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Embroidery mode - preparations
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1.  To store the embroidery unit in the embroidery 
case, move the embroidery arm to park position 
by selecting park position on the screen in either 
Embroidery edit or Embroidery stitch-out. 
2.  Press the button at the left, underneath the 
embroidery unit (A) and slide the unit to the left 
to remove it. 
3.  The cover of the socket closes automatically.
4.  Store the embroidery unit in the original 
packing material, place in the soft carrying bag.
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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 
squeeze the foot to 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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Embroidery mode - preparations
Slide on the hoop
Make sure that the accessory tray (only on the large 
embroidery unit, type BE20) on the embroidery unit 
is closed. Slide the hoop onto the embroidery unit 
from front to back until it clicks into place.
The marked center point on the design should 
match the starting point of the needle. If minor 
adjustments are needed use the icons on the screen 
(See chapter 8).
To remove the hoop from the embroidery arm, 
press the grey button on the hoop connection 
assembly and slide the hoop towards you.
To hoop the fabric
For the best embroidery results, place a layer 
of stabilizer beneath the fabric. When hooping 
stabilizer and fabric make sure that they are smooth 
and securely hooped.
1.  Open the quick release (A) on the outer hoop. 
Remove the inner hoop. Place the outer hoop on 
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right. There is a small arrow in the center of the 
lower edge of the hoop which will line up with 
a small arrow on the inner hoop.
2.  Place stabilizer and the fabric, with the right 
sides facing up, on top of the outer hoop. Place 
the inner hoop on top of the fabric with the 
small arrow at the bottom edge.
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Embroidery mode - preparations
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1.  After attaching the embroidery unit and 
embroidery foot, insert a bobbin with 
lightweight bobbin thread.
Note: Make sure that the IDT™ system is disengaged.
2.  To select a design, open selection menu and 
touch the design menu icon (A). Locate desired 
design and touch it once to load to Embroidery 
edit.
3.  The machine automatically switches to 
Embroidery edit. The design is placed in the 
center of the hoop. 
4.  Hoop a piece of fabric and slide on the hoop.
5.  Switch from Embroidery edit to Embroidery 
stitch-out by touching the embroidery toggle 
icon (B) on the task bar. 
						

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To load a design, open the selection menu (29). 
Select designs (A) from the selection bar, then 
choose one of the following four tabs:
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Designs that you have created, adjusted and/or 
combined and saved.
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Mini designs that are stored in the permanent 
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Designs created especially for quilting. Stored in the 
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Available designs from the selected tab will be 
shown on screen. Touch the desired design to load 
it into Embroidery edit.  
Load a font
Text can be created both with embroidery fonts and 
stitch fonts. Load a font by selecting fonts (F) from 
the selection bar and touch your desired font on the 
screen. 
Embroidery fonts are indicated by a dark back-
ground. The font will be loaded into embroidery 
text editor. 
Stitch fonts are indicated by a lighter background. 
The font will be loaded to sequencing. The text 
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Load a stitch
To load a stitch, select stitches (A) from the selection 
bar. Select a category and then a subcategory. 
Touch your desired stitch on the screen to load to 
Embroidery edit.
It is possible to load previously stored patchwork, 
single stitch and tapering programs into 
Embroidery edit to stitch-out in the hoop. 
If the stitch contains tapering, the stitch combination 
will be converted to an embroidery design.
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to open a list of zoom options. 
Zoom to Box (A) lets you decide how much and 
where to zoom in the embroidery area. First, select 
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will then be deactivated. 
Note: While Zoom to Box is active the touch functions 
are disabled. To deactive Zoom to Box without making 
any selection, touch any of the touch function icons. How 
much you can zoom in depends on the selected hoop. 
Zoom to All (B) will show all the designs in the 
embroidery combination in the largest view 
possible. 
Zoom to Hoop (C) will adjust the view to show the 
selected hoop.