Brother NX-450 - Manual (Page 7)

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Appliqué, Patchwork and Quilt Stitching ........................................................................100
Appliqué stitching ......................................................................................................................................... 101
Patchwork (crazy quilt) stitching ................................................................................................................... 102
Piecing .......................................................................................................................................................... 102
Quilting ........................................................................................................................................................ 103
Free-motion quilting...................................................................................................................................... 104
Satin stitching using the sewing speed controller ........................................................................................... 105
Reinforcement Stitching ..................................................................................................107
Triple stretch stitching ................................................................................................................................... 107
Bar tack stitching........................................................................................................................................... 107
Darning......................................................................................................................................................... 109
Eyelet Stitching................................................................................................................111
Decorative Stitching........................................................................................................112
Fagoting ........................................................................................................................................................ 113
Scallop stitching ............................................................................................................................................ 114
Smocking ...................................................................................................................................................... 114
Shell tuck stitching ........................................................................................................................................ 115
Joining .......................................................................................................................................................... 116
Heirloom stitching ........................................................................................................................................ 116
Sewing the Various Built-In Decorative Patterns.............................................................119
Sewing beautiful patterns .............................................................................................................................. 119
Sewing patterns............................................................................................................................................. 119
Combining patterns....................................................................................................................................... 120
Repeat sewing patterns.................................................................................................................................. 121
Checking the selected pattern ....................................................................................................................... 121
Changing the pattern size.............................................................................................................................. 122
Changing the stitch density ........................................................................................................................... 123
Changing the pattern length .......................................................................................................................... 124
Mirror imaging the pattern ............................................................................................................................ 125
Saving patterns.............................................................................................................................................. 126
Retrieving a pattern ....................................................................................................................................... 126
Realigning the pattern ................................................................................................................................... 127
Designing a Pattern .........................................................................................................129
Drawing a sketch of the pattern..................................................................................................................... 129
Entering the pattern data ............................................................................................................................... 130
Examples of designs ...................................................................................................................................... 132
APPENDIX 133
Stitch Settings..................................................................................................................134
Utility stitches ............................................................................................................................................... 134
Other stitches................................................................................................................................................ 138
Care and Maintenance ....................................................................................................142
Cleaning the machine surface ................................................................................................................................ 142
Cleaning the race .......................................................................................................................................... 142
Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................144
Error messages .............................................................................................................................................. 148
Nothing appears in the LCD.......................................................................................................................... 149
Operation beep............................................................................................................................................. 149
Cancelling the operation beep ............................................................................................................................... 149
Index ................................................................................................................................151