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Embroidering, Chapter 5 maintenance, Error messages – Brother PC 6500 User Manual

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CONTENTS

SETTING UP

SEWING

UTILITY

STITCHES

MY CUSTOM

STITCH

TM

(CREATE

YOUR

OWN

STITCH

DESIGNS)

EMBROIDERING

MAINTENANCE

ERROR

MESSAGES

SEWING CHART

PATTERNS

(PROGRAMMED

IN MACHINE)

FAGOTING ..........................................................73
DECORATIVE STITCHING .................................74

Shell tuck stitching ........................................74

HEIRLOOM STITCHING......................................75

Hemstitching with

......................................75

Hemstitching with

......................................76

EMBROIDERING

..................................................86

SETUP .................................................................86

Installing embroidery foot Q...........................86
Installing the embroidery unit.........................87
Initializing the embroidery unit .......................87
Embroidering screen......................................88
Removing the embroidery unit.......................88
Creating beautiful embroidery........................89
Attaching stabilizer material...........................89
Inserting the fabric in the embroidery frame ..90
Attaching the embroidery frame to the
embroidery arm..............................................92
Removing the embroidery frame from the
embroidery arm..............................................92

EMBROIDERING .................................................93

Simple embroidering......................................93
Embroidering multi-color patterns..................93

EMBROIDERY PATTERNS.................................95

Creating text patterns ....................................95
Typing uppercase & lowercase characters....97
Changing the character size ..........................97
Checking the text ...........................................98
Editing text .....................................................99
Changing the color of each character in the
text .................................................................99
Creating frame patterns ...............................100
Selecting one-point patterns ........................101
Displaying the thread color names ..............102
Selecting patterns from a memory card.......102

CHANGING THE PATTERN SETTING .............104

Editing the layout of the pattern ...................104
Changing the embroidering position ............105
Changing the pattern direction.....................106
Mirror imaging patterns................................106
Embroidering from a specific starting point..107

CHAPTER 5

MAINTENANCE

................................................122

CLEANING.........................................................122

Cleaning the screen.....................................122
Cleaning the machine surface .....................122
Cleaning the shuttle .....................................122

CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB..........................124

ERROR MESSAGES

................................................125

Warning messages ......................................125
Operation messages....................................128
Troubleshooting ...........................................129
Thread and stitch problems .........................130
Mechanical problems...................................131

PATTERNS
(PROGRAMMED IN MACHINE)

................................................135

Utility stitches...............................................135
Character embroidering ...............................135
Frame pattern embroidering ........................136
Floral alphabet .............................................136
One-point pattern embroidering...................137

SEWING CHART

................................................132

Checking the embroidery area.....................107
Changing the size of patterns ......................108
Changing the thread density........................109

MEMORY ...........................................................110

Saving character combinations
in the memory ..............................................110
Retrieving a pattern which has been saved.111

ADJUSTMENTS WHILE EMBROIDERING .......112

Continuing embroidering..............................112
Embroidering again from the beginning.......113

EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS........................114

Linking characters........................................114
Using the extra-large embroidery frame
(optional)......................................................115
Combining a frame pattern with a design ....119
Embroidering appliqués
(using a frame pattern) ................................120
Embroidering onto small pieces of fabric
or in corners.................................................121

CHAPTER 4

MY CUSTOM STITCH

TM

(CREATE YOUR OWN STITCH DESIGNS)

..................................................77

DESIGNING THE STITCH...................................77
ENTERING STITCH DATA ..................................79
EDITING STITCH DATA ......................................81

Moving a point ...............................................81
Moving part or all of the design......................82
Inserting new points.......................................82

STORING A STITCH DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE
CREATED ............................................................84
RETRIEVING A STITCH DESIGN THAT HAS
BEEN SAVED ......................................................85