Husqvarna Designer 1 Instruction Manual

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Care of your Designer I
Care of the machine
To keep your sewing machine operating well, 
clean it often. No lubrication (oiling) is needed.
! Turn off the main switch.
Cleaning
Wipe the exterior surfaces of your Designer I 
with a soft cloth to remove any dust or lint built 
up.
Wipe the Color Touch Screen with a soft damp 
cloth.
Removing the stitch plate
Remove the presser foot and slide off the bob-
  bin cover. Lower the feed teeth. Place the stitch 
plate opener on the brush, which you will fi nd 
with the accessories, and then in the re cess at 
the rear of the stitch plate and turn.  Clean the 
feed teeth with the brush.
Cleaning under the bobbin area
When necessary, the bottom of the bobbin area 
must be cleaned.
Remove the bobbin case holder (1) covering 
the front part of the bobbin case (2). Remove 
the bob bin case by lifting it up. Clean with the 
brush.
Replace the bobbin case and the bobbin case 
holder.
Replacing the stitch plate
With feed teeth down, place the stitch plate 
about 5 mm in front of the rear edge and push it 
back. Slide on the bobbin cover. Raise the feed 
teeth.
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Poor tension?
• Enter fabric weight and type in Sewing Advi-
sor.
• Re-thread top and bobbin – use quality thread.
• New needle-size and type as HELP recommen-
ded.
• Turn machine off and on again to recalibrate 
tension.
• Follow HELP recommendations for stabilizer.
Fabric does not move?
• Feed teeth up.
• Increase stitch length.
Upper thread breaks?
• Does thread feed smoothly/not catching? 
• Use thread nets and quality thread.
• New needle-size and type as HELP recommen-
ds.
• Re-thread top and bobbin – check for correct 
threading.
• Try different thread spool pin on top (hori zo-
n tal or vertical).
• Turn the machine off and on to reset automa-
tic ten sion.
• If stitch plate hole is damaged, replace stitch 
plate.
• Are the correct thread holder used in front of 
the thread?
Bobbin thread breaks?
• Wind a new bobbin.
• Replace bobbin in machine, check correct th-
reading, page 11. 
• If stitch plate hole is damaged – replace stitch 
plate.
Bobbin alarm does not work?
• Clean lint from bobbin area.
• Use only authentic Husqvarna green style 
bobbins.
Bobbin winds irregularly?
• Check threading for bobbin winding. Any time you experience a problem when 
sewing:
• Enter correct type and weight of fabric into 
Sewing Advisor.
• Insert new needle-size and type as HELP re-
commends. 
• Re-thread the top and bobbin.
• Use different thread spool on top (vertical or 
horizontal).
• Use thread nets and quality thread. We recom-
mend the same sewing thread on top and 
bobbin for general sewing and 40 weight em-
broidery thread on top and bobbin thread for 
embroidery.
Fabric puckers?
• Enter correct type and weight of fabric into 
Sewing Advisor.
• Check needle, it could be damaged.
• Insert new needle size and type as HELP re-
commends.
• Re-thread top and bobbin.
• Change thread type to match fi bre and sewing 
technique.
• Use quality thread.
• Shorten stitch length.
• Use stabilizer.
Skipped stitches?
• Check needle, it could be damaged.
• Change needle to recommended size and 
type.
• Be sure needle is inserted correctly and all the 
way into clamp.
• Rethread top and bobbin.
• Use recommended presser foot. 
• Turn machine off and on to reset.
• Consult your dealer for service.
Needle breaks?
• Use care not to pull fabric when sewing.
• Insert new needle as HELP recommends.
• Insert needle correctly as page 16 explains.
Trouble Shooting (fault-fi nding): 
						

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Care of your Designer I
Thread cutter does not cut?
• Remove stitch plate and clean lint from bob-
  bin area.
• In embroidery - go to SET Menu, thread cutter 
on auto.
Wrong stitch, irregular or narrow stitches?
• Cancel twin needle safety.
• Turn machine off and on to reset.
• Change needle, re-thread top and bobbin.
• Use stabilizer.
Presser foot will not go down?
• Turn the machine off and on.
• Put bobbin winder spindle up into sewing po-
  si tion.
• Sensor Foot lift on auto in SET Menu.
Color Touch Screen is dark (or light?)
• Change screen contrast in SET Menu.
Color Touch Screen is off?
• Touch screen.
• Cancel screen saver in SET Menu.
• Turn machine off and on to reset.
Buttons on Color Touch Screen are not 
activated when touched?
• Calibrate the Color Touch Screen. See instruc-
tions on page 31.
Machine sews slowly?
• Check speed
• Remove stitch plate and brush lint from bob-
  bin and teeth area.
• Have machine serviced at your dealer.Machine will not sew?
• Put bobbin winder spindle up into sewing po-
  si tion.
• Slide off embroidery unit.
• Check plugs are all the way into machine.
• Check wall plug and power to wall plug.
Embroidery puckers?
• Use correct stabilizer – see Accessory User’s 
Gui de.
• Hoop fabric tightly – see page 66.
Built-In Customizing will not program?
• Slide on embroidery unit.
• Insert embroidery disk.
• Consult User’s Guide for instructions.
Machine will not embroider?
• Push embroidery unit fi rmly into machine 
socket.
• Insert embroidery disk.
• Slide on hoop.
Have your Designer I serviced regularly by 
your Husqvarna Viking dealer. 
If you have followed this trouble shooting in for -
ma tion and still are having sewing problems, 
take it to your dealer. If there is a specifi c pro-
blem, it is a gre at help to test sew with your th-
read on a scrap of your sewing fabric. A sewing 
sample will often give much better information 
than words. 
Non-original Parts and Accessories
The Designer I warranty does not cover any de-
fect or dam age caused by use of non-ori gi nal 
ac ces so ries or parts.
All information in this Husqvarna Viking De-
  sig ner I User´s Guide is current at the time of 
printing.
We constantly receives feedback from De sig ner I 
owners and dealers and uses this in for ma tion to 
How to update Designer I
produce updates and upgrades.
Be sure to consult the web site at 
www.husqvarnaviking.com and/or your local 
Husqvarna Viking dealer often for updates and 
upgrades to your Designer I and User’s Guide. 
						

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 screen menus  70-71
 sewing  69-75
 template  67
 unit, connecting  64
Entredeux 102
Fabric selection  40-41
Fault-fi nding  112-113
Favorite Stitches  26
Feed teeth, lowering  15
Finish the sewing  27
FIX   12, 37, 73, 89
Foot control  6
Free Hand Embroidery/Quilting/
 Sewing   26
Free Motion Embroidery/Quilting/
 Sewing   26
Function buttons  12
Function buttons, embroidery  70-71
Gathering 54
Getting started  69
Handlook “Heirloom” Appliqué  87
Hem – Sewing Advisor  48
Hemstitching 103
Heirloom 101-107
Lace insertion  102
Leather 40
Lettering 93-94
Lightning Stitch  54
Load saved design, stitches   81
Lowering the feed teeth  15
Main Menu  18
Mending Stitches, 4-way  62
 Menu 
  A  –  Utility Stitches  20, 54-61
  B  –  Buttonhole Stitches  20, 51-53
  C  –  Pictogram Stitches  22, 107
 D – Heirloom Stitches  22, 101-107
  E  –  Quilt Stitches  22, 95-99
 F – Appliqué Stitches  23, 84-88
 G – Children Stitches  23
 H – Scallop Stitches  23, 104
 K – Omnigram Stitches  23
  L  –  Decorative Stitches  24, 89-91
 M – Crafting Stitches  24
 N – Fashion Stitches  24
  O  –  Block alphabet  25, 93-94
  P  –  Outline block alphabet  25
  Q  –  Brush line alphabet  25
 R – Script alphabet  25
  S  –  4-way Stitches  25, 66
 T – 8-way Stitches  25
 U – My Stitches  26
 V – Special Stitches  26
Index
Accessory Tray  7
Appliqué 84, 87-88
Bartacks 60
Baste – Sewing Advisor  45
Belt loops  60
Blind hem – Sewing Advisor  47
Bobbin 
  placing in the machine  11
 winding  10-11
  winding – vertical spool pin  11
Bound Buttonhole  53
Bridging Stitch  103
Built-In Customizing  76
Built-in stitches in the hoop  82
Buttonhole 
 balance  52
 Bound  53
 corded  52
 cutting  53
 density  53
 Menu B  51-53
 Rule  49
 Sensor Foot  49
 Sewing Advisor  49
  step by step  52
Button, sewing on – Sewing Advisor  51
Calibration of Color Touch Screen  31
Care of your Designer I  109-113
Changing light bulbs  110
Changing needle  16
Changing presser foot  13
Cleaning 111
Color Touch Screen  17-38
Connecting 
  the embroidery unit  64
  the foot control  6
 the machine  6
Corded buttonhole  52
Cross Stitches  92
Customizing, Built-In  76
Cutting buttonhole  53
Cutwork embroidery  106
Darning 59
Decorative / Crafting  83-94
Decorative Stitches  89-91
Disk Drive, built in  65
Embroidery 63-82
 booklet  65
 carrying case  64
 Free Motion  26
 hoop  66
 pop-up menus  74 
						

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Multiple Zigzag Stitches  58
My Stitches  26
Needles 16
Needle, changing  16
Needle positions  55
Needle stop up/down  12
Needle Threader  9
One Color Embroidery  73
Overcast – Sewing Advisor  44
Overview 4-5
Packing away after sewing  6
Pictogram 107
Placing the accessories  7
Placing the bobbin  11
Presser feet  14-15
Presser foot, changing  13
Presser foot lift  13
Presser foot pressure  13
Programming 
 Embroidery  76-81
 Decorative Stitches  92
  Stitches and letters  35-38, 93-94   
Pictogram 107
Quilting 95-99
 Channel  98
 Crazy Quilting  97
  Decorative Stitch tie  96
 Edge Quilting Guide  99
 Embroidery  99
 Free Motion  97
 Handlook  97
 Stipple  98
Reinforced Straight Stitch  57
Removing Embroidery unit  65
Removing the stitch plate  111
Reverse 12
Safety instructions  2
Saving Customized Design  80
Scallop stitching  104
Seam – Sewing Advisor  42-43
Seam and Overcast – Sewing Advisor  45
Selecting fabric on Sewing Advisor  40-41
Selecting sewing technique on 
 Sewing Advisor  19
Sensor foot  12-13
 down  12
 lift  13
 lift up  12
  lift pivot  12, 13
 pressure  13Sensor Q-foot  31, 33
Sewing Advisor  19, 40-50
Sewing 
 Bartacks  60
 Embroideries  69-75
 Buttons   51
 speed  12
 surface  7
 zipper  56
Smocking 105
Special Stitches, V-Menu  26
SPEED 12
Spool holders  8
Spool pin  8
Start / Stop  12
Starting position  71
Starting to sew  27
Step by step buttonhole  52
Stipple Quilting  98
Stitch plate  111
Stitch Re-start  12
Stitch tabel – Menu A  61
STOP  12, 37, 73, 89
Straight Stitch  54
Stretch Stitch  54
Surface extension  7
Table of contents  3
Taper Satin Stitches  86
Thread 41
 Cutter  12, 37
 Net  65
 Tension  27, 29
  Trimming in Hoop  75
 warning  9
Threading 9-11
  for twin needle  10
 upper thread  9
Trimming Thread in Hoop  75
Trouble shooting  112-113
Twenty-fi ve needle positions  55
Twin needle threading  10
Unpacking the machine  6
Updates 113
Utility Stitches  54-61
Vinyl 40
Wing needle  16, 103
Woven or Knit  40
Zigzag Stitches  58
Zipper 56 
						

							We reserve the right to change the machine equipment 
and the ass ort ment of accessories without prior notice, or 
make modifi cations to the performance or design.
Such modifi cations, however, will always be to the benefi t 
of the user and the product.
 
Please note that on disposal, this product must be 
safely recycled in accordance with relevant National 
legislation relating to electrical/electronic products. If 
in doubt please contact your retailer for guidance. 
						

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