Brother PR-650 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
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Adjusting the Thread Tension.......................................................................................112
Adjusting the tension of the bobbin thread................................................................................................ 112
Adjusting the tension of the upper thread.................................................................................................. 113
EMBROIDERING SETTINGS 115
Basting Embroidery ......................................................................................................116
Creating an Appliqué Piece ..........................................................................................117
Creating an appliqué piece....................................................................................................................... 117
Using a frame pattern for the outline......................................................................................................... 120
Automatic Lock Stitch Setting ......................................................................................122
Starting/Ending Position Settings..................................................................................123
Repeatedly sewing a pattern along a diagonal .......................................................................................... 124
Embroidering linked characters................................................................................................................. 125
Maximum Sewing Speed Setting...................................................................................127
Setting the Machine to Stop at Color Changes .............................................................128
Stopping the machine at the next color change......................................................................................... 128
Specifying pause locations before embroidering ....................................................................................... 128
Temporary Needle Bar Setting .....................................................................................130
Uninterrupted embroidering (using a single color) .................................................................................... 131
Reserved Needle Bar Settings.......................................................................................132
SELECTING/EDITING/SAVING PATTERNS 135
Precautions...................................................................................................................136
Concerning embroidery data .................................................................................................................... 136
Concerning optional embroidery cards..................................................................................................... 138
Concerning USB media ............................................................................................................................ 139
Selecting an Embroidery Pattern ..................................................................................140
General pattern selection.......................................................................................................................... 140
Embroidery patterns.................................................................................................................................. 141
Frame patterns.......................................................................................................................................... 141
Monogram and frame designs................................................................................................................... 142
Alphabet patterns...................................................................................................................................... 145
Floral alphabet patterns ............................................................................................................................ 148
Renaissance alphabet patterns .................................................................................................................. 149
Appliqué alphabet.................................................................................................................................... 150
Greek alphabet patterns............................................................................................................................ 151
Embroidery patterns stored in the machine memory.................................................................................. 151
Embroidery cards (optional)...................................................................................................................... 152
Computer (USB)........................................................................................................................................ 156
USB media ............................................................................................................................................... 160
Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Pattern Editing Screen) ..............................................162
Combining patterns .................................................................................................................................. 162
Selecting the pattern to be edited.............................................................................................................. 163
Moving a pattern ...................................................................................................................................... 163
Flipping a pattern horizontally.................................................................................................................. 164
Changing the size of a pattern................................................................................................................... 164
Rotating a pattern ..................................................................................................................................... 166
Changing the text arrangement of a character........................................................................................... 167
Changing the character spacing................................................................................................................ 167
Separating combined character patterns ................................................................................................... 168
Trimming the threads between characters................................................................................................. 169
Changing the thread density (only for some character and frame patterns)................................................ 170
Specifying multi-color text........................................................................................................................ 170
Changing the colors of the pattern............................................................................................................ 171
Designing repeated patterns...................................................................................................................... 172
Creating a custom thread table ................................................................................................................. 176
Choosing a color from the custom thread table......................................................................................... 179
Duplicating a pattern................................................................................................................................ 180
Deleting a pattern..................................................................................................................................... 180
Editing the Embroidery Pattern (Embroidering Settings Screen) .................................. 181
Rotating the entire pattern......................................................................................................................... 181