Embroidery with HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator Part 1 - Majestic Hoop Embroidery By: Soni Grint Use HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator to make this lovely pillow Monogram. Learn about mini designs, the text tool, and how to split your design for the DESIGNER™ Majestic hoop with the 5D™ QuiltDesign Embroidery Splitter. Create a Frame for the Monogram 1. Open HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator . 2. Choose Start a New Element. 3. Click Next. 4. Choose the Width at 330 mm and the Height at 330 mm. This design is being created for the DESIGNER™ Majestic hoop (350 x 360 mm). You can also type 13” for the Width and Height. HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator will change the inches to millimeters if Show Measurements in is set to Millimeters. Alternatively if you type 330 mm in the Width and Height, the program will change to inches if Show Measurements in is set to Inches. 5. Click Finish. 6. Click Preferences . 7. Ensure the Grid is 10 mm, Highlight Start and End Control Points is set to For All Objects when Selected and Design Route is Automatic Route. 8. Click OK. 9. In the Create menu, click MiniPics. 10. From the C:\ProgramData\VSMSoftware\ 5DQuiltDesign\MiniPics\ Line\ Feathers folder, choose 02_FeatherCorner.mini. Page 1 of 5 ©2014 KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. 5D, DESIGNER, AND VIKING are trademarks of KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. HUSQVARNA is a trademark of Husqvarna AB. All trademarks used under license by VSM Group AB. 11. Close the Minipics Viewer. Notice the green and red points on the path. These are the start and end points. 12. Ensure the Feather is highlighted. 13. Click Rotate 90° . 14. Click and drag the feather corner to the upper left quadrant of the hoop leaving one full grid between the design and the edge of the hoop. 15. Change the feather size by dragging the lower right sizing handle until the horizontal and vertical rulers both read 160. 16. Click Duplicate . 17. Flip the path horizontally by clicking the left triangle on the bounding box. 18. Move the flipped feather toward the upper right quadrant, making sure the paths touch in the center. 19. Click Select All . 20. Click Group . 21. Click Duplicate . 22. Flip the new path vertically by clicking on the top triangle on the bounding box. 23. Move the new path to the bottom of the work area allowing the top and bottom paths to touch. 24. Click Design Player . 25. Click Medium Play . Watch as your path “stitches” on the screen. 26. Click Close. 27. Click Select All . 28. Click Group . Page 2 of 5 ©2014 KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. 5D, DESIGNER, AND VIKING are trademarks of KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. HUSQVARNA is a trademark of Husqvarna AB. All trademarks used under license by VSM Group AB. 29. Select the File menu. 30. Click Save As. Title the file as Feather Frame and save as a .4qb file type. Add a Monogram Letter 31. In the Create Menu, click Text . 32. Move the mouse into the center of the frame and Left Click. A Create Text window will open. 33. Choose a serif font, change the style to bold, leave the size at 144. Times New Roman or Georgia are common serif fonts. 34. In the text area, type the first letter of your last name in upper case. 35. Click OK. Notice the letter comes in quite small. 36. Right click to end the text tool. Once you right click a box comes around the letter. 37. Click and drag on the corners of the letter bounding box until the letter is the size you like. 38. Move the letter where you like it in the frame. 39. With your letter highlighted, right click in the work area. If the letter becomes deselected, it is easiest to choose it again from the film strip. After you right click, an Object Properties box opens in the screen. 40. In the Object Properties box choose Motif fill . 41. Click Options. 42. For Motif 1, choose Group Universal, Category E Scrolls, Pattern 6. 43. Place a Check next to Use Motif 2. 44. For Motif 2, choose Group Universal, Category E Scrolls, Pattern 6. 45. Check Mirror for Motif 2. 46. Change the Horizontal Offset to 50% and Vertical Offset to 25%. 47. Click OK. 48. Left click on the medium purple to change the letter outline color. 49. Right click on the medium purple to change the letter fill color. Changing the letter color places a color stop for your embroidery machine. 50. Click OK. Page 3 of 5 ©2014 KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. 5D, DESIGNER, AND VIKING are trademarks of KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. HUSQVARNA is a trademark of Husqvarna AB. All trademarks used under license by VSM Group AB. 51. Left click outside the letter to see the scrolls. Notice the stitching order in the Film Strip. 52. Click on the letter in the Film Strip. 53. Click Move to Back of Design so the letter will stitch first. 54. Select File. Click Save As. Title the file as Feather Frame and save as a .4qb file type. 55. Click Preferences. 56. Under Embroidery Export, choose a Triple stitch with a stitch length of 2.5 mm, place a check next to Center Start and Finish, Free-motion Effect is None and there is NO check next to Include a cut line around my Quilt Block. 57. Click OK. Until this step we had been working with paths not embroideries. When you click Export as Embroidery File, these settings will take effect. 58. Click Export As Embroidery File . 59. Title the file as Feather Monogram and save as a .vp3 file type. 60. Click Save. Make sure you know where (what folder) you are saving your design. We will be calling it back up in the next step. Write it down if necessary. 61. Click Save. Page 4 of 5 ©2014 KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. 5D, DESIGNER, AND VIKING are trademarks of KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. HUSQVARNA is a trademark of Husqvarna AB. All trademarks used under license by VSM Group AB. ™ Split the Design for the DESIGNER Majestic Hoop 62. QuickLink to 5D™QuiltDesign Embroidery Splitter . 63. Click Open Embroidery. 64. Find and open the design you named Feather Monogram. 65. Click Open. 66. Click Next. 67. Choose the Hoop size 360 x 350 mm, Orientation Vertical, Split Method Intelligent with a Tolerance of 3 mm, Alignment Stitch as Cross. 68. Click Next. 69. View each section by clicking the view arrows. 70. Click Save All Embroidery Sections. 71. Add “Ex” to the file name. Click Save. The Ex at the end of the file name will remind you that the embroidery is ready to be stitched out. 72. Click Next. Notice the different print options for the design. 73. Click Finish. Enjoy your Majestic Monogram pillow! Page 5 of 5 ©2014 KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. 5D, DESIGNER, AND VIKING are trademarks of KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. HUSQVARNA is a trademark of Husqvarna AB. All trademarks used under license by VSM Group AB. Embroidery with HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator Part 2 - Endless Embroidery By: Soni Grint Make this fun Endless Embroidery in HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator. Learn to use the knife tool then clean up the results. Properly adjust the stitching order and add paths as necessary. Create your own stitch and use it to make your embroidery special. Cutting the path 1. Open HUSQVARNA VIKING® QuiltDesign Creator . 2. Choose Start a New Work Area. 3. Click Next. 4. Choose the Fabric Width as 260 mm and the Machine Reach as 150 mm. This size simulates the size of the Mega Endless hoop. 5. Click Finish. 6. Click Preferences . 7. Ensure the Grid is 10 mm, Highlight Start and End Control Points is set to For All Objects when Selected and Design Route is Freehand Route. 8. Click OK. 9. In the Create menu, click MiniPics. Page 1 of 7 ©2014 KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. VIKING is a trademark of KSIN Luxembourg ll, S.ar.I. HUSQVARNA is a trademark of Husqvarna AB. All trademarks used under license by VSM Group AB. 10. From the C:\ProgramData\VSMSoftware\ 5DQuiltDesign\MiniPics\ Line\Holidays & Leisure folder, choose 09_Star 1.mini. 11. Close the Minipics Viewer. 12. Zoom in to the top of the star. 13. Ensure the star is highlighted. 14. Click the Knife tool. 15. Left click between the top point of the star and the left point that is next to it. 16. Move your mouse, drawing a line to the inside of the star, cutting through the star at the connection of the top and left points. 17. Left click. 18. Move your mouse toward the right, below the connection between the top point and right point. 19. Left click. 20. Move your mouse up, between the top point and the right point, cutting through the star at the connection of the top and right points of the star. 21. Left click. 22. Right click to end the tool. Notice that the film strip has changed. There are two paths that now make up the star. 23. Highlight the bottom (larger) group. 24. Click Delete. 25. Click the plus sign in front of the path to open the group Each person will have a slightly different set of paths because of where the cuts were made. We need to clean up the paths and adjust the order.