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We're going to go in and pick a design, from the USB stick, for design number 18. I want
to show you a couple of things.
There are two screens you're going to be working from. This view is the stitch out view. But
if we touch the ALT button, this is the edit view. Touch ALT again, in this lower corner,
and you'll toggle between the two. So the different screens that you will have here
have all the information that you need.
The first screen shows us the design. The design name or number. Which hoop it will
fit in. Now that's very important, you will always need to first stop. Change the hoop
if it's not already the hoop that you will be using.
For example, I have hooped up the really big one, and it is the 360 by 200 hoop. So before
it will let me stitch this, I'll need to go to my hoop icon. Arrow to the right to change
the hoop size. That will bring up the list of all the hoops.
Now, here's a note. You can change the amount of hoops shown on this screen, so it only
picks the ones that it will actually fit in. So we'll do that in My Hoops, in the section
for the tools a little bit later.
So 360 x 200, I'm going to touch OK. That will put a little X, and return me back to
the regular stitch-out view screen. Next you have the stitch count total for the design.
Next is the spool of thread, it says 1 of 4. That's we're on color 1, of a total of
4 colors. As you progress through your design, that will change from color 2 of 4, 3 of 4,
and 4 of 4.
In color 1, there is only 329 stitches. That will actually give you an idea, okay do you
have 1 minute to kind of stay close by? It's not going to take long to stitch. Or is that
say 10,000 stitches, and you'll have some time to maybe do something else.
We also have here your size. So you can actually increase, I'll go ahead and put the hoop on,
because that definitely wants that option. Then touch OK.
So if we want to increase the size a little bit, we can make it bigger or wider. So whichever
you want to do, you can get it to the size that you want it to do. Once you have changed
it, it will highlight and indicate that you're not on the original size.
When you touch ALT, we'll go over to the edit screen. These are wonderful, because you can
actually move the design around within your hoop. You can rotate it.
So let's start at the top here. For rotation, the 90 degrees. So we could rotate that design.
Now it's actually twisted to be the top over here on the right side.
Then below here, if we use the arrows. Left or right, this is moving the design. And the
longer you hold the button in, the further faster it moves. So if you just touch it once,
you'll notice a very small increment, 1mm at a time.
Touch touch up or down. But if you want to go ahead and move it a little faster, you
can do that. Once it reaches the side of the area, it will stop and give you a little beep
there.
So once again, we could change. We'll just bring this size back down to a normal size
there. Let's say, we'll have a little range.
You do have limits on sizing capability. You will have I believe it's up 20% and down 10%.
I'll double check on that. But that is what I remember, as we do this. As you rotate things
around, you can be upside down 180 degrees, 270, or back straight up and down.
So you will have complete range of where you want to set this design. And then, when you
want to go sew, you're going to go ahead and touch ALT. That brings you out.
One thing I always do before I embroider, is touch OK. See how OK has these four little
arrows sticking up diagonally. That is actually going to trace around the outside perimeter.
If you're on this screen, you'll see a little plus travel with you. If I touch OK again,
that's showing my needle is up here in the top right corner. And down, and a bottom corner.
And then back to the center.
If I'm in the edit mode, I will still see that same thing, the little plus. You don't
always, you see it a little bit. It does travel with you. Then that way you could have the
needle be in the center of your design. And then you can move that to be exactly over
the lines you might have drawn on your fabric for center placement.
Once you come back here, you are ready to stitch. Just hold your thread, and push the
start-stop button.