DESIGNER DIAMOND Deluxe™ Techniques #21 - Specialty Stitches Menu
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DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #21 - Specialty Stitches Menu 1 Select Sewing Mode. 2 Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar. 3 The Stitch Menu opens automatically. 4 Select Menu X – Specialty Technique Stitches. Specialty Techniques are stitches that require an optional accessory 5 foot. Let’s look at what we have now. Stitches 1 through 10 are Candlewick 6 stitches. 7 Touch Quick Help 8 Touch Stitch X1:6 21 - Specialty Stitches Menu 1 You get the pop-up with the information, including the part number, 9 for the foot that you are required to use to sew the chosen stitch. 10 Snap on your Specialty Candlewick Foot #4131623-45. Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the 11 bobbin. Mark six lines 1” (2.5cm) apart on fabric. Place one layer of 12 INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric 13 On the fi rst line, stitch a row of candlewick stitches. Select another candlewick stitch (1 through 10) and stitch on the 14 sixth line. 15 Touch Quick Help Touch Stitch 16. The Three Hole Yarn Foot #4131870-45 is called 16 for in the Pop-Up. Thread your Three Hole Yarn Foot with a different color yarn in 17 each of the three holes using the yarn threader provided. 18 Stitch on the second line. 19 Select stitch 17 and stitch on the third line. 20 Select stitch 18 and stitch on the fourth line. 21 Select stitch 19 and stitch on the fi fth line. Fold over one end of your fabric to the right side, to form a double 22 1/2” hem. 21 - Specialty Stitches Menu 2 23 Touch Quick Help 24 Touch Stitch 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15. 25 Snap on your Left Edge Topstitch Foot #4127842-45 as directed. Align the edge of the fold in the tunnel on the underside of the foot. 26 Stitch the hem in place. Fold a piece of INSPIRA® Aqua-Magic stabilizer so there are four 27 layers, about 1” (2.5cm) wide. Stitch #16 on the Aqua-Magic. Rinse out the stabilizer and you will have a free standing cord! 21 - Specialty Stitches Menu 3 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #22 - Free Motion Stitching When stitching free motion on your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ you have two choices, Free Motion Floating or Free Mo- 1 tion Spring Action. Which one you select depends on the foot you are using. The following feet require Free Motion Floating: R Foot Clear Open Toe 2 Free-Motion Foot #412860645 Free Motion Guide Foot Yarn Couching Feet Set #412576445 #920215096 22 - Free Motion Stitching 1 The following feet require Free Motion Spring Action: 3 Sensor Q-Foot Open Toe Free Motion Spring Foot #413037646 To set your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ for Free Motion: In Sewing Mode, Touch Free Motion Technique icon. In the pop-up 4 choose either Free Motion Floating or Free Motion Spring Action. NOTE: When sewing with Free Motion the machine will automatically use Thread Tension instead of Thread Portioning. Free Motion Floating: Free Motion Floating allows the foot to “fl oat” just above the sur- face of the fabric. When you begin sewing at a slower speed, the foot will “hop” up and down as the stitch is formed. As you stitch more 5 quickly, the foot goes into fl oating mode and stays there. It is possible to adjust the height at which it is “fl oating” above the fabric. This is called the Pivot Height. To adjust the Pivot Height: 6 Touch Free Motion Technique icon in Sewing Mode. When choosing Free Motion Floating in the pop-up, the Pivot Height adjustment is visible. The default is set at 0. Touch the + to 7 raise the foot up, further away from the fabric. Touch the - to move the foot down, closer to the fabric. Because fabric thickness varies, you may need to adjust the Pivot Height. If you see the fabric “bouncing” and your thread is breaking, 8 touch the - to lower the foot. If your foot is “clamping” down too hard on the fabric making it diffi cult to move, touch the + to raise it up giving the fabric more clearance to move. 22 - Free Motion Stitching 2 Free Motion Spring Action: Free Motion Spring Action allows the foot to hold the fabric taut as 9 the stitch is being formed and rise up after the stitch has been made. You will fi nd that the Pivot Height is not active when Free Motion Spring Action has been chosen because it is not applicable. Which to Use? The choice to use Floating or Spring Action is largely a personal choice when doing basic free motion stitching. 1. 1. The Sensor Q-foot is useful when working on thick, fabrics or layers of fabrics. Always use this foot when sewing with Free Motion Spring Action. The spring action holds the fabric taut as the stitch is being formed. The Sensor Q Foot is designed to be used either in free motion sewing or in embroidery. 2. 2. The “R” Foot is the basic Free Motion foot that comes with your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™. 3. The Clear Open Toe Free Motion Foot is an optional accessory 3. 10 that is very useful when the fl oating position is desired and you need to follow a line. The open toe in the front gives the best visibility. 4. The Free Motion Guide Foot has a grid, making it easy to do echo quilting. The large surface of the foot keeps the fabric down, out of 4. the way of the needle when using a “puffy” batting. 5. The Yarn Couching Feet are specialty feet for couching yarn. 5. 6. The Open Toe Spring Foot is used the same as the Sensor Q Foot, but is open in the front making it easier to see. 6. Let’s Sew: 11 Insert a size 90 INSPIRA® Quilting Needle. 22 - Free Motion Stitching 3 12 Thread with cotton thread top and bobbin. Make a “quilt sandwich” from two layers of cotton fabric with bat- 13 ting between them. 14 Snap on your “R” Foot. 15 Touch Free Motion Technique icon in Sewing Mode. 16 Choose Free Motion Floating in the Free Motion Technique pop-up. 17 Select A1:2 . When sewing free motion, you are moving the fabric. Run the machine moderately fast. You may want to touch the START/STOP 18 and slow your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ down one notch. Then sew with the foot control fully depressed to have an even speed. Begin with long thread tails both top and bobbin. Tap your foot con- trol once to lower the needle and bring it back up. This allows you to 19 bring your bobbin thread to the top. Hold the thread tails and stitch in place for a few stitches. Stop and trim the tread tails. Then begin by stitching back to front, then side to side. Practice loops and even write your name! You are controlling the stitch 20 length by how you move the fabric. Practice for consistent move- ment of the fabric and speed of the machine. 22 - Free Motion Stitching 4 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #23 - Designer Cutwork Cutwork on your Husqvarna Viking DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ can be done two different ways. The fi rst, is to cut out the area, using your small scissors that came with your DESIGNER 1 DIAMOND deLuxe™. The Second is to use Cutwork Needles. You can only use the cutwork needles on designs that were digitized for use with the Cutwork Needles. Traditional Cutwork: Traditional cutwork designs use these symbols to indicate that they are cutwork designs. 2 The fi rst symbol is showing that the area to be cut will fi rst be stitches. The second is showing the fabric being cut. The third is showing the cut area, satin stitched. Heavy Weight water soluble stabilizer such as INSPIRA® Aqua-Magic is the preferred stabilizer. Your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ has two cutwork designs. They are 40 and 95. On the Classic Collection CD, there are also these cutwork designs, 28, 29, 104, 105, 107 and 108. 3 Touch Embroidery Mode to toggle to embroidery. 4 Touch Start Menu. 5 Touch File Manager 6 Touch Built-In Designs 23 - Designer Cutwork 1 7 Touch List View 8 Select DL_127.vp3 9 Touch OK. 10 Touch My Hoops. 11 Select 100 x 170 Midsize Hoop. 12 Hoop fabric with INSPIRA® Aqua Magic Stabilizer. Thread with 40 wt. Rayon Thread on top and bobbin thread in the 13 bobbin. 14 Stitch Color 1, Dark Red. Color 2 will outline the areas to be cut. You will see the symbol 15 between colors 2 and 3. This indicates that after color 2 stops, cut out the fabric (NOT the stabilizer) before beginning color 3. 23 - Designer Cutwork 2 Color 3 satin stitches the left side of the design and straight stitches 16 the areas to be cut on the right side of the design. Color 4 satin stitches the right side of the design and straight stitches 17 the areas to be cut in the center. 18 Color 5 completes the satin stitching. Cutwork Using the Cutwork Needles: There are four needles in each Husqvarna Viking® Embroidery Cutwork Needle Kit. The needles are color coded #1 red, #2 yellow, #3 green and #4 blue. 19 The embroidery designs you use with INSPIRA® Cutwork Needles must be digitized for use with the needles. You cannot use them with cutwork designs that have not been digitized for INSPIRA® Cutwork Needles.