Brother Innovis 4500 D Manual

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Changing the Color of Each 
Alphabet Character in a Pattern
a
aa aPress   so you can assign a thread 
color to each character. 
b
bb bChange the thread to sew each character in 
a different color.
* Press   to change the colors in the sewing 
order.
a Color for each character
Changing the Thread Color 
You can change the thread color by moving the 
color to be changed to the top of the sewing order 
and selecting a new color from the thread colors in 
the machine.
a
aa aPress . 
→ The thread color palette screen displays.
b
bb
bPress   or   to put the color you want 
to change at the top of the sewing order. 
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c
cc cPress         to choose a new 
color from the color palette.
* To return to the original color, press  . If 
multiple colors have been changed, this command 
will return all colors to their original colors.
* You can select colors from the color palette by  directly touching the color selection with the touch 
pen.
a Color palette
→ The selected color appears at the top of the sewing 
order.
d
dd dPress . 
a Color palette/Custom thread table change key
→ The display shows the changed colors. 
Creating a Custom Thread Table
You can create a custom thread table containing 
the thread colors that you most often use. You can 
select thread colors from the machine’s extensive 
list of thread colors from nine different thread 
brands. You can select any color and move the 
color to your custom thread table.
a
aa aPress  , and then press  . 
Press   to display P. 5.
b
bb bUse     to select where to 
add a color on the custom thread table.
* You can also touch the palette directly with the 
touch pen. 
* You can scroll through 100 colors at a time using 
 and   on the custom thread table.
a Custom thread table
Memo
To select a color from the Custom Thread 
Table, see  “Choosing a Color from the Cus-
tom Thread Table ” on page 212.
a
a
Note
 Some machines may already have an addi-
tional 300 Robison-Anton thread colors con-
tained in the custom thread table.
 You have the option to completely clear, or 
to restore the Custom Thread Table to the 
original factory setting. Visit the website for 
Custom Thread Table Clear/Restore Pro-
gram and instructions.
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c
cc cUse     to select one of the thread 
brands in the machine.
d
dd dUse         
   to enter a color ’s 4-digit number.
* If you make a mistake, press   to erase the 
entered number, and then enter the correct number.
a Thread brand
e
ee
ePress .
a Thread brand
b Entered number
→ The selected thread color is set in the custom thread 
table.
f
ff fRepeat the previous steps until all desired 
thread colors are specified.
* To delete a specified color from the palette, press 
.
g
gg gPress   to return to the original 
screen.

 Adding a Color to the Custom 
Thread Table from the List
a
aa aRepeat the previous steps a
aa a through c
cc
c.
b
bb bPress   to display the thread list.
c
cc
cUse     to select a thread color.
a Thread list
b Thread brandNote
If   is not pressed, the thread color num-
ber will not be changed.
a
b
a
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d
dd dPress .
e
ee
eRepeat the previous steps until all desired 
thread colors are specified.
* To delete a specified color from the palette, press 
.
f
ff fPress   to return to the original 
screen.
Choosing a Color from the 
Custom Thread Table
You can select a color from the up to 300 thread 
colors you have set in the custom thread table.
a
aa aPress . 
→ The thread color palette screen displays.
b
bb
bPress   or   to put the color you want 
to change at the top of the sewing order. 
c
cc cPress .
a Color palette/Custom thread change key
b Color palette
→ The custom thread table will appear.
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d
dd dPress         to choose a new 
color from the custom thread table.
* Use   and   to scroll through the custom 
thread table.
* Press   to return to the original color.
* You can select colors from the custom thread table  by directly touching the screen with the touch pen.
a Custom thread
b Custom thread table
→ The display shows the changed colors.
e
ee ePress .
Designing Repeated Patterns

 Sewing Repeated Patterns
Using the border function, you can create stitches 
using repeated patterns. You can also adjust the 
spacing of the patterns within a repeated pattern 
stitch.
a
aa aSelect a pattern, and then press  .
b
bb
bPress .
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c
cc cSelect the direction in which the pattern 
will be repeated.
a Vertical direction
b Horizontal direction
c Repeating and deleting keys 
d Spacing keys
→ The pattern direction indicator will change 
depending on the direction selected.
d
dd dUse   to repeat the pattern on top and 
 to repeat the pattern at the bottom. 
* To delete the top pattern, press  .
* To delete the bottom pattern, press  .
e
ee eAdjust the spacing of the repeated pattern.
*  To widen spacing, press  .
*  To tighten spacing, press  .
f
ff fComplete repeated patterns by repeating 
steps 
c
cc c through e
ee
e.
g
gg gPress   to finish repeating.
a
b
c d
Memo
You can only adjust the spacing of patterns 
enclosed in the red frame.
Memo

When there are two or more patterns, all 
patterns will be grouped together as one 
pattern in the red frame. 
 When changing the direction in which the 
pattern will be repeated, all of the patterns in 
the red frame will automatically be grouped 
as one repeating unit. Press   to 
change a repeated pattern back to one sin-
gle pattern. See the following section on 
how to repeat one element of a repeated 
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Repeating One Element of a 
Repeated Pattern
By using the Cut function, you can select one 
element of a repeated pattern and repeat only that 
single element. This function allows you to design 
complex repeated patterns.
a
aa aChoose the direction in which the repeated 
pattern will be cut.
* Press   to cut horizontally.
* Press   to cut vertically.
→ The pattern direction indicator will change 
depending on the direction selected.
b
bb bUse   and   to select the cut line.
→ The cut line will move.
c
cc
cPress .
→ The repeated pattern will be divided into separate 
elements.
d
dd dUse   and   to select the element to 
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e
ee eRepeat the selected element.
f
ff
fPress   to finish repeating.

 Assigning Thread Marks
By sewing thread marks, you can easily align 
patterns when sewing a series. When sewing is 
finished on a pattern, a thread mark in the shape of 
an arrow will be sewn using the final thread. When 
sewing a series of patterns, use the point of this 
arrow for positioning the following designs to be 
sewn.
a
aa aPress 
b
bb
bPress .
Note
 Once you have cut a repeated pattern into 
separate elements, you cannot return to the 
original repeated pattern.
 Each element can be edited separately in 
the edit screen. See  “Selecting combined 
embroidery patterns ” on page 221.
Memo
 When repeatedly sewing individual patterns, 
thread marks can be sewn around the 
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c
cc cPress   to select the thread mark to 
be sewn.
d
dd dPress .
After Editing
a
aa
aPress . 
b
bb
bIf you want to sew the pattern immediately, 
press   to call up the sewing screen. 
* Press   to return to the embroidery edit screen. 
* To combine the pattern with other patterns, select 
the next pattern from this screen (see page 219). 
* See page 165 for more information about sewing  patterns.
Memo
When there are two or more elements, use 
 and   or   and   to select a 
pattern that you want to assign a thread 
mark(s) to.
Memo
If you return to the edit screen after pressing 
, press  , then  . 
						

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Color Sorting Repeated Patterns
Press   to automatically change the sewing 
order of colors in combined border embroidery 
patterns so that the same color can be continuously 
sewn. This allows you to continue sewing without 
repeatedly changing the upper thread or changing 
the sewing order manually.
Memo
In combined stitch patterns that contain two 
or more border patterns or other patterns 
combined with border patterns, the sewing 
order of only the border patterns is changed.
 When a group of two or more patterns using 
border patterns is repeated, the sewing 
order is changed so that the same color can 
be sewn continuously in each pattern.