Bernina 2/06 1 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
BERNINA
®
Embroidery Module/Machine
MASTERING YOUR BERNINA
®
EMBROIDERY MODULE/MACHINE 2/06
2
Mastering
Your
BERNINA
®
©2006 BERNINA® of America, Inc. Permission to copy granted only to Authorized BERNINA
®
Dealers
Table of Contents
Section A: Embroidery Beginnings .............................................................................. 3
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 4
General Information: Your Embroidery Machine/Module .......................................... 5
4 Levels of BERNINA
®
v4.0 Embroidery Software.................................................. 9
Getting Started ........................................................................................................10
Needles ..................................................................................................................14
Thread ....................................................................................................................16
Embroidery Thread.................................................................................................17
Stabilizers & Interfacings ........................................................................................18
Sewing & Craft Sprays ...........................................................................................19
Samples
Stitching A Motif .................................................................................................20
Monochrome Embroidery .................................................................................22
Customizing Thread Color ................................................................................24
Duplicating & Rescaling Motifs .........................................................................26
Proportional Resizing of Motifs .........................................................................28
Rotating Designs ..............................................................................................30
Proportional Resizing & Rotation ......................................................................32
Stretching Designs............................................................................................34
Right-to-Left Mirror Image.................................................................................36
Up-to-Down Mirror Image ..................................................................................38
Using Embroidery Cards ..................................................................................40
Using an Embroidery CD or USB stick ..............................................................42
Saving & Deleting Embroidery Motifs .....................................................................44
Embroidery Beginnings Shopping List....................................................................46
Section B: Beyond the Basics .....................................................................................47
General Information: Working with Alphabets & Text ..............................................48
Selecting, Adding, & Deleting Letters......................................................................49
Saving Text Designs ...............................................................................................50
Samples
Alphabet Sampler .............................................................................................52
Manipulating Alphabets ......................................................................................54
Stitch Density ....................................................................................................56
Combining Motifs ..............................................................................................58
Combining Lettering & Motifs ............................................................................60
Rehooping.........................................................................................................62
Free-Arm Embroidery .......................................................................................64
Baseline Sampler .............................................................................................66
Changing Lettering Height .................................................................................68
Changing Lettering Spacing ..............................................................................70
Mega Hoop ........................................................................................................72
myartista Portal ...............................................................................................74
Beyond the Basics Shopping List ...........................................................................76