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Workbook 4—Embroidery Basics
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Stitch Density/Stitch Type
BERNINA 580
Select Alphabets folder: select folder #4 Guinevere alphabet.
Enter the letter B. Touch Green Check to confirm.
Select Hoop icon and select Oval Hoop, touch Back arrow. Touch “I”.
Select the Rescale Proportionally icon and increase size of letter to 200%
using the Stitch Width knob. Touch Back arrow.
Select Duplicate design, touch “i”, and select Duplicate design. There are now 3 Bs on screen.
Select and move motifs so that they are aligned left to right. Note: Select Hoop icon and Touch Grid icon two
times to see grid and center mark.
Touch B on right, touch “i”.
Select Change Stitch Type icon; alter satin density to160%. Touch Green Check (OK).
Touch B on left. Select Change Stitch Type icon; alter satin density to 40%. Touch Green Check to confirm.
Select Embroidery Menu and embroider sample, noting stitch density of each letter.
Note: Notice that the satin stitches moved closer together or further apart,
while the straight stitches under the design remained unchanged.
BERNINA 770QE, 780, 790, 880
Select the Alphabets folder: select folder #1 Drifter font.
Enter the letter
B
; touch the Green Check to confirm.
Select Hoop icon and select Oval Hoop, close screen.
Select “i”; select the Rescale Proportionally icon and increase
size of letter.
to 200% using the Stitch Width knob.
Select the “i” breadcrumb (to keep the “i” menu open).
Duplicate design 2 times so that there are 3
B
s on screen.;
use the “i” breadcrumb to go back.
Select the Move icon; move motifs so that they are aligned left
to right.
To Center, touch the center icon within the Move icon menu.
Select
B
on right or the layer; Select Embroidery Stitch Density;
alter satin density to 160%.
Select
B
on left or the layer. Select Embroidery Stitch Density;
alter satin density to 40%.
Select Embroidery Menu and embroider sample, noting stitch
density of each letter.
Stitch Type
Satin Stitching can be changed to
Step Stitching in addition to changing
Stitch Density. Step Stitch length can
be increased or decreased.
BERNINA 580, 780, 790, and 880 only
Stitch Type
Stitch Density
