handi quilter Avante QM30235, User Manual

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Figure 35 

Figure 36 

Low Bobbin Alarm

Main

Back

Bobbin Thread Capacity

Remaining Bobbin Thread

Bobbin Thread Capacity Presets

100.0 Yards

100.0 Yards

New Bobbin

100.0

130.0

200.0

Figure 37 

Low Bobbin Alarm

Main

Back

Bobbin Thread Capacity

Remaining Bobbin Thread

Bobbin Thread Capacity Presets

100.0 Yards

100.0 Yards

New Bobbin

100.0

130.0

200.0

Low Bobbin Alarm

Main

Back

Bobbin Thread Capacity

Remaining Bobbin Thread

Bobbin Thread Capacity Presets

0.0 Yards

0.0 Yards

New Bobbin

100.0

130.0

200.0

Low Bobbin

The HQ

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 Avanté includes a low bobbin capability 

so you can estimate how soon your bobbin thread 

will run out. This Low Bobbin Capacity is based on 

an estimate of how much of a particular thread can 

fit on a bobbin, in combination with other quilting 

factors such as tension, stitches per inch, and how 

much bobbin thread you pull up when beginning 

and ending your quilting (Figure 35 and 36 on next 

page).

To estimate how many yards of thread is on a  

bobbin, place a full bobbin in the machine and 

under the heading Bobbin Thread Capacity, press the 

Record button (Figure 36) Quilt as usual. 

When the bobbin runs out, press the square Stop  

Recording button and note how many yards is 

indicated under the Bobbin Thread Capacity (Figure 

36), perhaps 210 yards. Since you want a warning as 

to when the bobbin is getting low, use the “-” button 

to specify a lower number, such as 195 yards. Save 

that as one of the Bobbin Thread Capacity Presets. 

You might want to make a note as to which type of 

thread the preset represents. Put a new bobbin with 

the same thread into the machine and press the 

New Bobbin button. Then press the Alarm button. 

As you quilt, the remaining bobbin thread value will 

estimate how much thread remains on the current 

bobbin, and when  you reach the capacity value, an 

alarm will sound warning you that your bobbin is 

nearly out of thread (Figure 37).

When operating in Manual mode, the low bobbin 

function assumes you will stitch at approximately 

the last SPI setting you had on the regulated screen.  

If the SPI setting was below 8 stitches per inch, the 

function will assume you will quilt at 10 stitches per 

inch.  It is advisable therefore to set the stitches per 

inch that you will be quilting on the regulated screen 

before you change to manual mode.

You can store three Bobbin Thread Capacity preset 

values – one for each of three different types of 

thread. Simply go through the record process with a 

full bobbin of that type of thread and then store the 

capacity as a preset. When you switch to using that 

type of thread, press appropriate preset button. Insert 

a full bobbin with that type of thread, press New 

Bobbin, and all of the settings will be based on that 

type of thread.