Creative 2 Owners Manual

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For sewing any fabric precisely PFAFF® creative 
sensation™ pro II sewing and embroidery machine 
provides the ideal solution: the integrated dual feed, 
IDT
™ system. As on industrial machines, the IDT™ 
system feeds the fabric from the top and bottom 
at the same time. The material is fed precisely, 
eliminating puckering on seams in light weight 
fabrics such as silk and rayon. The dual feed action 
of the IDT
™ system prevents layers from shifting 
while sewing, keeping quilt layers aligned and 
ensuring a more perfect match when sewing plaid 
or striped fabrics.
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Important: For all work with the IDT
™ system use presser 
feet with the center back cut-out.
Raise the presser foot. Press the IDT
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until it engages.
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Raise the presser foot. Hold the IDT
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down, then pull it away from you to release the 
IDT
™ system slowly upward.
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Remove the presser foot and slide off the bobbin 
cover. Place the screwdriver under the needle 
plate as shown in the picture and gently turn the 
screwdriver to pop off the needle plate. 
To replace the needle plate, lower the feed dogs and 
position the needle plate so that the knob on the 

(A). Press the needle plate down until it clicks into 
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Needles
The sewing machine needle plays an important 
role in successful sewing. Use only quality needles. 
We recommend needles of system 130/705H. 
The needle package included with your machine 
contains needles of the most frequently used sizes.
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Universal needles have a slightly rounded point 
and come in a variety of sizes. For general sewing in 
a variety of fabric types and weights.
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Stretch needles have a special scarf to eliminate 

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leathers.
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Embroidery needles have a special scarf, a slightly 
rounded point and a slightly larger eye to avoid 
damage to thread and materials. Use with metallic 
and other specailty threads for embroidery and 
decorative sewing
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Denim needles have a sharp point to penetrate 

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The Wing needle has wide wings on the side of 
the needle to poke holes in the fabric when sewing 
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fabrics.
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1.  Use the hole in the multi-purpose tool to hold 
the needle.
2.  Loosen the needle screw.
3.  Remove the needle. 
4.  Insert the new needle, using the multi-purpose 
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side away from you until it will go no further.
5.  Tighten the needle screw as tight as it will go.Note: Change the needle often. Always use a straight 
needle with a sharp point (F).
A damaged needle (G) can cause skipped stitches, 
breakage or snapping of thread. A damaged needle can 
also damage the needle plate.
Do not use asymmetrical twin needles (H), since it may 
damage your sewing machine. 
						

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Remove presser foot
Press the presser foot downwards until it 
disengages from the presser foot holder. 
Attach presser foot
Line up the pins on the foot with the gap 
underneath the presser foot holder. Press upwards 
until the foot snaps into place.
You can also use the presser foot up/down buttons 
to raise or lower the presser foot holder. Place the 
presser foot under the presser foot holder, so that 
the pins of the foot snap onto the presser foot holder 
when lowered.
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1. Disengage the IDT™ system (A). Remove the 
standard presser foot (B). Carefully loosen the 
screw (C) until the cross-hole (D) is accessible.
2.  Hold the foot in front of the needle. Turn the 
hand wheel to lower the needle into the hole of 
the foot and through the needle plate. 
3.  Turn the foot behind the needle screw (E) and 
insert the pin of the foot into the cross-hole (D) 
of the presser foot holder.
4.  Push the foot into the hole as far as it will go 
while tightening the screw (C).
To remove the embroidery foot loosen the screw 
(C), squeeze the embroidery foot together and pull 
it out to the right. Tighten the screw.
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USB ports
Your machine has two USB ports – one to connect 
the sewing machine to your computer, and one to 
connect either your USB embroidery stick, optional 
CD-drive, optional USB hub or optional mouse.
Note: Make sure that the USB stick you use has the 
format FAT32.
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Delivered with your machine is a USB embroidery 

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machine. 
Connect to and remove from USB port
Insert the USB embroidery stick or other devices in 
the upper port. The USB plugs can only be inserted 
one way – do not force them into the ports!
The USB PC cable packed with your machine 
(P/N:412 62 59-04) plugs in to the lower port. No 
other cable should be used in this port. Connect the 
other end of the cable to your PC.
Note: Install the complimentary software before 
connecting the machine to your PC (see next page).
To remove, carefully pull the USB embroidery stick 
or the plug of the USB cable out straight.
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When loading from or saving to the USB 
embroidery stick an hourglass appears on the 
screen. 
Note: Do not remove the USB embroidery stick when the 
hourglass is shown on the screen or while Files & Folders 
is open. Removing the stick at that time can damage the 
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with the machine can be left in the machine 
when putting on the hard cover. Make sure 
that the cover of the USB stick is turned 
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A PC software package is available for your PFAFF® 
creative sensation™ pro II sewing and embroidery 
machine. It adds the following features:
•  Communication module allows you to connect 
the machine to your computer. Required to 
use the Send To features in any Embroidery 
software system module.
•  QuickFont program to create unlimited number 
of embroidery fonts from most TrueType
™ and 
OpenType™ fonts on your computer.
•  Plug-in for your Windows Explorer to handle 
embroidery designs: viewing designs as 
thumbnail images, reading different embroidery 
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This software should be installed before the 

time. Go to the PFAFF
® website at www.pfaff.com 
and look for Embroidery Machine Support and 
download the software. During installation you will 
be asked for an Installation Code. Enter number:
8200
More information and detailed installation 
instructions are available on the download page.
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Be sure to consult the web site at www.pfaff.
com and/or your local authorized PFAFF® dealer 
for updates and upgrades for your machine and 
Owner’s manual.
You can update your machine using the USB 
embroidery stick or the USB cable packed with your 
machine (P/N:412 62 59-04).
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•  Go to the PFAFF
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•  Follow the update wizard to prepare your USB 
embroidery stick for the update.
•  To start your machine in update mode, press 
and hold the reverse button (A) while turning 
on your machine. Keep the reverse button 
pressed until update mode is visible on the 
PFAFF
® creative™ Color Touch Screen. Follow 
the instructions to update.
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Soft Touch™ Buttons and indicators
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For permanent reverse, press the button once before 
starting to sew. The reverse indicator (B) will be lit 
and the machine sews in reverse until you press 
the button again to cancel. If you press the reverse 
button while sewing, the machine sews in reverse 
for as long as you keep the button pressed. The 
reverse indicator is lit when the reverse button is 
pressed.
Reverse is also used when sewing buttonholes, 
programmed tie-off end, darning stitches and 
tapering stitches to step between the parts of the 
stitch. 
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The reverse indicator will be lit when pressing the 
reverse button to sew in reverse. It is also lit while 
sewing permanent reverse.
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The action indicator is lit to indicate that an action 
is to be done, for example performing tapering. The 
icon stays lit until the action is done.
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Raises the presser foot and needle to the up 
position. 
Press the button once more and the presser foot will 
raise to extra lift. The feed dogs will be lowered to 
make it easier to get thick fabric under the presser 
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Lower the presser foot completely. Press the button 
once more to raise the presser foot to pivot height. 
The presser foot is lowered automatically when you 
start sewing.
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Press this button to start or stop the machine 
without using the foot control. Press the button once 
to start and press it again to stop.
To disable the start/stop button in sewing mode 
and only use foot control when sewing, activate 
start/stop button safety in the Settings menu.
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Press to cut both needle and bobbin thread 
immediately.
If pressing this button while sewing, the threads 
will be cut before the needle moves to the start 
position of the next stitch. Your machine ties off 
the thread, cuts the needle and bobbin threads and 
raises the presser foot and the needle.
The thread snips function can be programmed, see 
chapter 4. 
Note: Threads are cut automatically when buttonholes 
are sewn with the Sensormatic buttonhole foot.
The presser foot will not raise after thread snips if 
Automatic presser foot lift has been deactivated in the 
Settings menu.
Thread snips performed by the machine can be cancelled 
in the Settings menu.
In embroidery mode the threads are cut and the presser 
foot raised. The upper thread is only cut automatically at 

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Press immediate tie-off while sewing and your 
machine sews a few tie-off stitches and stops 
automatically. 
By touching the tie-off button once more while the 
action indicator is lit, the function can be turned off. 
The tie-off function can be programmed, see chapter 4.
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When having stopped sewing in the middle of a 
stitch, press restart to start sewing at the beginning 
of the stitch again without having to reset any special 
settings you have made.
If pressing the stitch restart button while sewing, the 

You can also use stitch restart to go back to the 
beginning of an embroidery.
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Press this button to move the needle up or down. The 
setting of the needle stop position is changed at the 
same time. When needle down is activated, the icon is 
lit, the needle will stop in the down position and the 
presser foot will raise to pivot height.
You can also tap the foot control to raise or lower the 
needle. 
						

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PFAFF
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PFAFF® creative™ Color Touch 
Screen
Your machine features the PFAFF® creative™ Color 
Touch Screen. This technology provides great resolution 
and color.
The screen is very easy to work with - just touch it with 
The 
task bar at the bottom of the screen includes the main 
functions and help.
Every mode has its own color scheme, to make it easier to 
navigate and use the machine.
Start view
When your machine is turned on, a welcome screen 
is shown and then the machine opens sewing mode. 
If the embroidery unit is attached the machine 
automatically opens embroidery mode.
Main parts
The task bar (A) is used for selecting and activating 
the main functions. 
The colored vertical bar on the right hand of the 
screen is called the option bar (B). It has different 
options depending on which mode is active.
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The look of the task bar will change depending 
on whether sewing mode or embroidery mode is 
active. Change mode by touching the corresponding 
icon (1 or 2). The icon for the active mode is 
highlighted. The task bar is always located at the 
bottom of the screen.
1.  Embroidery mode icon
2.  Sewing mode icon
3. Selection menu
4. Settings menu
5. Info menu
6. Quick help
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7.  Embroidery stitch-out icon
The task bar in embroidery mode has an additional 
icon (7) above the embroidery icon. This is the 
Embroidery stitch-out icon. Touch it to toggle to 
Embroidery stitch-out mode.
Return to Embroidery edit by touching the 
embroidery mode icon (1).Main functions in task bar
Task bar in embroidery mode
Task bar in Embroidery stitch-out