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- Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 1
Operation Manual My Custom Design - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 2
patterns directly from the screen of your Brother household computerized sewing machine that is equipped with the compatible embroidery function. Before using this software, carefully read the instructions contained in this manual in order to fully understand each of the various functions and - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 3
, now you can write your signature on the screen, and then embroider it. The pen tablet, included with your sewing machine or with the purchasable upgrade kit, makes this software so much easier to use. The created embroidery patterns can be resized, combined with characters and images and freely - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 4
: KIT II certified * The KIT II certification can be checked by pressing (Settings) key. For more details, refer to the Operation Manual provided with the sewing machine. 1 KIT II certified For upgrade information consult with your authorized Brother dealer or visit our website at "http://solutions - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 5
data is stored in a folder, that embroidery data cannot be displayed by the sewing machine. Precautions on the Use of the Display • Only touch the screen with your finger or the pen (stylus) included with the sewing machine. Do not use a mechanical pencil, screwdriver or any other hard or sharp - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 6
Check" on the settings screen must be set to "ON". If the sewing machine is turned on with USB media inserted, the machine checks the software on the USB media, and then starts it up. 1 Turn on the sewing machine. 2 Press , and then press 4/8 of the settings screen. to display page 3 On - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 7
the application is starting up, otherwise the USB media may be damaged. Notes • If you have turned off the sewing machine while embroidering, previously embroidered pattern will not be recalled when you turn on the machine again. Closing the Application 1 To close My Custom Design, turn off the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 8
Key Operations 1 Press left. to display the screen shown at the 1 Notes 2 • Screen illustrations may vary due to model of machine. • You can use the pen tablet for operations in the settings screen. 3 1 Adjusts the speaker volume Press and to adjust the speaker volume. 2 Changes the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 9
the sewing direction of the fill stitches. (→ page 32) 4 Converting the image data 5 Saving the embroidery Note to embroidery data. The embroidery data actual dimension of the 37) pattern area is the size of the extra large embroidery frame, which is screen appears. (→ page 35) 30 cm × 20 cm - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 10
area. The actual dimension of the pattern area is the size of the extra large embroidery frame (30 cm (height) × 20 cm (width)). Included pen tablet is activated Description Press this key to close My Custom Design and use the sewing machine. When this key is pressed, all data that had been drawn - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 11
data onto USB media. 37, 41 Stitching Press this key to specify stitching settings. Shrinkage 31 settings key adjustment, the width of satin stitches, the sewing direction of fill stitches and the stitch density can be specified. Convert key Press this key to convert the image data to - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 12
Store key 8 The names of the thread colors and their sewing order are displayed. Description Press this key to save the embroidery data. Reference 37 Return key Press this key to return to the pattern drawing screen. The 35 embroidery data is changed back to image data and the pat- tern - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 13
Chapter 2 Creating a Sample Pattern In order to get a better understanding of how to use this software, we will describe the procedure for creating the pattern shown at the left as an example. By creating an actual pattern, you can learn to master the operation of this software. 1 Drawing the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 14
■ Creating the Desired Circle Undoing If the position or size of the shape is not what you want, the drawn line can be erased so that it can be drawn again. There are many ways of erasing lines, but here we will explain how to use . To undo the last drawing operation, press . The last - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 15
2. Drawing Straight Lines That Are Connected 1 Press so that it changes to . 2 Touch the point that will be the beginning of the drawing. 3 Touch the next point where you wish to add a corner. A straight line is drawn connecting the starting point and the next point touched. 4 Touch the last point - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 16
3. Drawing an Ellipse 1 Press so that it changes to . 2 From the point that will be the center of the ellipse, drag the pen along the screen until the ellipse is the desired size. 3 When the ellipse is the desired size, remove the pen from the screen. To draw an ellipse 4 13 2 The ellipse is - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 17
4. Selecting For example, select the section to be deleted here. * Before moving, copying or deleting sections, use to select the area to be moved, copied or deleted. 1 Press so that it changes to . 2 From the top-left corner of the section, drag the pen along the screen so that the section - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 18
5. Deleting Lines (Drawing a Half Ellipse) * Here, we will explain how to delete lines using . * Before deleting a line using , press so that it changes to , and then select the section to be deleted. (Refer to page 17.) * Lines can also be erased by selecting the page 23.) key. (Refer to 1 - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 19
6. Moving * Before moving, press so that it changes to , and then select the section to be moved. (Refer to page 17.) 1 Follow the procedure described in "4. Selecting" to select the section to be moved. 2 Touch inside the red frame (selection frame) with the pen, and then drag the pen along the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 20
7. Copying * Before copying, press so that it changes to , and then select the section to be copied. (Refer to page 17.) 1 Follow the procedure described in "1. Drawing a Circle" to draw an circle. 2 Follow the procedure described in "4. Selecting" to select the section to be copied. 3 Press . The - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 21
, circles and straight lines cannot be drawn perfectly. Caution Do not try to fill an area with lines, otherwise the drawing cannot be converted to embroidery data. We will draw the pattern in the following order. 9. Drawing a Straight Line 1 Press so that it changes to . 2 Drag the pen along the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 22
10. Drawing a Rectangle 1 Press so that it changes to . 2 From a point that will be a corner of the rectangle, drag the pen along the screen until the rectangle is the desired size. 3 When the rectangle is the desired size, remove the pen from the screen. This completes the drawing. To draw a - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 23
■ Creating the Desired Drawing Unnecessary lines and lines not drawn as desired can be erased by pressing . Lines can also be deleted by pressing , as described in "5. Deleting Lines (Drawing a Half Ellipse)" on page 18; however, to erase detailed sections or if the desired area cannot be surrounded - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 24
Working With Detailed Sections Working within the enlarged area makes it easier to draw or erase detailed lines. Working Within the Enlarged Area 1 1 Press so that it changes to . The blue frame and the enlarged area appear. The section of the pattern within the blue frame is shown enlarged. 2 - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 25
is not to be specified, continue with the procedure described in "4 Converting to Embroidery Data" on page 35. * To clear the entire area and start a was started up (see page 45). * To close the application and use the sewing machine, press . All data that had been drawn is erased (see page 46). - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 26
2 Adding Color to the Pattern Next, we will add color to the lines and areas. 1. Selecting the Line Color 1 Press . * When the application is started up, the line color is black. 2 The screen shown at the left appears. 3 Touch the thread color showing the desired color. For this example, select - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 27
available in the palette of colors for the areas. The color selected for the lines cannot be selected for an area. If you wish to embroider the area with the same color as the lines, select a different color in the pattern, but use the same color of thread when - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 28
wish to change the color, repeat steps 1 through 5 to change the color. Notes • The order in which colors are added is the same as the sewing order. 28 - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 29
Color Is Not Correctly Added Only outlined areas can be filled with color correctly. If an area will not be filled with correct color or will not be filled with color at all, that area is not completely surrounded by lines. Use to correct the lines so that the areas are outlined. Correcting - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 30
are not to be specified, continue with the procedure described in "4 Converting to Embroidery Data" on page 35. * To erase the entire drawing and start a was started up (see page 45). * To close the application and use the sewing machine, press . All data that had been drawn is erased (see page 46). - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 31
direction for fill stitches (Refer to page 32.) 2 3 4 Specifies the stitch density (Refer to page 33.) 4 5 Corrects shrinkage When sewing embroidery, stitched areas may shrink. If 5 this happens, the stitching can be corrected to prevent shrinkage. (Refer to page 47.) * To quit specifying - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 32
width wider by 0.5 mm. A setting between 1.0 mm and 3.0 mm in 0.5 mm increments can be specified. Setting examples 1.0mm 2.0mm 3.0mm 3. Specifying the Sewing Direction of Fill Stitches 1 Press or beside . (The default setting is started up.) when the application is Each press of changes the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 33
density be selected if a detailed drawing is created. • If areas of the embroidery shrinks when a trial embroidery of the design is sewn, specify a coarser stitch density. Continue sewing trial embroidery while adjusting the stitch density. 2 After the desired settings are specified, press . The - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 34
can be changed. Select a size from 50%, 70% and 100%. Notes • The pattern can also be enlarged or reduced from the embroidering or embroidery-editing screen of the sewing machine. If the desired size cannot be selected with this software or if a specific size is required, adjust the size from the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 35
. If the message shown at the left appears, either the drawing contains too many lines or the design is too complicated to be converted to embroidery data. Press to return to the pattern drawing screen, and then correct the data. In this screen, the number of thread colors and the number - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 36
Pattern 1 Press . 2 An image of the pattern as it will be embroidered appears. 1 Press these keys to display the pattern in the various sizes of embroidery frames. The embroidery frames that appear in gray on the gray keys cannot be selected. 2 Press this key to display the pattern enlarged - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 37
data was saved successfully, the previous screen automatically appears. Notes • Do not turn off the machine while the [Saving] message is displayed, otherwise the embroidery data being saved may be lost. In addition, while saving the data onto USB media, do not try to remove the USB media, otherwise - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 38
data, previously saved embroidery data must be deleted. * To quit saving, press . Deleting Saved Data 1 Press . * To change the USB media, press . 2 The following message appears. Notes • Do not turn off the machine while this message is displayed, otherwise saved data may be lost - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 39
pattern is displayed. 2 The page number for the displayed list and the total number of pages are displayed. 3 Each page of the list shows 15 embroidery patterns. To view the next page, press . To view the previous page, press . 4 The amount of space available on the USB media is displayed. * If - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 40
. In this case, press the USB media. , and then change If the embroidery data was saved successfully, the previous screen automatically appears. * Saving embroidery data takes approximately 3 seconds. Notes • Do not turn off the machine while the [Saving] message is displayed, otherwise the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 41
pattern. Notes • When you create the embroidery pattern by tracing the picture using the pen tablet, the actual size of the pattern will be bigger than the tracing picture. Check the size of the pattern before embroidering, then change the size of the pattern on the sewing machine if needed. 41 - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 42
Design, save the image data on USB media before converting it to embroidery data or press after the conversion to return to the pattern drawing screen Insert USB media into the USB port located on the right side of the machine. Caution • Do not insert anything other than USB media into the USB - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 43
• When saving onto USB media containing data other than image data, such as embroidery data, and a list of image data does not appear even when is pressed. containing image data into the available USB port located on right side of machine. 2 Press in the pattern drawing screen. * The key is - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 44
A list of saved image data is displayed. 5 Select the image data to be recalled. 6 The following message appears. 1 Caution Do not turn off the machine 2 while this message is displayed, otherwise saved data may be lost. In addition, do not try to remove the USB media while recalling data - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 45
Clearing The Screen All operations that were performed can be stopped and the screen appears as it did when My Custom Design was started up. 1 Press . 2 The following message appears. 3 To delete the data, press . * To stop the process, press . 4 The screen appears as it did when the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 46
Closing The Application To Use The Sewing Machine You can close the application to use the sewing machine without turning the machine off, then on again. 1 Press . 2 The following message appears. 3 To close the application, press . * To stop closing the application, press . 4 The home - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 47
by 0.1 A setting between 0.0 mm and 2.0 mm in 0.1 mm increments can be specified. Notes • Normally, the default setting of 0.3 mm is used. • Continue sewing trial embroidery while making adjustments. • The larger the pattern size, the easier shrinkage will occur. • Shrinkage is also related to the - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 48
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ERROR MESSAGES If an operation is performed incorrectly, the buzzer sounds and an error message appears. If an error message appears, follow the instructions given in the error message to correct the problem. (The message that is displayed can be cancelled either by - Brother International Quattro 2 6700D | My Custom Design Guide - English - Page 49
9 This message appears when is first pressed. 10 These messages appear when the size of the pattern data to be saved exceeds the amount of space available on the USB media. 11 This message appears while the USB media is transmitting. 12 This message appears when you try to recall or save a
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