Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 325)

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Tips and Techniques
Enlarging/Reducing Embroidery Patterns
There are several ways of enlarging or reducing an imported embroidery pattern in Layout & Editing. You may
choose to scale your pattern with the pointer, or apply the Stitch to Block function, then scale the pattern.
When you normally scale an imported pattern, the number of stitches that will be sewn remains the same,
resulting in a change of embroidery quality if the size of the pattern is greatly changed. However, by holding
down the
key while scaling the imported embroidery pattern, the original embroidery quality can be
maintained, since the stitch density and fill pattern automatically adapts to the new size.
Another method of maintaining the original embroidery quality of the pattern is to select the Sew – Stitch to
Block command, then scale the pattern. When a pattern is scaled only moderately, it may not be necessary
to apply the Stitch to Block function.
Sewing Direction
In order to limit shrinking, select a stitch direction perpendicular to the larger edge of the area.
Sewing Order
After creating an embroidery pattern made of several different parts (in Layout & Editing or Design Center), be
sure to check the sewing order and correct it if necessary.
With Layout & Editing, the default sewing order is the order in which the elements are drawn.
With Design Center, the default sewing order is the order in which the sewing attributes are applied.
Sewing Wide Areas
• For best sewing results, set Under sewing to On when sewing wide regions.
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For more details, refer to “Under sewing” on page 153.
• Changing the Sewing Direction setting prevents shrinkage of the stitching.
• Affixing stabilizer material to the back of the fabric prevents shrinkage of the stitching and misaligned
patterns.
This system allows you to create a wide variety of embroidery patterns and supports wider ranges for the
setting of the sewing attributes (thread density, sewing pitch, etc.). However, the final result also depends
on your particular embroidery machine model. We recommend that you make a trial sewing sample with
your sewing data before sewing on the final material. Remember to sew your trial sample on the same
type of fabric as your final material and to use the same needle and the same machine embroidery thread.
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