
Automatic Thread Cutting	42
Utility Stitch Selection	43
Useful Skills	45
Utility Stitches	48
Straight Stitches	48
Adapter for Low Shank Attachments	50
Zigzag Stitches	51
Overcasting	52
Overcasting (When using the side cutter)	53
Blind Hem Stitches	55
Buttonhole Stitches	57
Bar Tacking	61
Darning	63
Tape Attaching	65
Eyelet Stitch	66
Button Sewing	67
Basting	69
Zipper Insertion (Centered and Side Application)	70
Dart Seam	73
Gathering	74
Pintuck	76
Flat Fell Seam	78
Appliques	80
Applique Quilts	81
Scallop Stitch	82
Smocking Stitch	83
Patchwork Stitch	84
Fagoting	85
Decorative Stitching	86
Hem-Stitch (Heirloom Stitch)	87
Lateral Sewing (Straight/Zigzag)	89
Characters and Decorative Stitches	91
Decorative Stitches (7mm)	94
Satin Stitches	95
Cross Stitching	96
Character and Decorative Stitch Adjustment	97
Sewing	105
Adjusting Stitch Patterns	108
Embroidering	109
Preparation Before Sewing	109
Selecting and Sewing Patterns	113
Memory	119
Embroidering	120
Moving the Location (Layout)	126
Adjusting During the Embroidery Process	132
Embroidery Applications	134
Embroidery Editing	138
Embroidery Editing Capabilities	138
How to Edit	139
Saving a Pattern Combination to Memory	154
Correcting Edited Patterns	157
Retrieving	159
Retrieving Characters and Patterns	159
Retrieving an Embroidery Pattern	160
Retrieving and Edited Pattern	161
Deleting a Stored Pattern	162
My Custom Stitch (Create your own stitch designs)	163
Making the Illustration	163
Generating the Data	165
Editing an Existing Pattern	167
Storing the Patterns Which You Have Entered	170
Retrieving a Pattern	171
Maintenance	172
Cleaning	172
Changing the Light Bulb	174
Related Chart of Sewing Fabrics, Thread and Needle	175
Error Messages	176
Warning Messages	176
Instruction Messages	181
Alarms	182
Troubleshooting	183
Using the \	183
Sewing Chart	186
Patterns (Programmed in Machine)	189
Utility Stitches	189
Character Sewing	189
Character Embroidery Chart	193
Frame Pattern Embroidery Chart	193
Patterns (Memory Card)	194