Brother Dream Machine 2 Manual

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jSelect the area you want to set stippling 
effect.
aSelect this area.
kPress .
lAdjust the stippling settings to create the 
desired effect, and then press  .
* For details, refer to “Specifying individual stitch 
settings” on page 14.
mWhen the following message appears, press 
.
nPress   to convert into embroidery.
When the following message appears, press  .
a 
						

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oFollow the procedure described on 
“EDITING PATTERNS” in the Operation 
Manual included with the machine to edit 
the pattern as desired.
Scanning Drawing to Create 
Stippling Pattern
Create a custom pattern with stippling design.
Example:
aPlace a drawing of your design on the 
scanning frame. 
bPress .
* You can also start the function by pressing 
 in “Embroidery” mode.
cPress .
The image display screen appears.
dPosition the scanning frame on the 
machine, and then press  .
Note
• When scanning starts, some of the machine 
lights will turn off in certain circumstances, 
in order to increase the scan quality. The 
machine lights will return to their original 
brightness when scanning ends.
• You can import an image of 2 MB or smaller 
from USB media, computer or SD card. 
						

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When the following message appears, press  .
Scanning begins.
* To stop scanning and return to the screen in 
step
d, press  .
eWhen scanning is finished, move   to 
frame the image for the pattern, and then 
press .
fThe screen for confirming the converted 
image appears, adjust the image if 
necessary and then press  .
The pattern drawing screen is displayed.
gTo set the outline of the pattern, press  , 
and then  .
hPress   and then  .
This will set the outline without a stitch. 
						

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iSelect the outline of the pattern.
aOutline of the pattern
jPress   to select the color of the stitch 
around the stippling effect.
kPress   and select the stitch color, and 
then press  .
lSelect the stitch line around the stippling 
effect.
aStitch line
a
a 
						

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mTo set the stitch color and fill stitch type, 
press , and then .
nPress  , and then select the stitch color. 
Press   after setting the color.
oSelect the area you want to set stippling 
effect.
pFollow the procedure from stepk on 
page 28 of “Basic Stippling with My Design 
Center”. 
						

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Scanning Fabric and Stippling
Use the fabric pattern to coordinate with the 
stippling pattern.
aSet the fabric to the embroidery frame.
bPress .
* You can also start the function by pressing 
 in “Embroidery” mode.
cPress .
The image display screen appears.
dPosition the embroidery frame on the 
machine, and then press  . 
When the following message appears, press  .
Scanning begins.
* To stop scanning and return to the screen in 
step
d, press  .
ePress .
Memo
• Although the instructions in the LCD screen 
refer to the scanning frame, this example 
uses an embroidery frame for scanning.
Note

						

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fSelect the circle shape, and then press 
.
gPress   to increase or decrease the size of 
the circle.
hPress   until the size of circle fits the 
pattern on the fabric, and then press  .
* Use   to align the position of the circle to 
the pattern on the fabric.
iTo set the stitch color and fill stitch type, 
press  , and then  . 
						

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jPress  , and then select the stitch color. 
Press   after setting the color.
kSelect the area you want to set stippling 
effect.
lTo set the outline of the pattern, press  , 
and then  .
mPress   and then  . This will set the 
outline without a stitch. 
						

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nSelect the outline of the pattern.
aOutline of the pattern
oFollow the procedure from stepk on 
page 28 of “Basic Stippling with My Design 
Center”.
Start embroidering on the fabric that you scanned at 
first.
Decorative stitching around a 
pattern in embroidery (a quilting 
function) 
A quilt can be created with stippling around an 
embroidery pattern.
aHoop the embroidery frame with batting 
sandwiched between two layers of fabric, 
and then attach the frame to the machine.
bPress   and select the pattern that 
decorative stitching will be added around, 
and then press   in the embroidery edit 
screen.
The outline of the pattern is displayed.
a
Memo
• For best results, reduce the sewing speed. 
						

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cPress   .
A message appears, and the pattern outline is 
registered as a stamp shape in My Design Center. 
Press .
dPress   to continue to the embroidery 
screen, and then embroider the pattern.
ePress   in the home page screen to start 
the My Design Center.
fPress   to scan the embroidered 
fabric.
gPress  , press   to recall the stamp 
shape registered in step
c, and then 
arrange it over the scanned pattern.