DESIGNER DIAMOND Deluxe™ Techniques #21 - Specialty Stitches Menu

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:

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 surface 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 control 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.

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. This symbol will be on the embroidery package or download page telling you that it has been digitized for use with these needles.

23 - Designer Cutwork 3 Fabrics: Most fabrics that are suitable for traditional cutwork will work with the Embroidery Cutwork Needle Kit. The ideal fabric is a woven, natural ﬁ ber fabric such as cotton or linen. Knits work well, if stabilized. See “Fabric Preparation” below for details. Try stitching a sample embroidery before starting on your actual project. On some fabrics, the needles may snag the fabric as they cut. The needles will last a long time depending on the fabric used and other factors, especially when used with natural ﬁ ber fabrics. Individual replacement 20 needles are available if one gets damaged or dull.

The part number #620 09 01-96 is for a replacement package con- taining the four different needles.

The part number #920268-096 is for the Embroidery Cutwork Nee- dle Kit which contains needles, CD with instruction movie and 5 designs, Multi Purpose Tool and instruction to get you started.

Fabric Preparation for stretch fabric: Any fabric that stretches needs to be stabilized before beginning your embroidery. This includes any fabrics like T-Shirt Knit, as well as fabrics like Denim which have a certain amount of give, due to the way it is woven. Any fabric with lycra® in it needs to be stabilized. 21 To stabilize the fabric: 1. Place the “glue” side of INSPIRA® Light & Soft Fuse-On stabilizer on the wrong side of the fabric. 2. Press with a dry iron to fuse in place.

Hooping: 1. Select the hoop appropriate for the size of the embroidery design.

2. Select the appropriate INSPIRA® Stabilizer for the design and fabric. Heavy weight water soluble stabilizer is the best choice for most cutwork. It disappears completely from the back of the fabric. Cut-Away for knits or a Tear-A-Way for wovens can also be used. 22 Hoop the stabilizer with your fabric. The ﬁ rst stabilizer used will be cut cleanly away by the Cutwork Needles. The ﬁ nal stabilizer used, after the cutwork needles cut the fabric should be water soluble so it does not leave any “frizzy” edges sticking out of the satin stitching.

3. Slide your hoop onto your embroidery unit.

23 - Designer Cutwork 4 Stitching: 1. For an even better result it is recommended that you use the Straight Stitch Plate and Sensor Q-foot when stitching designs with INSPIRA® Cutwork Needles. The straight stitch plate gives better 23 support during stitching and gives a more distinct cut and improved results, especially on fabric with high ﬁ ber strength.

2. Use the hole in the Multi Purpose Tool to insert the needle

Symbols: 24 There are some new symbols that you will see in the cutwork design booklets.

This is the symbol you will see indicating the design has been digi- 25 tized for Cutwork Needles.

26 This symbol indicates that water soluble stabilizer is required.

This symbol indicates that this color will stitch the outline of the 27 areas to be cut.

This symbol indicates that now is the time to cut inside the stitched area if you are not using INSPIRA® Cutwork Needles. (For some 28 particularly delicate fabrics, you may want to trim the fabric manually. Test the design on your fabric ﬁ rst to assure the best results.)

Needle #1 is color coded red, #2 is color coded yellow, #3 is color 29 coded green and #4 is color coded blue.

This symbol indicates that INSPIRA® Cutwork Needle is to be 30 inserted now. The color indicates which needle to use.

Only two needles may be used, or all four may be used depending on 31 the design. The instructions will tell you which ones to use through- out the design.

23 - Designer Cutwork 5 * This symbol indicates it is time to add INSPIRA® Aqua Magic Water Soluble Stabilizer underneath. Slide one layer of Aqua Magic 32 Stabilizer underneath the embroidery hoop. The bobbin thread is attached, so be sure it is pushed out of the way to allow the stabilizer to lay ﬂ at.

This symbol indicates it is time to trim any remaining threads and remove the cut fabric. (Note that there is one color change stitched 33 after the fabric is cut, BEFORE you remove the cut pieces. This is to stitch the cut area to the new stabilizer, before the cut pieces are removed.)

34 This symbol indicates you are to ﬁ nish your embroidery.

This symbol reminds you to clean the bobbin area after each embroi- 35 dery design.

36 Indicates that this is a design that cannot be rotated or mirrored.

Embroider: 37 Touch Embroidery Edit to toggle to embroidery.

38 Touch Start Menu

39 Touch File Manager

40 Touch Built-In Designs

41 Touch List View

42 Select DL_127.vp3

23 - Designer Cutwork 6 43 Touch OK. 44 Touch My Hoops. 45 Select 120mm x 120mm hoop. Hoop fabric with INSPIRA® Aqua-Magic Stabilizer in your 120mm 46 x 120mm hoop. 47 Attach your Sensor Q-foot #412597545. 48 Snap on your Straight Stitch Plate #412964203. Thread with 40 wt. Rayon Thread on top and bobbin thread in the 49 bobbin.

Select Design 1 from the CD that was included in your Cutwork 50 Needle Kit.

51 Slide on your hooped fabric. 52 Touch GO! On the Ultimate Interactive Screen, you see color 1, (2238 RaRa 40) 53 Robison Anton 40 wt. rayon 2238. Stitch color 1. Color 2, is different. It says 1 InCu Ne indicating Cutwork Needle 54 #1, which has a red top. Use the hole in the Multi Purpose Tool to insert the red topped #1 needle. Stitch color 2. Insert Cutwork Needle 2 with the yellow top. Stitch Color 3. Even 55 though the areas are now cut, don’t remove the cut fabric yet. Replace your regular needle. Thread with color 4, Robison Anton 40 wt. #2300. Slide an additional piece of INSPIRA® Aqua-Magic 56 Stabilizer underneath the hoop. Stitch color 4 which will baste the stabilizer in place. Stitch color 5. This color stabilizes the cutwork areas by stitching 57 around the outside, and stitching the open area to the new stabilizer. 58 Color 6 stitches the satin stitch. 59 Rinse out the stabilizer in warm water, and enjoy your cutwork!

23 - Designer Cutwork 7 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #24 - Combinding Built-In Designs

1 Touch Embroidery Mode to toggle to embroidery.

2 Touch Start Menu.

3 Touch File Manager.

4 Touch Built-In Designs.

5 Touch List View.

6 Select DL_70.vp3

7 Touch OK to select the design. 8 Touch My Hoops. 9 From the drop down list, select 260 x 200. 10 Touch Design Shaping.

11 Select Circle Clockwise

12 Touch Set Number of Designs and enter seven designs. Drag the white boxes and use the control arrows to bring the circle 13 into 50.0 and 50.0. 14 Touch OK to close Design Shaping. 15 Touch Start Menu.

24 - Combinding Built-In Designs 1 16 Select DL_072.vp3

17 Touch Zoom Options

18 Touch Zoom to Box 19 Touch and drag a box around the ﬂ ower. Move the center design into place in the center of the ﬂ ower by 20 touching move to center.

21 Touch Select All

22 Select Group

23 Touch Zoom Options

24 Touch Zoom to Hoop

25 Touch Save to My Designs

26 Touch My Files

27 Touch Rename

28 Touch and Hold Delete 29 Enter FLOWER1. 30 Touch OK to close the naming window. 31 Touch OK to save the design.

32 Touch and Hold Delete to remove the design from the screen.

24 - Combinding Built-In Designs 2 33 Do you want to delete all the designs? Touch OK.

34 Touch Start Menu

35 Select DL_071.vp3

36 Touch Design Shaping

37 Select Circle Clockwise

38 Touch Set Number of Designs and enter seven designs. Drag the white boxes and use the control arrows to bring the circle 39 into 55.0 and 55.0. 40 Touch OK.

41 Touch Duplicate.

42 Touch in the center of the Control Arrows to center the new design.

43 Touch Rotate 44 Rotate to 26° by touching the right arrow key. 45 Touch Start Menu

46 Select DL_073.vp3

47 Touch Zoom Options

24 - Combinding Built-In Designs 3 48 Touch Zoom to Box 49 Touch and drag a box around the ﬂ ower. 50 Touch Position

Move the center design into place in the center of the ﬂ ower by 51 touching Move to Center

52 Touch Select All

53 Select Group

54 Touch Save to My designs

55 Touch Rename

56 Touch and Hold Delete 57 Enter FLOWER2. 58 Touch OK to close the naming window. 59 Touch OK to save the design.

60 Touch and Hold Delete to remove the design from the screen

Using the information you have just learned, create the other three 61 ﬂ owers and name them FLOWER3, FLOWER4 and FLOWER5.

24 - Combinding Built-In Designs 4 Create the Border: 62 Touch Start Menu

63 Select DL_069.vp3

64 Touch My Hoops 65 From the drop down list, select 260 x 200. 66 Touch Design Shaping

67 Touch Shape

68 Touch Set Number of Objects and enter eight objects in the window. Adjust the white boxes and use the control arrows to ﬁ ne tune to 69 69.9 and 139.8. 70 Touch OK to close Design Shaping. 71 Touch Save to My designs

72 Touch Rename

73 Touch and Hold Delete 74 Enter BORDER. 75 Touch OK to close the naming window. 76 Touch OK to save the design.

24 - Combinding Built-In Designs 5 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #25 - Omnimotion Stitches

Omnimotion Stitches are sideways feed stitches that enable you to 1 make stitches up to 54.6mm wide instead of the standard 7mm stitch width. Your Omnimotion stitches are in menu K. Some of the Omnimotion stitches, are designed to stitch only once and have a STOP programmed into them. You can tell which ones 2 they are because they come up as a single design, not a row of designs, and the STOP is lit Omnimotion stitches need to be sewn with either the S foot or the 3 Clear View S-Foot (#412975145). These feet are very wide, and will enable your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ to feed properly. Omnimotion stitches are suitable for sewing on a strip of fabric that will then be inserted into a quilt or garment. They can be sewn on a garment, for example down a blouse front, provided the garment is relatively light weight and there are no seams or linings that will be in the area where the stitching will be. 4 Omnimotion stitches are NOT suitable on bulky items such as fi n- ished quilts or quilt tops, or jackets with linings etc. If you want to use Omnimotion stitches on larger items, sew them in embroidery mode, which supports the bulk of the fabric and enables them to feed accurately because of the embroidery arm. Omnimotion Stitches in Sewing Mode: When sewing one of the Omnimotion stitches in sewing mode, begin by marking a line, using your Pictogram Pen, down the strip of fabric where it will be sewn. The beginning point of a design is not necessarily the center. If you look at our leaf design which we will 5 stitch fi rst, you will see the black dot indicating the start point of the design is to the right of center. Cut your strip of fabric wider than the fi nished project will require so you can re-cut the strip of fabric after the stitching is complete, centering the stitching.

6 Touch Sewing Mode to toggle to Sewing Mode.

7 Touch Start Menu.

8 Touch Stitch Menu.

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 1 9 Touch Menu K - Omnimotion Stitches

10 Touch K1:4

11 Snap on your S Foot or Clear View S-Foot. 12 Place INSPIRA® Tear-a-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric. Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the 13 bobbin. Place your fabric under your presser foot so that your needle will 14 enter on the marked line. 15 Touch STOP. 16 Stitch the ﬁ rst leaf. Check to be sure that your needle is on the marked line. If not, carefully adjust the fabric so the needle will enter the marked line. If you 17 make this small adjustment often, you won’t see it. If you sew four repeats and see you are way off, then correct, it will be noticeable. 18 Continue stitching touching STOP after each design. Many Omnimotion stitches program together very nicely. 19 Touch PROG.

20 Touch K1:16

21 Touch K1:7

22 Touch STOP. 23 Insert an INSPIRA® size 90 Topstitch Needle. Thread with 30 wt. cotton thread on top and bobbin thread in the 24 bobbin. On a different strip of fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric, and your line marked, stitch a row of ﬂ ower and leaves. 25 Because we programmed in the stop, your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ will stop automatically between each repeat of the stitch.

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 2 Omnimotion Stitches in Embroidery Mode: 26 Touch Embroidery Mode to toggle to Embroidery Mode.

27 Touch Start Menu.

28 Touch Stitch Menu.

29 Touch Menu K - Omnimotion Stitches.

You will see that there are two FIX stitches automatically placed. 30 One at the beginning and one at the end. The cursor is highlighting the ﬁ rst one in red, and you are ready to choose your stitch.

31 Touch K1:14

32 Touch K1:7

33 Touch K1:13

34 Touch K1:7

35 Touch K1:16

36 Touch K1:7

37 Touch K1:15

38 Touch K1:7

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 3 39 Touch K1:9

40 Touch K1:7

You can see that the program length is 344mm shown at the 41 bottom of the screen. We want our strip of fabric to ﬁ t in the 360 x 200 hoop, so that will be perfect.

To see what the whole program will look like, touch Horizontal 42 preview. A box comes up showing the stitches in a horizontal row. Touch Zoom to All to ﬁ t the whole program in the window as 43 shown. 44 Touch OK to close the preview window. 45 Touch OK to close the programming window. 46 Hoop Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in your 360 x 200 Hoop. 47 Slide the hoop onto your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™. 48 Touch GO! 49 Touch Baste in Hoop. 50 Place your fabric strip on the stabilizer and baste it in place. 51 Thread with a 30 wt. Blendable Thread. 52 Stitch out your combination of Omnimotion stitches. When you get the message: Embroidery is Finished Clear Screen, 53 touch OK.

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 4 Next we will stitch an Omnimotion Stitch using 54 Shaping: Touch My Hoops. 55 Select the 360x200 Hoop. 56 Touch Start Menu.

57 Touch Stitch Menu.

58 Touch Menu K - Omnimotion Stitches.

Because we are going to use Shaping, we don’t want the FIX Stitch 59 at the beginning and end of the stitch so touch and hold Delete to delete both FIX stitches.

60 Select K2:20

61 Touch OK to close the programming window.

62 Touch Design Shaping.

63 Selet shape.

64 Touch Rotate

65 Touch 90.

Increase the number of stitches to eight by touching Set Number of 66 Objects icon.

67 Touch Scale. Touch in the center of the control box to “unlock” proportions. This 68 allows you make it longer, and narrower. Use the arrows to change the size to 340.0 and 60.0.

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 5 69 Touch OK to close the Shaping window. Hoop INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in your 360mm x 200mm 70 hoop. 71 Slide on your Hoop. 72 Touch GO! 73 Touch Baste in Hoop. 74 Place your fabric strip on the stabilizer and baste it in place. 75 Touch GO! Because they are separate stitches, there will be a Jump Stitch Cut 76 between each design. If desired, touch SET Menu. 77 Touch the box next to Automatic Jump Stitch Trim to deselect. 78 Stitch the “wavy” strip. When you get the message: Embroidery is Finished Clear Screen, 79 touch OK.

80 Touch Start Menu.

81 Touch Stitch Menu.

82 Touch Menu K - Omnimotion Stitches.

83 Touch and hold Delete to delete both FIX stitches.

84 Select K3:43

85 Touch OK to close the programming window.

86 Touch Design Shaping.

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 6 87 Select shape.

88 Touch Rotate

89 Touch 90.

90 Touch Set Numbet of Designs and enter eight in the window.

91 Touch Scale. Touch in the center of the control box to “unlock” proportions. This 92 allows you make it longer, and narrower. Use the arrows to change the size to 340.0 and 0.0. 93 Touch OK to close the Shaping window. Hoop INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in your 360mm x 200mm 94 hoop. 95 Slide on your Hoop. 96 Touch GO! 97 Touch Baste in Hoop. 98 Place your fabric strip on the stabilizer and baste it in place. 99 Touch GO! Because they are separate stitches, there will be a Jump Stitch be- 100 tween each design so touch SET Menu and select Automatic Jump Stitch Trim. We stitched each design in a different color. If you want to stitch 101 them all the same color, touch STOP to turn off the color stops. Stitch out the strip.

25 - Omnimotion Stitches 7 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches

F1 Appliqué Stitches Menu has a variety of stitches designed to do different types of appliqué. Some of the stitches are there as a convenience, such as the straight and zig zag stitches so that you can 1 combine or choose them without going back to the A Menu. F1:9 is a decorative buttonhole you might like to use on your appliqué projects. Satin Stitch Appliqué: F1:3, F1:4 and F1:5 are satin stitches. They are formed differently 2 than a standard zig zag. One stitch goes from left to right, then the next stitch “travels”. A regular zig zag “travels” on every stitch and isn’t as “satiny” looking. Cut out a heart from cotton print. The heart is the perfect shape 3 to practice appliqué because it has inside and outside corners, and curves. Place the cut heart on a piece of plain cotton. Pin or hold in place 4 with Temporary Spray Adhesive. 5 Place INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric.

6 Select F1:4. Be sure your Sewing Advisor™ is set to Woven Medium.

Thread with 40 wt. Robison Anton Rayon Thread on top and bob- 7 bin thread in the bobbin. 8 Snap on your Clear B Foot.

Align the fabric so that you are beginning at the point of the heart. Most of the stitch should be on the heart. The right swing of the needle should just go off the right hand edge of the heart as shown. 9 The fabric needs to feed by itself, so you should not be helping it at all. The stitches should lay one right next to the other without space between them, and without overlapping. If necessary, adjust the stitch length one notch at a time until you have a nice stitch.

As you approach the curve, sew slowly and move the fabric stead- 10 ily and continuously around the curved area. This will result in nice, smooth stitching. Stitch approximately ¼” past the inside corner at the top center of the heart. Touch Needle Stop Down. The needle needs to stop on 11 the left. Tap your foot control to move the needle to the left, if it has stopped in the right hand position.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 1 Your needle is now down in the fabric and the presser foot is ﬂ oating just above the fabric in Pivot position. Turn the fabric 90° so you are 12 ready to start up the next side. You will begin by going over the end of the previous stitching.

At the end, stitch over the beginning stitches to the point of the 13 heart and touch FIX. This will tie off the stitches so they don’t unravel.

14 Select F1:13

15 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side.

Using the techniques you just learned, stitch around another heart 16 using this “grass” satin stitch.

Using the same techniques, stitch around another heart using F1:14. 17 This stitch has texture on both sides of the stitch.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 2 The last heart will be stitched with F1:20. This stitch is a bit trickier. It stitches back and forth several times. When you reach the inside 18 top corner, stop, and touch Stitch Restart. Pivot the fabric, and begin stitching down the other side.

Hand Look Applique: Hand Look Applique was originally done by hand, turning under the 19 raw edges of the fabric and blind stitching the shape in place. Some- times a heavier contrasting thread was used and a blanket stitch was used instead of the invisible blind stitch. F1:11, F1:12, F1:15, F1:17, F1:18 and F1:19 can all be used for hand 20 look appliqué To do Handlook Applique, the edges of the fabric need to be ﬁ nished in some manner. One method is to place a fusible web such 21 as Steam-A-Seam 2 on the back of the fabric, and fuse the appliqué shape in place. This prevents the raw edges of the fabric from fraying. Another method that we will use is to trace the appliqué shape onto 22 a light weight interfacing. Begin by tracing four heart shapes onto a light weight fusible interfacing. 23 Place the traced interfacing onto the right side of print fabric.

24 Select F1:1, straight stitch. Stitch around the heart shape.

25 Repeat for all four hearts.

Trim around the hearts using your Pinking Shears. This will “grade” 26 the curves quickly and easily. Clip into the inside corner.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 3 Trim out the center of the heart so that there approximately ⅜” of 27 interfacing left.

Turn and press so that the interfacing is not showing on the right 28 side of the heart. You now have four hearts with ﬁ nished edges. Doing it this way 29 keeps the fabric soft and ﬂ exible. Fusing the hearts in place can leave them stiff.

30 Pin them onto a background fabric.

31 Select F1:11 .

Thread with smoke colored invisible thread on top and bobbin 32 thread in the bobbin. 33 Place INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric. Stitch around the heart. The straight stitch portion of the stitch 34 should be on the base fabric and only the left swing of the needle should come over onto the heart shape, forming a “pick” stitch. Select F1:15. This stitch is very similar to F1:11. The difference is 35 that F1:11 has two stitches in between the “pick” stitch. This one has only one. Stitch around the next heart. Compare the two and decide which one 36 you like best.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 4 37 Select F1:17

On the top, thread with sewing thread to match the background 38 color of your heart and bobbin thread in the bobbin.

Stitch around the next heart. The stitches should just sew off the edge of the heart, with most of the stitching being on the heart. This 39 stitch is very secure and gives just a hint of an outline to the heart. It would be a good choice on a baby blanket that would be washed a lot.

Select F1:18. With sewing thread still in place, stitch around the last 40 heart. This stitch has a deﬁ ned outline stitch that will stitch just outside the heart, framing it nicely.

41 Place the large heart on lightweight sew in interfacing. 42 Place the heart right sides together onto the print fabric.

43 Select F1:1, straight stitch. Stitch around the heart shape.

44 Trim as before, turn and press. Place on a base fabric with INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way stabilizer 45 underneath. Thread with a contrasting 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin 46 thread in the bobbin. This stitch recommends a wing needle. This makes a very pretty ap- pliqué for an heirloom project. You can stitch with a wing needle or 47 with a regular needle. Stitch around the heart. The stitch goes back and forth several times resulting in a heavier blanket stitch look.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 5 Tapered Satin Stitch Applique: 48 Stitches F1:6 and F1:16 give you a nice tapered point. While these two options are the most often used, you have more options.

49 Select F1:6. Adjust the Stitch Width to 6.0

On the paper side that does not remove easily, trace two large hearts 50 onto Steam-A-Seam 2. 51 Remove the un-traced paper side. 52 Place the traced hearts on the wrong side of the heart fabric. 53 Press lightly without steam. 54 Cut out on the marked lines. 55 Remove the paper backing. 56 Place on base fabric and press with steam to fuse in place. Thread with 40 wt. rayon embroidery thread on top and bobbin 57 thread in the bobbin.

58 Touch Tapering. The tapering menu will open.

59 Our heart point is a 45° angle. So we will choose Begin taper 45° right justiﬁ ed. Choose End taper 45° right justiﬁ ed as shown.

Begin stitching at the point of the heart. Stitch around the edge, 60 pivoting as before at the inner corner.

As you approach the beginning point, when the left swing of the needle meets the beginning taper, touch the Reverse Button. Stitch 61 until your DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ stops. You now have a nicely mitered point on your heart.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 6 F1:7 and F1:8 are decorative stitches that can be used as appliqué 62 stitches. Cut a square and place it on a base fabric. Choose F1:8 .

Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. Place INSPIRA® Tear-A-Way stabilizer underneath the 63 fabric. Stitch so one square is on the fabric and one is off the fabric. The raw edge will be down the center of the stitch.

64 On another square, touch F1:7 .

65 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side.

Stitch so that the straight edge of the stitch is just off the raw edge 66 of the fabric.

67 On a third square, select stitch F1:12 .

68 Adjust the stitch length to 5.0 and the stitch width to 7.0. Stitch so that the right swing of the needle just goes off the edge of 69 the appliqué fabric. This gives the effect of a blanket stitch, but the narrow satin stitch ﬁ nishes the raw edge of the fabric.

26 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 7 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #27 - H Menu Scallop Stitches

The H menus (1, 2 and 3) have a variety of different scallop stitches 1 with many different uses and techniques. Some are Omnimotion stitches, some are satin stitches and some are straight stitches. Omnimotion Scallop Stitches H1:1 through H1:15, H1:17 and H1:18 are all Omnimotion Stitches. 2 That means that they feed sideways as well as backwards and forwards. These stitches can be used to ﬁ nish an edge, and can be trimmed up to. 3 Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread top and bobbin.

4 Snap on your S Foot.

5 Cut a strip of fabric 3” x 20”. 6 Using your Pictogram Pen, mark a line down the center of it. Select the stitch of your choice, from H1:1 through H1:15, H1:17 7 and H1:18. 8 Touch STOP.

Align the center red mark on the foot with the marked line on the 9 fabric.

Stitch the ﬁ rst repeat. The stitch should ﬁ nish with the center red 10 line on the foot, even with the marked line. If it isn’t on the line, adjust as necessary.

Apply Fray Blocking liquid just below the stitching so it will “seep” 11 into the edge of the thread. 12 Allow to dry. 13 Trim carefully, just outside the stitching line

27 - H Menu Scallop Stitches 1 Smaller Satin Stitch Scallop Stitches: H1:16, H2:19 to H2:33 and H2:36 are all smaller satin stitch 14 scallop stitches. These stitches can be used to ﬁ nish an edge, and can be trimmed up to.

15 Snap on your B Foot.

Remain threaded with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread 16 in the bobbin. On another 3” x 20” strip, using your Pictogram Pen, mark a line 17 down the center. Align the red mark on your B Foot with the marked line and stitch 18 the stitch of your choice down the strip. Keep the red mark on the foot aligned with the marked line as you sew. Apply Fray Blocking liquid just below the stitching so it will “seep” 19 into the edge of the thread. 20 Allow to dry. 21 Trim carefully, just outside the stitching line. Straight Stitch Scallops: 22 H2:34 and H2:35 are straight stitch scallops. They will give you a turned, ﬁ nished edge.

23 Cut a strip of cotton 4” x 20”.

24 Fold in half lengthwise, right sides together.

Select either H2:34 or H2:35. Note the presser foot called for on the 25 Ultimate Interactive Screen.

26 Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. 27 Align the edge of the foot with the fold in the fabric. 28 Stitch the length of the strip. 29 Trim approximately ⅛” from the stitching. 30 Clip into the points, turn and press. The remaining stitches on the H3 menu are decorative scallop 31 stitches and are not designed to ﬁ nish an edge. They are used like any other decorative stitch.

27 - H Menu Scallop Stitches 2 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #28 - Tapering in the hoop

1 Select Embroidery Mode. 2 Slide on the embroidery unit 3 Touch OK to Calibrate. 4 Touch My Hoops. 5 Select hoop 120 x 120. 6 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

7 Touch Stitch Menu.

8 Select Z Menu - Decorative Tapering Stitches.

9 Select stitch Z1:16.

10 Touch Stitch Length − to decrease the stitch length to 12.0.

11 Touch and Hold Duplicate icon.

12 Enter 9 to get a total of 10 copies in the pop-up.

28 - Tapering in the hoop 1 13 Touch Tapering.

14 Select Begin Taper 45 degrees left justiﬁ ed.. 15 Select End Taper 45 degrees left justiﬁ ed. 16 Touch OK to close. 17 Touch OK to toggle to Embroidery Edit.

18 Touch OK in the pop-up that appears.

19 Touch Rotate.

20 Touch in the Control Center.

Touch Position. Use your stylus to drag the design upwards, outside the 21 hoop area.

22 Touch Move to Hoop. The design will move to the top of the hoop.

23 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

24 Touch Stitch Menu.

25 Select Z Menu.

26 Select Z1:16.

27 Touch Stitch Length − to decrease the stitch length to 12.0.

28 - Tapering in the hoop 2 28 Touch and Hold Duplicate icon. 29 Enter 5 to get a total of 6 copies in the pop-up and touch OK. 30 Touch Tapering.

31 Select Begin Taper 45 degrees left justiﬁ ed.. 32 Select End Taper 45 degrees left justiﬁ ed. 33 Touch OK to close. 34 Touch OK to toggle to Embroidery Edit.

35 Touch OK in the pop-up that appears.

36 Use your stylus to drag the design to the top left, outside the hoop area.

Touch Move to Hoop. The design moves to the left side of the hoop. 37 Make sure that both designs are attached to each other to make a corner.

38 Touch Select All.

39 Touch Control Center to center the designs in the hoop.

40 Touch Duplicate.

41 Touch Rotate.

42 Touch twice in the Control Center.

28 - Tapering in the hoop 3 43 Touch Position.

44 Touch Control Center to center the design in the hoop.

You need to save design #113 that comes with your Classic Collection 45 CD on an USB embroidery stick. Insert the USB embroidery stick in the upper port on your machine.

46 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

47 Touch File Manager. Touch External device icon and browse to ﬁ nd the saved design on the 48 USB embroidery stick. Select the design and touch OK or Touch and Hold to load the design to 49 Embroidery Edit.

50 Touch Resize icon. 51 Resize the design until the number reaches approximatley 55.0 x 52.0. 52 Touch Retain ﬁ ll Type 53 Touch OK to close. 54 Position the design to 0.0 x -25.0. 55 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

56 Touch Font Menu.

57 Select Mesa 12. 58 Write “Made with” and touch OK. 59 Position the design to 16.0 x 25.0.

28 - Tapering in the hoop 4 60 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

61 Touch Font Menu.

62 Select Mesa 12. 63 Write “LOVE” with capital letters and touch OK. 64 Position the design to 0.0 x 25.0. 65 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

66 Touch Font Menu.

67 Select Mesa 20. 68 Write “2011“ and touch OK. 69 Position the design to -15.0 x 25.0. 70 Touch Save to My Designs.

71 Touch Rename icon.

72 Touch and Hold Delete. 73 Enter “Mydesign“. 74 Touch OK. 75 Touch OK. 76 Touch GO! to toggle to Embroidery Stitch-Out. 77 Touch Color Functions.

78 Select Color Block Sort in the pop-up and touch OK.

79 Touch START/STOP to begin embroidering the design.

28 - Tapering in the hoop 5 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #29 - Design Stitch out Order

1 Select Embroidery Mode. 2 Slide on the embroidery unit 3 Touch OK to Calibrate. 4 Touch My Hoops. 5 Select hoop 120 x 120.

You need to save design #39 that comes with your Classic Collection CD 6 on an USB embroidery stick. Insert the USB embroidery stick in the upper port on your machine.

7 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

8 Touch File Manager. Touch External device icon and browse to ﬁ nd the saved design on the 9 USB embroidery stick. Select the design and touch OK or Touch and Hold to load the design to 10 Embroidery Mode.

11 Touch Resize icon. 12 Resize the design until the numbers reaches approximatley 88.0 x 118.0. 13 Touch OK to resize and close the pop-up. 14 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

29 - Design Stitch out Order 1 15 Touch Font Menu. 16 Select Palace Script 20. 17 Enter “MRL“ (or your own initials) and touch OK.

18 Touch Color Edit.

19 Select color 2:2 in the Color Block List.

20 Touch Thread Color Edit. 21 Choose a light green color in the pop-up. 22 Touch OK.

23 Touch Control Center to place the monogram centered in the hoop.

24 Touch Group/Ungroup. 25 Touch twice outside the hoop to deselect everything. Touch Step through Designs until the letter R is active with a red box 26 around it.

27 Touch Resize.

28 Resize the letter R until the numbers reaches approximatley 40.0 x 60.0. 29 Touch OK.

30 As you can see in the picture the letter R is placed on top of letter M.

29 - Design Stitch out Order 2 30 Touch Move Design Backward.

31 Now the letter R is placed under letter M as shown in the picture.

32 Touch GO!

33 Touch Color Functions.

34 Select Color Block Merge.

35 Touch START/STOP to begin embroidering the design.

29 - Design Stitch out Order 3 DESIGNER DIAMOND deLuxe™ Techniques #30 - Shaping Design Angle

1 Select Embroidery Mode. 2 Slide on the embroidery unit. 3 Touch OK to Calibrate. 4 Touch My Hoops. 5 Select Majestic hoop 360x350. 6 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

7 Touch Font Menu. 8 Select Clarendon 20.

9 Enter number 1 to 12 in a row.

10 Touch OK to toggle to Embroidery Edit. 11 Touch Group/Ungroup.

30 - Shaping Design Angle 1 Look at the bottom of your screen, it says that you have 15 designs on 12 the screen. 13 Touch twice outside the hoop to deselect the numbers. 14 We need to group the numbers 10, 11 and 12. 15 We start to group number 10. Touch number 1 to select.

16 Touch Add/Remove Selection.

Touch number 0 with your stylus or touch Step Through Designs one 17 time.

18 Touch Add/Remove Selection.

Touch Group. This makes number 1 and 0 grouped and you can see that 19 there is a red box around number 10 to verify that they are selected as one.

20 Now we need to group 11 and 12. Touch Number 1.

21 Touch Add/Remove selection.

Touch number 1 with your stylus or touch Step Through Designs one 22 time.

23 Touch Add/Remove Selection.

24 Touch Group/Ungroup.

25 Touch number 1.

26 Touch Add/Remove Selection.

30 - Shaping Design Angle 2 Touch number 2 with your stylus or touch Step Through Designs one 27 time.

28 Touch Add/Remove Selection.

29 Touch Group/Ungroup. Look at the bottom of your screen, it says that you now have 12 designs 30 on the screen.

31 Touch Select All.

Now you can see as illustrated in the picture that number 10, 11 and 12 32 are grouped.

33 Touch Design Shaping.

34 Select Clockwise circle.

Touch Select Design Angle. This makes the numbers stand straight up in 35 the circle.

36 Touch Rotate.

37 Rotate the design to 210 degrees. 38 Touch OK to close Design Shaping.

39 Touch Color Edit.

40 Touch Select All.

41 Touch Thread Color Edit. 42 Choose black color (or a color you like).

30 - Shaping Design Angle 3 43 Touch OK. 44 Touch OK to close Color Edit. 45 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.

46 Design Menu opens automatically.

47 Scroll down and choose design DL_126.vp3

48 Position the butterﬂ ies to 7.0 x 57.0. 49 Touch Duplicate.

50 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side. 51 Position the design until the numbers reaches 7.0 x -57.0. 52 Touch GO! to toggle to Embroidery Stitch-Out.

A pop-up appears “Embroider all on one side before turning?“ with a 53 check mark in the “Yes” box. Touch OK.

54 Touch Color Functions.

55 Touch Color Block Merge. 56 Touch OK. 57 Touch START/STOP to begin embroidering the design.

30 - Shaping Design Angle 4