DESIGNER RUBY deluxe A Step-by-Step Handbook

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1 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe A Step-by-Step Handbook Step-by-step handbook

2 Table of Contents #1 -Vintage Stitches...4 To Program Vintage Stitches... 5 #2 -Special Sewing Techniques... 6 #3 -Stitch Positioning...8 #4 - Design Positioning...9 #5 -Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR #6 -Designer Tools...13 Design Selection Design Selection Design Selection Thread Color Change Zoom Begin to Embroider #7 -Stitch Selection...16 #8 -Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe...18 Language Owner s Name Timer Auto Smart Save Thread Manufacturer Tension/Portioning Compensations Sensor Q-foot for embroidery deluxe Stitch System Select Sound Settings Audio repeat Volume Select Screen Settings: Touch screen adjust Lock screen Screen saver Select Information and Index Help menu...22 Index Category My info Text #9 -Decorative Tapering Stitches...26 #10 -Buttonholes - Perfectly Balanced Sensor One-Step Buttonhole...27 Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR Buttonholes Hoop Selection Step-by-step handbook

3 #11 -Quilting in Sewing Mode...31 Piecing with a 1/4 (6mm) Seam allowance Stippling Stitches Handlook Quilting Stitch Handlook Applique #12 -Quilting in the hoop...36 #13 -Designer Smocking...39 Smocking in Sewing Mode Smocking in Embroidery Mode Embroider #14- Free Motion Stitching...45 The following feet require Free Motion Floating The following feet require Free Motion Spring Action To set your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe for Free Motion Free Motion Floating Free Motion Spring Action Which to Use? #15 -Designer Cutwork...49 Traditional Cutwork Cutwork Using the Cutwork Needles Fabrics Fabric Preparation for stretch fabric Hooping Stitching Symbols Embroider #16 -Omnimotion Stitches...56 Omnimotion Stitches in Sewing Mode Omnimotion Stitches in Embroidery Mode #17 -F Menu Appliqué Stitches...61 Satin Stitch Appliqué: Hand Look Applique #18 -H Menu Scallop Stitches...68 Side motion Scallop Stitches Smaller Satin Stitch Scallop Stitches: Straight Stitch Scallops: #19 - Tapering in the hoop...70 Step-by-step handbook

4 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #1 -Vintage Stitches - A selection of stitches for quilting and decorative sewing. 1 Select Sewing Mode. 2 Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar. The Stitch Menu opens automatically. 3 Select Menu J Vintage Stitches. 4 Select stitch #1. 5 Select Woven Medium on your Exclusive Sewing Advisor on the lower tool bar. Foot: Indicates which foot to use Needle: Indicates what needle to use - Universal 80 Stabilizer: Indicates that stabilizer is needed 6 Touch the Quick Help. Touch Stabilizer. A pop-up message will appear. 7 Stabilizer recommendation. Recommends using stabilizer under fabric. 8 Touch OK. 9 Snap on the B foot Thread with 40 wt. rayon embroidery thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. Stitch the selected stitch. #1 - Vintage Stitches 4

5 Try some of the other stitches or create a new stitch pattern using Programming. To Program Vintage Stitches Select Program. Select a few Vintage stitches to create a stitch program. Press Selective Thread Cutter Function Button on the front of the machine. The DESIGNER RUBY deluxe will stitch one of each of the stitches programmed, cut the threads, and stop. Step on the foot control and sew out the stitch program. Touch the Save to My Stitches icon. 18 Touch an empty memory space to save your stitch program to My Stitches. #1 - Vintage Stitches 5

6 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #2 -Special Sewing techniques- Stitches for specialty sewing techniques such as candlewicking and edge stitching. Requires an optional accessory. 1 Select Sewing Mode. 2 Select Woven Medium on the Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR on the lower toolbar. 3 Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. 4 Select the X Menu, Specialty Technique Stitches. Select stitch X1:4 (Candlewicking stitch). Your Large Interactive Screen shows you all the information you need to sew: 5 Needle: Universal Needle size: 80 Stitch: X1:4 Note: A 90 Topstitch needle can be used for 30 wt. or 12 wt. thread This symbol means that an optional foot is required. 6 Touch the Quick Help then touch the stitch in the Stitch Selection Area. A pop-up message will appear suggesting which optional presser foot should be used with this stitch. For stitch X1:4, the pop-up message says: Candlewicking stitch - Requires optional Specialty Candlewicking Foot part number Touch OK to close the pop-up. Snap on your Specialty Candlewicking Foot #2 - Special Sewing techniques 6

7 Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. The stabilizer recommendation tells you that you need to use stabilizer. Place Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath your fabric. Stitch the Candlewicking Stitch. The black dot shows where the stitch will start. Try some other vintage stitches. Stitches X1:1 through X1:10 are all Candlewicking stitches. Experiment with candlewicking stitches using different thread weights. Suggestions for different thread weights: 40 wt. rayon on top, matching color sewing thread or bobbin thread in the bobbin. 30 wt. cotton on top matching color sewing thread or bobbin thread. Use 90 Topstitch needle. 12 wt. cotton on top, matching color sewing thread or bobbin thread. Use 90 Topstitch needle. Edging Stitches: X1:11 through X1:15 are stitches designed to be used with the Left Edge Topstitch Foot # Touch the Quick Help. 13 Touch X1:11 in the Stitch Selection Area. A pop-up message appears that says: Edging Stitch. Requires optional Left Edge Topstitch Foot (Part number ). 14 Touch OK to close the pop-up. 15 Snap on the Left Edge Topstitch Foot. Fold a double 1/2 (12 mm) hem to the right side and 16 press. Place the fabric under the foot with the bulk of the 17 fabric to the left. Align the fold edge with the red mark on the foot. Stitch a hem. The stitch will form a decorative picot trim 18 that extends over the edge of the folded fabric. #2 - Special Sewing techniques 7

8 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #3 -Stitch Positioning 1 Select Sewing Mode. 2 Select Woven Medium on the Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR on the lower toolbar. 3 Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. 4 Touch Stich Menu F, Appliqué Stitches. 5 Select stich # Touch Stitch Width + to 6.0. The stitch width number changes to red. Watch the stitch change on the Large Interactive Screen. The sideways stitches of the appliqué stitch get wider. Touch to reduce the stitch width to the default 2.0. The default number is displayed in black. The ALT button appears on the screen next to Stitch Width icon on most of the built-in stitches. It lets you adjust the position of the stitch from left to right. for accurate stitch placement. Note: The stitch must be less than 7.0 mm wide to use the stitch positioning feature. Reduce stitch width if needed to activate the ALT icon. Touch ALT. Touch the Stitch Positioning +. The sideways stitches of the stitch remain the same as the stitch position moves to the right. Place Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath your fabric and try it. #3 - Stitch Positioning 8

9 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #4 - Design Positioning 1 Select Embroidery Mode. 2 Slide on the embroidery unit. 3 Touch OK to Calibrate. 4 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. The Design Menu opens. 5 Scroll down and touch design shown, DRL_069.vp Touch My Hoops and select DESIGNER Crown Hoop size 260 x 200. Use the stylus on the Large Interactive Screen to drag the design to the upper left corner of the hoop area on the screen. Slide on the DESIGNER Crown hoop 260 x 200 with fabric and Tear-A-way stablizer. 9 Touch GO! to go to Embroidery Stitch Out. 10 Touch Start/Stop on the front panel to embroider the first design When the design is finished, a pop-up message will appear Embroidery is finished. Touch OK to retain the design on the screen. Touch Design Positioning. #4 - Design Positioning 9

10 Touch Step 1 (the flower icon indicates you are watching your screen, not the hoop). Touch Corner Check - upper left, to position the first locked point. Touch Step 2, the cursor is now locked (the hoop icon tells you to look at your fabric, not the screen). Move the locked point on the screen by using the stylus or the Control arrows. The hoop moves. Watch the hoop move and continue to move the locked point on the screen until the needle is over the lower left hand corner of the embroidered design on the hooped fabric. This is the second locked point. Use the arrows to fine tune the placement. Lower the needle into the lower left corner of the first design to check placement. Raise the needle back to the highest position. Touch Step 3. Touch Corner Check - upper right, to position the second locked point Lower the needle into the lower right corner of the first design to check placement. If the needle is in the correct point in the design, touch OK to begin embroidering. If more adjustment is needed, touch Step 4 to rotate design into position. Watch the hoop move and rotate if needed until the needle is above the fabric exactly where you want it. Use the stylus or Control arrows to rotate design into the exact position. Touch OK to go to Embroidery Stitch Out. Touch Start/Stop and embroider the second design. #4 - Design Positioning 10

11 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #5 -Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR 1 Slide on the embroidery unit. 2 A popup message appears: Remove hoop. Clear embroidery arm for calibration. Calibrate embroidery unit. Attach Sensor Q-foot. Touch OK and the embroidery unit will calibrate. 3 Select Embroidery Mode to enter Embroidery Edit. 4 Touch Select hoop. Select DESIGNER Crown Hoop 260 x Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar. 6 The Design Menu opens automatically. 7 Touch design DRL_026.vp3. 8 Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar. 9 Touch Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR Touch the Fabric you want to embroider. Choose Woven Medium. 10 Foot: Indicates which foot to use - Sensor Q-foot Needle: Indicates what needle to use - Universal 80 Stabilizer: Indicates what stabilizer to use - Tear-A-Way hooped with fabric Embroidery Thread: Indicates what kind of thread to use 40 wt. Bobbin Thread: Indicates what kind of bobbin thread to use 60 wt./70 wt. #5 - Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR 11

12 Touch OK to close the Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR 11. Be sure the area around your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe is clear so the hoop will not hit the wall (or you!) while embroidering Hoop fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in the 12 DESIGNER Crown Hoop. 13 Slide on the DESIGNER Crown Hoop Touch GO! to go to Embroidery Stitch Out. Touch the Start/Stop on the front panel on the machine to begin embroidering #5 - Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR 12

13 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #6 -Designer Tools 1 Slide on the embroidery unit. 2 Select Embroidery Mode to enter Embroidery Edit. 3 A popup message appears: Remove hoop. Clear embroidery arm for calibration. Calibrate embroidery unit. Attach Sensor Q-foot. Touch OK and the embroidery unit will calibrate. 4 Touch the My Hoops Icon. 5 Select the DESIGNER Royal Hoop 360 x 200. Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Toolbar. The 6 Design Menu will open Design Selection Scroll down and select the daffodils; DRL_125.vp3 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Toolbar. The Design Menu will open. Design Selection Select the birdhouse; DRL_059.vp3 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Toolbar. The Design Menu will open. 11 Design Selection Select the tree; DRL_061.vp3 12 When loading designs into Embroidery Edit, the last design loaded is selected by default. Touch the embroidery field outside all designs to de-select them. To select one of the designs, you can use the stylus and touch it on the screen or touch Step Through Designs. The selected design has a red line around it. #6 - Designer Tools 13

14 Touch Step Through Designs until the tree is selected. Thread Color Change Select Color Edit. On the Color Block List, scroll down and touch Color block 3:8. (light blue) Touch Thread Color Edit. The Quick Color pop-up appears with 64 different colors. Choose the color you want for your birdhouse. Touch OK to close the Quick Color Pop-up. Touch OK to close Color Edit. Touch Step Through designs until the single birdhouse is selected. It is shown in the bottom down red bar which design is selected; design # 2(3) 21 With your stylus, drag the birdhouse into position so it is hanging from the hook on the tree Zoom To see exactly where the house is connecting to the tree, touch Zoom to Box and with your stylus drag a square around the bird house hanger in the tree. Fine tune the position using the Control arrows. After you are satisfied with the placement, touch Zoom to Hoop to return to normal view. #6 - Designer Tools 14

15 25 Touch Step Through designs until the daffodils are selected. It is shown in the bottom down red bar which design is selected; design # 1(3) 26 Place the daffodils near the trunk of the tree Touch Select All. Touch Control Center to Center all designs in the hoop. Save to My Designs. Touch Rename. Touch and Hold Delete. Enter Birdhouse. Touch OK. Touch OK. A pop-up will be shown for a few seconds, telling you that the file was successfully saved. Hoop your fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer and slide on the hoop. Begin to Embroider You are ready to embroider your design. Touch Start/Stop to begin embroidery. #6 - Designer Tools 15

16 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #7 -Stitch Selection- You have 18 menu s plus alphabets on your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. 1 Touch Sewing. 2 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. The Stitch Menus automatically opens. Menu A1 Utility Stitches is the default menu when you turn on your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. For most stitch menus, there are one or more sub menus. When a menu is highlighted, sub menus are shown. 3 To scroll to the next menu, touch the right arrow located at the bottom of the stitch panel. Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. 4 The stitch menus will appear. Touch Menu G, Children Stitches. 5 Select stitch G2:27. Touch the STOP Function Button on the front 6 panel of the machine to stitch only one of the stitches. 7 Sew the stitch. #7 - Stitch Selection 16

17 8 Touch Mirror End-to-End to mirror the stitch upside down. 9 Sew the stitch Touch Mirror Side-to-Side to mirror the stitch left to right. Sew the stitch. 12 The default length 24.0 is shown in black. Touch Stitch Length + to lengthen the stitch to Sew the stitch. 14 Touch Stitch Length to reduce the stitch length to Sew the stitch. Touch Stitch Width. The + is greyed out because the stitch width is already at the widest setting. Decrease the stitch width to 8.0 Sew the stitch. #7 - Stitch Selection 17

18 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #8 -Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 1 Touch Start Menu to open Extended Toolbar. 2 Touch SET Menu. 3 Select Machine Settings. 4 Language Touch the Language icon to view the languages. Select your desired Language by touching it. 5 Owner s Name Touch Owner s Name to open the Font Edit window Touch & Hold Delete to erase any text in the box. Enter your name, using upper and lower case letters. Touch OK. Your name appears in the Owner s Name box. Timer The Timer displays your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe s total sewing and embroidery time. Select Timer. A pop-up message asks if you want to reset the Timer. 10 Select OK to reset the timer. 11 Select Cancel to retain current timer setting. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 18

19 Hoop Selection Touch Hoop Selection. Select the hoops you own from the list provided. When you load a design, the machine will select the most suitable hoop among the hoops you have entered in the hoop selection. Only the hoops you select will be available to be selected. Auto Smart Save When Auto Smart Save is selected, the machine will save the embroidery design periodically as it stitches out and when you stop the embroidery. Note: When the Auto Smart Save is activated it will take longer to enter Embroidery Stitch-Out. Thread Manufacturer Touch to select preferred thread manufacturer. You can select between Gütermann Sulky and Robison-Anton. Color codes from the selected manufacturer will be used when changing colors in a design, or when creating a new design from stitches or fonts in your machine. Note: Changing thread manufacturer setting will not automatically convert the colors in existing designs from one thread manufacturer to the other. Tension/Portioning Compensations If you find that the Thread Tension/Thread Portioning needs to be increased or decreased for most stitches or embroideries, you can change the general setting for embroidering and/or sewing. You may need to adjust the Thread Tension/Thread Portioning controls when you regularly sew or embroider on a special fabric or use a specialty thread. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 19

20 Sensor Q-foot for embroidery The Sensor Q-foot is always recommended for embroidery. When using another type of foot, e.g., the R-foot, deactivate Sensor Q-foot for embroidery. The deluxe Stitch System will then use Thread Tension instead of Thread Portioning. deluxe Stitch System The deluxe Stitch System has two ways to control the needle thread: Thread Tension and Thread Portioning. When activated, the machine will automatically use Thread Portioning if possible. Depending on your other settings, the machine will automatically use Thread Tension in some cases, e.g., when Free Motion is active. Select Sound Settings You can select specific sounds for your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe start-up and to alert you at a variety of sewing and embroidery situations. Select the first function sound you want to change. A pop-up message appears listing the sound options for that function. Select the sound you want to play. A check mark appears in the box. You will hear a preview of the sound. Each function can have a different sound. 19 Close the pop-up message by touching OK. Audio repeat 20 When active, the signal for some warning alerts is repeated in intervals until it is cancelled. Volume You can change the volume using the slider 21 bar. All sounds settings will be affected if the volume setting is changed. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 20

21 22 Select Screen Settings: Touch screen adjust Occasionally, the Large Interactive Screen may need calibration. Select Screen Adjust to open the calibration screen. 23 Touch the center of each cursor with the stylus to calibrate the screen. Lock screen The Large Interactive Screen can be locked to prevent changes in stitches or settings if the screen is bumped. When Lock Screen is activated, the screen is automatically locked when it is inactive for ten seconds. The screen will remain locked until you touch the icon again. A pop-up message will appear indicating the screen is locked. To unlock the screen, select OK on the pop-up message screen. To deactivate Lock screen, go to the SET Menu, Screen Settings and deselect Lock screen. Screen saver When activated, the screen turns off ten 24 minutes after the last touch. Touch the screen or press any button to activate the screen again. 25 Touch OK to close. 26 Touch Start Menu to open Extended Toolbar. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 21

22 Select Information and Index Help menu Use the Information and Index Help menu to find sewing and embroidery information. The Information and Index Help menu is a built-in, abridged version of the User s Guide. When you touch the Information and Index Help menu on the Extended Toolbar, you have four options to select from: Index, Category, My Info and Text. Select Index. Browse through the topics using your stylus on the slider bar on the right side of the screen. The left arrow at the lower left corner of the screen returns you to the previous page. The right arrow takes you to the next page. Index Touch Start Menu to open Extended Toolbar. Index shows the Help topics in alphabetical order. Category Category shows the Help topics divided into categories following the structure of the User s Guide Table of Contents. My info My Info contains the Owner s name, Serial number/machine ID, Software version, Software description, Available/Total machine memory. Your name should now show next to Owner s name. Text Displays HTML documents opened in the File Manager. Select Embroidery Mode to go to Embroidery Edit. 31 Touch My Hoops. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 22

23 32 A pop-up message will appear. Select DESIGNER Royal Hoop 360 x Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. 34 Touch the Font Menu. 35 Select the embroidery font of your choice in size When the Text Edit screen opens, enter the words My Designer in upper and lower case letters. 37 Touch OK to exit the Text Edit screen. 38 Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. The Design Menu opens automatically. 39 Select DRL_024.vp3, the Ruby Heart. 40 Arrange on the screen with the lettering. Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool 41 Bar. 42 Touch the Font Menu. 43 Select the same font and size as for the previous words and enter the word Ruby deluxe. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 23

24 44 Touch OK. 45 Arrange the words on the screen by touching and dragging with the stylus or using the Control arrows. 46 Touch Select All. 47 Touch Rotate. 48 Touch Control Center. 49 Touch Position. 50 Touch Control Center. 51 Touch Save to My Designs. 52 Touch My Files Your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe gives your design a default name. Touch Rename to enter a new name for your design. Touch and Hold Delete to remove default design name. 55 On the Character selection screen, enter MY RUBY deluxe. Touch OK. 56 Touch Create new folder. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 24

25 57 Enter a name for your new folder. Touch OK The new folder appears in My Files. Select the new folder. Touch Open folder. Touch OK and your design is saved in that location Hoop fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in your DESIGNER Royal Hoop 360 x 200. Slide on the embroidery unit. Calibrate the embroidery unit and attach Sensor Q-foot. Attach the hoop and touch GO! on the lower tool bar to switch from Embroidery Edit to Embroidery Stitch-Out. Touch Start/Stop on the front panel of the machine to embroider your design. #8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe 25

26 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #9 -Decorative Tapering Stitches 1 Select Sewing Mode. 3 Touch Start Menu. 4 Touch Menu Z, Decorative Tapering Stitches. 5 Choose stitch Z1:2. 6 Touch Tapering. 7 Select 45 o left justified, beginning and end Touch OK to confirm your selected angle and to close the tapering pop-up. Snap on Presser Foot B as recommended on the Large Interactive Screen. Put a stabilizer under you fabric as recommended on the Large Interactive Screen. Step on your foot control. The machine will sew the beginning tapered point and then continue with the selected stitch. When it has sewn the desired length, touch the reverse button. The stitch will taper to the end. #9 - Decorative Tapering Stitches 26

27 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #10 -Buttonholes - Perfectly Balanced Sensor One-Step Buttonhole The Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR feature will select the best buttonhole and stitch settings for your fabric. Fabric should be interfaced and/or stabilized where buttonholes are to be sewn. Select Sewing Mode. On your Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR, touch Woven Medium. On your Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR, touch Buttonhole. Buttonhole; B1:2, is selected. Plug the cord of the Sensor One-Step Buttonhole Foot into the port to the left underside in front of the machine. Snap on the Sensor One-Step Buttonhole Foot. To measure the button to determine the buttonhole size, place your selected button on the buttonhole ruler on the DESIGNER RUBY deluxe baseplate. 6 Use the + or on the Button size control to set the size of the button in millimetres (mm). 7 8 Before sewing the buttonhole, line up the white area on the side of the wheel with the white marking line on the foot. Stitch the bartack buttonhole B1:2. Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR Buttonholes Your Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR will select the correct buttonhole for the type and weight of fabric you are sewing. On the Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR, select Woven Light. #10 - Buttonholes 27

28 9 Select Buttonhole. The recommended Round End Buttonhole B1:3 is displayed on the Large Interactive Screen. It also recommends the Sensor One-Step Buttonhole foot, which needle to use and to use stabilizer. 10 Select Woven Medium. The Bartack Buttonhole B1:2 is selected. Continue selecting the other fabrics in the Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR and see the how the correct buttonhole is selected for each fabric type and weight. 11 B1:1 Wide Bartack Buttonhole with extra cutting space. Stitch on medium to heavy fabric. Place Sample Here 12 B1:2 Bartack Buttonhole for most fabric weights. Place Sample Here 13 B1:3 Round End - For blouses and children s garments. Stitch on Light weight fabric. Place Sample Here 14 B1:4 Decorative Fashion buttonhole for most weights of fabrics. Place Sample Here #10 - Buttonholes 28

29 15 B1:5 Medium Reinforced Buttonhole. See Users Guide for instructions on sewing a Manual Buttonhole. Stitch on medium weight fabric. Place Sample Here 16 B1:6 Heirloom Buttonhole for hand look on fine and delicate fabrics. Stitch on Light Weight Fabric. Place Sample Here 17 B1:7 Round-End Heirloom Buttonhole For hand look on fine and delicate fabrics Stitch on fine fabric. Place Sample Here 18 B1:8 Keyhole Buttonhole Square end for tailored jackets, coats etc. Stitch on heavy fabric. Place Sample Here 19 B1:9 Heavy Duty Buttonhole with reinforced Bartacks Stitch on heavy weight fabric. Place Sample Here 20 B1:10 Leather Buttonhole (Straight Stitch) For leather and suede. Place Sample Here 21 B1:11 Bound Buttonhole with extra cutting space for bound buttonholes. Place Sample Here #10 - Buttonholes 29

30 22 See Users Guide for instructions how to make a bound buttonhole. 23 B1:12 Automatic Button Sewing for sewing on buttons. Remove the presser foot or use the Optional Button Foot with Placement Tool presser foot (Part # ). Select the number of stitches on the Button Sew On icon. Place the button underneath the ankle or Button Foot. Move the handwheel to check that the needle will clear the holes. Sew button. Place Sample Here 24 B1:13 Round Eyelet for belts, lacing eyelets and embellishments. Place Sample Here 25 B1:14 Teardrop Eyelet for laces and embellishments. #10 - Buttonholes 30

31 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #11 -Quilting in Sewing Mode 1 Piecing with a 1/4 (6mm) Seam allowance: Snap on your Quilters 1/4 Piecing foot P. The presser foot P has distance guideline marks 1/4 (6mm) and 1/8 (3mm) from the needle. 2 Select Straight Stitch A1:2 3 4 Place two pieces of cotton quilting fabric right sides together. Align the edge of your presser foot with the edge of the fabric. 5 Stitch a seam with a 1/4 (6mm) seam allowance. NOTE: When using the Quilters 1/4 Piecing foot P use only center needle position straight stitch. 6 On another piece of fabric, place your fabric so that the starting edge of the fabric is aligned with the back red line on the foot and the seam edge with the edge of the foot as shown. This will insure you will start stitching exactly 1/4 (6mm) from the edge of the fabric. #11 - Quilting in Sewing Mode 31

32 7 Continue stitching and stop when the front red line on the foot is even with the end of the fabric. This insures that you will stop exactly 1/4 (6mm) from the end of the seam. This is helpful in certain types of piecing such as in a Grandmother Flower Garden or any time you need to stop and start 1/4 (6mm) from the ends of the block. 8 Snap on presser foot A. Select E1:1 9 Stitch a 1/4 seam by aligning the edge of your presser foot A with the edge of the fabric. 10 Stippling Stitches Select E2:21 11 On a 10 (25cm) square of fabric, use your Pictogram Pen to mark a line lengthwise 2 (5cm) in from the right hand edge of the fabric. Mark starting dots as shown 1 (25mm) and 3/8 (1mm) apart, stair stepping up as shown. 12 Snap on presser foot S. #11 - Quilting in Sewing Mode 32

33 13 Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. Align the center red line of the foot with the line marked 14 on the fabric. 15 Stitch several repeats of the stipple stitch and touch STOP. When your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe stops, check to see that the needle is aligned with the marked line. If not, 16 adjust as necessary. Keep the fabric straight, but let your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe do the work. Repeat to the end of your fabric. During the last stitch 17 pattern, touch STOP to end the stippling stitch at the end of the pattern repeat. 18 Align the needle with the next marked starting dot. 19 Stitch the next row. 20 Repeat across the fabric. 21 Handlook Quilting Stitch Select E1:2. 22 Snap on your Quilters 1/4 Piecing foot P. 23 Insert a size 90 INSPIRA Topstitch Needle Thread with Sulky invisible thread on top. Be sure the thread is in the vertical position. Insert a bobbin wound with cotton sewing thread or 35 or 40 wt. rayon thread. #11 - Quilting in Sewing Mode 33

34 26 On a quilt sandwich made with cotton fabric and cotton batting, stitch a row. If you are not seeing enough of the bobbin thread come to the top, set the thread portioning to a higher number. 27 Insert your Edge/Quilting Guide 1 (25mm) from the needle. To insert the Edge/Quilting Guide, loosen the screw on the back of the ankle. Don t remove it, just loosen it enough that the quilting guide can be inserted. Align the curved edge of the Guide along the edge of the fabric. Tighten the screw. 28 Stitch the first row of stitching. Stitch rows of channel quilting 1 apart across your quilt 29 sandwich. Handlook Applique 30 Fold under 1/4 (6mm) of the edge of a 2 (5cm) square of appliqué fabric. Place the appliqué fabric onto a 4 (10cm) square of base fabric. 31 Select E1: Snap on the presser foot A as recommended. 33 Thread with sewing thread or invisible thread on top and sewing thread in the bobbin. #11 - Quilting in Sewing Mode 34

35 34 Align the edge of the folded appliqué fabric with the front opening on the presser foot A as shown. Stitch the edge of the square. 35 Fold under the opposite edge. Thread with decorative thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. 36 Select E2:45. Stitch the other side of the square. #11 - Quilting in Sewing Mode 35

36 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #12 -Quilting in the hoop 1 Touch Embroidery Mode to toggle to embroidery. 2 Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. 3 Select 150x150 Do-All Quilters Hoop. 4 Touch Start Menu Button. 5 Select the Stitch Menu and then Menu E: Quilt Stitches. 6 Touch and Hold Delete to remove the FIX stitches. 7 Handlook Quilt Stitch E1:23. 8 Increase the Stitch Length to Touch and hold Duplicate. When the keypad opens, touch 2 to create a total of three designs. 10 Touch OK. Move to the left edge of the hoop using Control Arrow to coordinates 0.0 and as shown. 11 If you move too far and the design goes outside the hoop, touch Move to Hoop to bring the design into the hoop and fine tune with the control arrows Quilting in the hoop #12 - Quilting in the hoop 36

37 12 Touch Duplicate. 13 Touch Mirror End-to-End. 14 Using Control Arrows move to coordinates 0.0 and Touch Select All. 16 Touch Duplicate. 17 Move the two highlighted rows of stippling to 0.0 and Touch Add or Remove Selection. The solid red box is now around the third design from the left. 19 Touch Duplicate. Move the last row of stippling to 0.0 and Any hoop size can be filled with stippling by simply adjusting the number of repeats of stitches you enter, and by adding additional rows. 21 Touch Save to My Designs. 22 Select My Files. 23 Touch Rename icon. 24 Touch and Hold Delete icon. 25 Enter STIPPLE, touch OK. 26 Touch OK. 27 Thread with cotton sewing/quilting thread top and bobbin Quilting in the hoop #12 - Quilting in the hoop 37

38 28 29 Attach your Hoop. 30 Touch GO! Hoop your quilt sandwich (two layers of fabric with batting in between them). 31 Touch Monochrome Because embroidery tension is designed to pull to the back of the hoop, you may need to adjust your tension/portioning to a higher number. Tip: Test by hooping a quilt sandwich. Leave a long bobbin thread tail. Manually bring up the bobbin thread. This will keep the back of your quilt neat. Do this each time you begin stitching. Stitch the first row of stippling. Remove the hoop from your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe and check to see if the tension/portioning is balanced. If not, adjust as needed. Before you begin your next row, snip the bobbin thread, which is easy to do, as the hoop has moved towards you, and bring it up manually as before. Stitch all the rows. Using the concepts you have just learned, try building other quilting designs using the stitches in your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. You need to determine how many stitch repeats will fit in your hoop. As you are selecting the stitch, and touching Duplicate, watch at the bottom of the screen. Our hoop is 150mm and when we reached Program Length 147mm we knew we were at the limit of the hoop Quilting in the hoop #12 - Quilting in the hoop 38

39 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #13 -Designer Smocking- Smocking can be done either in sewing mode or embroidery mode on you DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. 1 Smocking in Sewing Mode Touch Start Menu. 2 Your Smocking stitches are in menu D, stitches D:21 to D:25 and stich D2:26. They are designed to be programmed together, or used alone. 3 4 Try a few combinations on a scrap backed with INSPIRA Tear-A-Way stabilizer. Because they will be sewn on an uneven, pleated or gathered surface, it is best when smocking in sewing mode to stick with rows of stitches that don t have to match. If you want to do more intricate patterns, that require the peaks to match, you are better to do it in embroidery mode. Here are a few combinations we liked: This is one row of D1:21, one row of D1:25 at a 7.0 Stitch Width and one row of D1:21. 5 Touch SET Menu. 6 Touch Sewing Settings. 7 Touch Twin Needle and select 3.0. #13- Designer Smocking 39

40 8 Touch OK. 9 Touch Start Menu. 10 Touch Information Menu. 11 Touch Index (A-Z). 12 Touch T and look for instructions on threading with a twin needle. 13 It is one row of D1:21, a second of D1:21, the center is D1:24 and then two more rows of D1:21. This uses twin needles. 14 Smocking in Embroidery Mode Smocking in Embroidery Mode is preferable when a more intricate pattern is desired. The stitches stay straight, and the rows lined up perfect. Here are several sequences we liked. 15 Toggle to Embroidery Mode. 16 Touch My Hoops. 17 Select the 360 x 200 hoop. 18 Touch Start Menu. 19 Touch Stitch Menu. 20 Select D Menu. #13- Designer Smocking 40

41 21 Touch right arrow to go to D2. 22 Touch and Hold Delete to remove the two FIX stitches. 23 Touch OK. 24 Touch D2: Touch and hold Duplicate and enter 10, for a total of 11 repeats of the stitch. 26 Touch OK. 27 Touch OK. 28 Select color edit and touch grid to bring up the background grid. 29 Touch OK. 30 Move your design to 0.0 and Touch Duplicate to duplicate the design. 32 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side. 33 Move the design to 0.0 and Touch Select All. 35 Touch Duplicate to duplicate the design. 36 Move to 0.0 and Touch Duplicate to duplicate the design. 38 Move to 0.0 and #13- Designer Smocking 41

42 39 Touch Start Menu. 40 Touch Stitch Menu. 41 Select D Menu. 42 Touch and Hold Delete to remove the two FIX stitches. 43 Touch OK. 44 Touch D1: Touch and Hold Duplicate. Enter 65. Look at the bottom of the screen and you will see Program Length 330 which is what we want because it is the size of the other design that is already on the screen. 46 Touch OK to close the Program window. 47 Move to 0.0 and Touch Duplicate. 49 Move to 0.0 and Touch Duplicate. 51 Move to 0.0 and Touch Step Through Designs four times to go to the first small row 7 (9). 53 Touch Add/Remove Selection once to highlight it. #13- Designer Smocking 42

43 54 Touch Step Through Designs to select the next small row. 55 Touch Add/Remove Selection to add the second. 56 Touch Step Through Designs to select the next small row. 57 Touch Add/Remove Selection to add the third. 58 Touch Duplicate. 59 Move to 0.0 and Touch Select All. 61 Touch Save to My Designs. 62 Touch My Files. 63 Touch Rename. 64 Touch and Hold Delete to delete the name that is there. 65 Name the design smocking. Touch OK to close the naming window and OK again to 66 save the design. 67 Embroider Hoop INSPIRA Tear-A-Way stabilizer in your 360mm x 200mm hoop. 68 Touch OK to go to Embroidery Stitch-Out. #13- Designer Smocking 43

44 Touch Baste in hoop. The needle goes to the back of the hoop, on the right side. This is the far right side of the design. Position the stabilized pleated strip on top of the Tear-A-Way stabilizer, centered side to side with the needle approximately 1/2 to 3/4 from the end of your pleated fabric. Baste the strip in place. Remember, you can baste using your foot control instead of START/STOP when you want to control the speed. Colors 1 and 2 stitch the center diamonds. Colors 3 and 4 stitch the right hand row of diamonds. Color 5 stitches the first small row to the right of the center. Color 6 stitches the far right small row. Color 7 stitches out the center right hand row. Color 8 stitches the far left small row to the left center. Color 9 stitches the far right small row. Color 10 stitches out the center right hand row. Colors 11 and 12 stitch the left hand row of diamonds. When your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe tells you Embroidery is Finished touch OK. When the design is complete, DO NOT remove the basting. Remove the fabric from the hoop and trim away the excess stabilizer next to where the next design will begin Design Positioning would not work well in this instance because our design completely fills our hoop from top to bottom. We would be able to move the design from side to side, but not from top to bottom. Instead we are going to use our basting to match up our next repeat of the design. Hoop INSPIRA Tear-A-Way stabilizer and place your hoop in your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. Lower the needle into the corner of the basting, from the first design. Lower the foot and raise the needle. Baste the fabric in place. #13- Designer Smocking 44

45 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #14- Free Motion Stitching 1 When stitching free motion on your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe you have two choices, Free Motion Floating or Free Motion Spring Action. Which one you select depends on the foot you are using. The following feet require Free Motion Floating 2 R Foot Clear Open Toe Free-Motion Foot # Free Motion Guide Foot Yarn Couching Feet Set # # #14- Free Motion Stitching 45

46 The following feet require Free Motion Spring Action Sensor Q-Foot Open Toe Free Motion Spring Foot # To set your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe for Free Motion In Sewing Mode, Touch Free Motion Technique icon. Choose either Free Motion Floating or Free Motion Spring Action. NOTE: When sewing with Free Motion the machine will automatically use Thread Tension instead of Thread Portioning. Free Motion Floating Free Motion Floating allows the foot to float just above the surface of the fabric. When you begin sewing at a slower speed, the foot will hop up and down as the stitch is formed. As you stitch more quickly, the foot goes into floating mode and stays there. It is possible to adjust the height at which it is floating above the fabric. This is called the Pivot Height. 6 7 When choosing Free Motion Floating, the Pivot Height control is visible. The default is set at 0. Touch the + to raise the foot up, further away from the fabric. Touch the - to move the foot down, closer to the fabric. Because fabric thickness varies, you may need to adjust the Pivot Height. If you see the fabric bouncing and your thread is breaking, touch the - to lower the foot. If your foot is clamping down too hard on the fabric making it difficult to move, touch the + to raise it up giving the fabric more clearance to move. #14- Free Motion Stitching 46

47 8 Free Motion Spring Action Free Motion Spring Action allows the foot to hold the fabric taut as the stitch is being formed and rise up after the stitch has been made. You will find that the Pivot Height is not active when Free Motion Spring Action has been chosen because it is not applicable. Which to Use? The choice to use Floating or Spring Action is largely a personal choice when doing basic free motion stitching. 1. The Sensor Q-foot is useful when working on thick, fabrics or layers of fabrics. Always use this foot when sewing with Free Motion Spring Action. The spring action holds the fabric taut as the stitch is being formed. The Sensor Q Foot is designed to be used either in free motion sewing or in embroidery The R Foot is the basic Free Motion foot that comes with your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. 3. The Clear Open Toe Free Motion Foot is an optional accessory that is very useful when the floating position is desired and you need to follow a line. The open toe in the front gives the best visibility. 4. The Free Motion Guide Foot has a grid, making it easy to do echo quilting. The large surface of the foot keeps the fabric down, out of the way of the needle when using a puffy batting. 5. The Yarn Couching Feet are specialty feet for couching yarn. 6. The Open Toe Spring Foot is used the same as the Sensor Q Foot, but is open in the front making it easier to see Let s Sew: Insert a size 90 INSPIRA Quilting Needle. 11 Thread with cotton thread top and bobbin. Make a quilt sandwich from two layers of cotton fabric with 12 batting between them. 6. #14- Free Motion Stitching 47

48 13 Snap on your R Foot. 14 Touch Free Motion Technique icon in Sewing Mode. 15 Choose Free Motion Floating in the Free Motion Technique pop-up. 16 Select A1: When sewing free motion, you are moving the fabric. Run the machine moderately fast. You may want to touch the START/ STOP and slow your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe down one notch. Then sew with the foot control fully depressed to have an even speed. Begin with long thread tails both top and bobbin. Tap your foot control once to lower the needle and bring it back up. This allows you to bring your bobbin thread to the top. Hold the thread tails and stitch in place for a few stitches. Stop and trim the tread tails. 19 Then begin by stitching back to front, then side to side. Practice loops and even write your name! You are controlling the stitch length by how you move the fabric. Practice for consistent movement of the fabric and speed of the machine. #14- Free Motion Stitching 48

49 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #15 -Designer Cutwork 1 Cutwork on your HUSQVARNA VIKING DESIGNER RUBY deluxe can be done two different ways. The first, is to cut out the area, using your small scissors that came with your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. The Second is to use Cutwork Needles. You can only use the cutwork needles on designs that were digitized for use with the Cutwork Needles. Traditional Cutwork Traditional cutwork designs use these symbols to indicate that they are cutwork designs. 2 The first symbol is showing that the area to be cut will first be stitches. The second is showing the fabric being cut. The third is showing the cut area, satin stitched. Heavy Weight water soluble stabilizer such as INSPIRA Aqua-Magic is the preferred stabilizer. Your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe has eight built-in cutwork designs. They are 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 and Touch Embroidery Mode to toggle to embroidery. 4 Touch Start Menu. 8 Scroll down. Select DRL_018.vp3 #15 - Designer Cutwork 49

50 9 Touch My Hoops. 10 Select 120 x 120 Midsize Hoop. 11 Hoop fabric with INSPIRA Aqua Magic Stabilizer. Thread with 40 wt. Rayon Thread on top and bobbin 12 thread in the bobbin. 13 Stitch the Color blocks 1:1 to 1: For the special technique blocks 1:5 and 1:6, use the Cutwork needles that are color coded as #1 red and #2 yellow. Cutwork Using the Cutwork Needles There are four needles in each HUSQVARNA VIKING Embroidery Cutwork Needle Kit. The needles are color coded #1 red, #2 yellow, #3 green and #4 blue. The embroidery designs you use with INSPIRA Cutwork Needles must be digitized for use with the needles. You cannot use them with cutwork designs that have not been digitized for INSPIRA Cutwork Needles. This symbol will be on the embroidery package or download page telling you that it has been digitized for use with these needles. #15 - Designer Cutwork 50

51 16 Fabrics Most fabrics that are suitable for traditional cutwork will work with the Embroidery Cutwork Needle Kit. The ideal fabric is a woven, natural fiber fabric such as cotton or linen. Knits work well, if stabilized. See Fabric Preparation below for details. Try stitching a sample embroidery before starting on your actual project. On some fabrics, the needles may snag the fabric as they cut. The needles will last a long time depending on the fabric used and other factors, especially when used with natural fiber fabrics. Individual replacement needles are available if one gets damaged or dull. The part number # is for a replacement package containing the four different needles. The part number # is for the Embroidery Cutwork Needle Kit which contains needles, CD with instruction movie and 5 designs, Multi Purpose Tool and instruction to get you started. 17 Fabric Preparation for stretch fabric Any fabric that stretches needs to be stabilized before beginning your embroidery. This includes any fabrics like T-Shirt Knit, as well as fabrics like Denim which have a certain amount of give, due to the way it is woven. Any fabric with lycra in it needs to be stabilized. To stabilize the fabric: Place the glue side of INSPIRA Light & Soft Fuse-On stabilizer on the wrong side of the fabric. Press with a dry iron to fuse in place. #15 - Designer Cutwork 51

52 Hooping Select the hoop appropriate for the size of the embroidery design. 18 Select the appropriate INSPIRA Stabilizer for the design and fabric. Heavy weight water soluble stabilizer is the best choice for most cutwork. It disappears completely from the back of the fabric. Cut-Away for knits or a Tear-A-Way for wovens can also be used.hoop the stabilizer with your fabric. The first stabilizer used will be cut cleanly away by the Cutwork Needles. The final stabilizer used, after the cutwork needles cut the fabric should be water soluble so it does not leave any frizzy edges sticking out of the satin stitching. Slide your hoop onto your embroidery unit. 19 Stitching For an even better result it is recommended that you use the Straight Stitch Plate and Sensor Q-foot when stitching designs with INSPIRA Cutwork Needles. The straight stitch plate gives better support during stitching and gives a more distinct cut and improved results, especially on fabric with high fiber strength. Use the hole in the Multi Purpose Tool to insert the needle. 20 Symbols There are some symbols that you will see in the cutwork design booklets. 21 This is the symbol you will see indicating the design has been digitized for Cutwork Needles This symbol indicates that water soluble stabilizer is required. This symbol indicates that this color will stitch the outline of the areas to be cut. #15 - Designer Cutwork 52

53 24 25 This symbol indicates that now is the time to cut inside the stitched area if you are not using INSPIRA Cutwork Needles. (For some particularly delicate fabrics, you may want to trim the fabric manually. Test the design on your fabric first to assure the best results.) Needle #1 is color coded red, #2 is color coded yellow, #3 is color coded green and #4 is color coded blue This symbol indicates that INSPIRA Cutwork Needle is to be inserted now. The color indicates which needle to use. Only two needles may be used, or all four may be used depending on the design. The instructions will tell you which ones to use throughout the design. * This symbol indicates it is time to add INSPIRA Aqua Magic Water Soluble Stabilizer underneath. Slide one layer of Aqua Magic Stabilizer underneath the embroidery hoop. The bobbin thread is attached, so be sure it is pushed out of the way to allow the stabilizer to lay flat. This symbol indicates it is time to trim any remaining threads and remove the cut fabric. (Note that there is one color change stitched after the fabric is cut, BEFORE you remove the cut pieces. This is to stitch the cut area to the new stabilizer, before the cut pieces are removed.) 30 This symbol indicates you are to finish your embroidery This symbol reminds you to clean the bobbin area after each embroidery design. Indicates that this is a design that cannot be rotated or mirrored. 33 Embroider Touch Embroidery Edit to toggle to embroidery. #15 - Designer Cutwork 53

54 34 Touch Start Menu. 35 Touch File Manager. 36 Touch Built-In Designs. 37 Touch List View. 38 Select DRL_018.vp3. 39 Touch OK. 40 Touch My Hoops. 41 Select 120x120mm hoop. Hoop fabric with INSPIRA 42 Aqua-Magic Stabilizer in your 120mm x 120mm hoop. 43 Attach your Sensor Q-foot # Snap on your Straight Stitch Plate # Thread with 40 wt. Rayon Thread on top and bobbin 45 thread in the bobbin. 46 Select Design 1 from the CD that was included in your Cutwork Needle Kit. 47 Slide on your hooped fabric. 48 Touch GO! 49 On the Large Interactive Screen, you see color 1, (2238 RaRa 40) Robison Anton 40 wt. rayon Stitch color 1. #15 - Designer Cutwork 54