Chapter
6
Embroidery Edit
EXPLANATION OF FUNCTIONS..................262
SELECTING PATTERNS TO EDIT ..................263
Selecting Embroidery Patterns/Brother “Exclusives”/Greek
Alphabet Patterns/Floral Alphabet Patterns/Utility Embroidery
Patterns/Frame Patterns.................................................. 264
Selecting Alphabet Character Patterns............................ 264
EDITING PATTERNS.....................................267
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Key Functions ......................................................................... 268
Moving the Pattern ......................................................... 269
Rotating the Pattern........................................................ 269
Changing the Size of the Pattern..................................... 270
Deleting the Pattern........................................................ 271
Changing the Configuration of
Alphabet Character Patterns........................................... 271
Changing Alphabet Character Spacing............................ 272
Reducing Character Spacing ........................................... 273
Separating Combined Character Patterns ....................... 274
Changing the Color of
Each Alphabet Character in a Pattern ............................. 275
Embroidering Linked Characters..................................... 276
Changing the Thread Color............................................. 278
Creating a Custom Thread Table..................................... 279
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Adding a Color to the Custom Thread Table from the List ..... 282
Choosing a Color from the Custom Thread Table ........... 283
Designing Repeated Patterns .......................................... 284
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Sewing Repeated Patterns ...................................................... 284
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Repeating One Element of a Repeated Pattern ....................... 286
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Color Sorting Repeated Patterns............................................. 287
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Assigning Thread Marks.......................................................... 289
Duplicating a Pattern...................................................... 290
After Editing.................................................................... 290
COMBINING PATTERNS..............................291
Editing Combined Patterns.............................................. 291
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Selecting combined embroidery patterns ............................... 293
Sewing Combined Patterns ............................................. 294
VARIOUS EMBROIDERING FUNCTIONS....295
Uninterrupted Embroidering (Using a Single Color) ....... 295
Basting Embroidery......................................................... 295
Creating an Appliqué Piece............................................. 296
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Creating an Appliqué Piece .................................................... 296
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Using a Frame Pattern for the Outline ................................... 300
Using the Built-In Camera
to Align the Embroidering Position ................................. 302
USING THE MEMORY FUNCTION ..............305
PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING
EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND
PRINTED DESIGNS)..................................... 306
Selecting a Pattern...........................................................307
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Checking Only the Embroidery Pattern...................................307
Outputting the Background Image
and Positioning Image .....................................................308
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Using USB Media ....................................................................308
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Using a USB Cable ..................................................................309
Printing the Background and Embroidery Position Sheet ........... 310
Sewing Embroidery Patterns ............................................310