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 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

8 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

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 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

18 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

19 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

20 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

21 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

22 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

23 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

24 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

25 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

26 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

27 Color 2, is different. It says 1 InCu Ne indicating Cutwork Needle #1, which has a red top. Use the hole in the Multi Purpose Tool to insert the red topped #1 needle. Stitch color 2. Insert Cutwork Needle 2 with the yellow top. Stitch Color 3. Even though the areas are now cut, don t remove the cut fabric yet. Replace your regular needle. Thread with color 4, Robison Anton 40 wt. #2300. Slide an additional piece of INSPIRA Aqua-Magic Stabilizer underneath the hoop. Stitch color 4 which will baste the stabilizer in place. Stitch color 5. This color stabilizes the cutwork areas by stitching around the outside, and stitching the open area to the new stabilizer. 54 Color 6 stitches the satin stitch. 55 Rinse out the stabilizer in warm water, and enjoy your cutwork! #15 - Designer Cutwork 55

28 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #16 -Omnimotion Stitches Omnimotion Stitches are sideways feed stitches that enable you to make stitches up to 54.6mm wide instead of the standard 7mm stitch width. Your Omnimotion stitches are in menu K. Some of the Omnimotion stitches, are designed to stitch only once and have a STOP programmed into them. You can tell which ones they are because they come up as a single design, not a row of designs, and the STOP is lit. Omnimotion stitches need to be sewn with either the S foot or the Clear View S-Foot (# ). These feet are very wide, and will enable your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe to feed properly. Omnimotion stitches are suitable for sewing on a strip of fabric that will then be inserted into a quilt or garment. They can be sewn on a garment, for example down a blouse front, provided the garment is relatively light weight and there are no seams or linings that will be in the area where the stitching will be. Omnimotion stitches are NOT suitable on bulky items such as finished quilts or quilt tops, or jackets with linings etc. If you want to use Omnimotion stitches on larger items, sew them in embroidery mode, which supports the bulk of the fabric and enables them to feed accurately because of the embroidery arm. Omnimotion Stitches in Sewing Mode When sewing one of the Omnimotion stitches in sewing mode, begin by marking a line, using your Pictogram Pen, down the strip of fabric where it will be sewn. The beginning point of a design is not necessarily the center. If you look at our leaf design which we will stitch first, you will see the black dot indicating the start point of the design is to the right of center. Cut your strip of fabric wider than the finished project will require so you can re-cut the strip of fabric after the stitching is complete, centering the stitching. 6 Touch Sewing Mode to toggle to Sewing Mode. #16 - Omnimotion Stitches 56

29 7 Touch Start Menu. 8 Touch Stitch Menu. 9 Touch Menu K - Omnimotion Stitches. 10 Touch K1:4. 11 Snap on your S Foot or Clear View S-Foot. 12 Place INSPIRA Tear-a-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric. Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread 13 in the bobbin. Place your fabric under your presser foot so that your 14 needle will enter on the marked line. 15 Touch STOP. 16 Stitch the first leaf. Check to be sure that your needle is on the marked line. If not, carefully adjust the fabric so the needle will enter the 17 marked line. If you make this small adjustment often, you won t see it. If you sew four repeats and see you are way off, then correct, it will be noticeable. 18 Continue stitching touching STOP after each design. 19 Many Omnimotion stitches program together very nicely. Touch PROG. 20 Touch K1: Touch K1:4. #16 - Omnimotion Stitches 57

30 22 Touch STOP. 23 Insert an INSPIRA size 90 Topstitch Needle. Thread with 30 wt. cotton thread on top and bobbin thread 24 in the bobbin. On a different strip of fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric, and your line marked, stitch a row 25 of flower and leaves. Because we programmed in the stop, your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe will stop automatically between each repeat of the stitch. 26 Omnimotion Stitches in Embroidery Mode Touch Embroidery Mode to toggle to Embroidery Mode. 27 Touch Start Menu. 28 Touch Stitch Menu. 29 Touch Menu K - Omnimotion Stitches. 30 You will see that there are two FIX stitches automatically placed. One at the beginning and one at the end. The cursor is highlighting the first one in red, and you are ready to choose your stitch. 31 Touch K1:9. 32 Touch K1:4. 33 Touch K1: Touch K1:4. #16 - Omnimotion Stitches 58

31 35 Touch K1: Touch K1:4. 37 Touch K1: Touch K1:4. 39 Touch K1:6. 40 Touch K1:4. 41 You can see that the program length is 348mm shown at the bottom of the screen. We want our strip of fabric to fit in the 360 x 200 hoop, so that will be perfect To see what the whole program will look like, touch Horizontal preview. A box comes up showing the stitches in a horizontal row. Touch Zoom to All to fit the whole program in the window as shown. 44 Touch OK to close the preview window. 45 Touch OK to close the programming window. 46 Hoop Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in your 360 x 200 Hoop. #16 - Omnimotion Stitches 59

32 47 Slide the hoop onto your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe. 48 Touch GO! 49 Touch Baste in Hoop. 50 Place your fabric strip on the stabilizer and baste it in place. 51 Thread with a 30 wt. Blendable Thread. 52 Stitch out your combination of Omnimotion stitches. When you get the message: Embroidery is Finished, 53 touch OK. #16 - Omnimotion Stitches 60

33 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #17 -F Menu Appliqué Stitches F1 Appliqué Stitches Menu has a variety of stitches designed to do different types of appliqué. Some of the stitches are there as a convenience, such as the straight and zig zag stitches so that you can combine or choose them without going back to the A Menu. Satin Stitch Appliqué: F1:1, F1:2, F1:3 and F1:4 are satin stitches. They are formed differently than a standard zig zag. One stitch goes from left to right, then the next stitch travels. A regular zig zag travels on every stitch and isn t as satiny looking. Cut out a heart from cotton print. The heart is the perfect shape to practice appliqué because it has inside and outside corners, and curves. Place the cut heart on a piece of plain cotton. Pin or hold in place with Temporary Spray Adhesive. Place INSPIRA Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric. Select F1:2. Be sure your Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR is set to Woven Medium. 7 Thread with 40 wt. Robison Anton Rayon Thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. 8 Snap on your Clear B Foot Align the fabric so that you are beginning at the point of the heart. Most of the stitch should be on the heart. The right swing of the needle should just go off the right hand edge of the heart as shown. The fabric needs to feed by itself, so you should not be helping it at all. The stitches should lay one right next to the other without space between them, and without overlapping. If necessary, adjust the stitch length one notch at a time until you have a nice stitch. As you approach the curve, sew slowly and move the sfabric steadily and continuously around the curved area. This will result in nice, smooth stitching F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 61

34 11 Stitch approximately ¼ past the inside corner at the top center of the heart. Touch Needle Stop Down. The needle needs to stop on the left. Tap your foot control to move the needle to the left, if it has stopped in the right hand position. 12 Your needle is now down in the fabric and the presser foot is floating just above the fabric in Pivot position. Turn the fabric 90 so you are ready to start up the next side. You will begin by going over the end of the previous stitching. 13 At the end, stitch over the beginning stitches to the point of the heart and touch FIX. This will tie off the stitches so they don t unravel. 14 Select F1:6 15 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side. 16 Using the techniques you just learned, stitch around another heart using this grass satin stitch F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 62

35 17 Using the same techniques, stitch around another heart using F1:7. This stitch has texture on both sides of the stitch Hand Look Applique Hand Look Applique was originally done by hand, turning under the raw edges of the fabric and blind stitching the shape in place. Sometimes a heavier contrasting thread was used and a blanket stitch was used instead of the invisible blind stitch. F1:8, F1:9, F1:10, F1:11 and F1:12 can all be used for hand look appliqué To do Handlook Applique, the edges of the fabric need to be finished in some manner. One method is to place a fusible web such as Steam-A-Seam 2 on the back of the fabric, and fuse the appliqué shape in place. This prevents the raw edges of the fabric from fraying. Another method that we will use is to trace the appliqué shape onto a light weight interfacing. Begin by tracing four heart shapes onto a light weight fusible interfacing. Place the traced interfacing onto the right side of print fabric. 23 Select A1:2, straight stitch. Stitch around the heart shape. 24 Repeat for all four hearts F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 63

36 25 Trim around the hearts using your Pinking Shears. This will grade the curves quickly and easily. Clip into the inside corner. 26 Trim out the center of the heart so that there approximately 3 / 8 of interfacing left Turn and press so that the interfacing is not showing on the right side of the heart. You now have four hearts with finished edges. Doing it this way keeps the fabric soft and flexible. Fusing the hearts in place can leave them stiff. 29 Pin them onto a background fabric. 30 Select F1:8. 31 Thread with smoke colored invisible thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 64

37 Place INSPIRA Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath the fabric. Stitch around the heart. The straight stitch portion of the stitch should be on the base fabric and only the left swing of the needle should come over onto the heart shape, forming a pick stitch. Select F1:9. This stitch is very similar to F1:8. The difference is that F1:8 has two stitches in between the pick stitch. This one has only one. Stitch around the next heart. Compare the two and decide which one you like best. 36 Select F1: On the top, thread with sewing thread to match the background color of your heart and bobbin thread in the bobbin. 38 Stitch around the next heart. The stitches should just sew off the edge of the heart, with most of the stitching being on the heart. This stitch is very secure and gives just a hint of an outline to the heart.it would be a good choice on a baby blanket that would be washed a lot. 39 Select F1:11. With sewing thread still in place, stitch around the last heart. This stitch has a defined outline stitch that will stitch just outside the heart, framing it nicely. 40 Place the large heart on lightweight sew in interfacing. 41 Place the heart right sides together onto the print fabric F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 65

38 42 Select A1:2, straight stitch. Stitch around the heart shape. 43 Trim as before, turn and press. Place on a base fabric with INSPIRA 44 Tear-A-Way stabilizer underneath. Thread with a contrasting 40 wt. rayon thread on top and 45 bobbin thread in the bobbin. This stitch recommends a wing needle. This makes a very pretty appliqué for an heirloom project. You can stitch with 46 a wing needle or with a regular needle. Stitch around the heart. The stitch goes back and forth several times resulting in a heavier blanket stitch look. On the paper side that does not remove easily, trace two 47 large hearts onto Steam-A-Seam Remove the un-traced paper side. Place the traced hearts on the wrong side of the heart 49 fabric. 50 Press lightly without steam. 51 Cut out on the marked lines. 52 Remove the paper backing. 53 Place on base fabric and press with steam to fuse in place. Thread with 40 wt. rayon embroidery thread on top and 54 bobbin thread in the bobbin. 55 Touch Start Menu, 56 Touch Stitch Menu. 57 Touch menu Z- Decorative Tapering stitches. 58 Select stitch Z1:1. 59 Touch Tapering. The tapering menu will open. 60 Our heart point is a 45 angle. So we will choose Begin taper 45 right justified. Choose End taper 45 right justified as shown F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 66

39 61 Begin stitching at the point of the heart. Stitch around the edge, pivoting as before at the inner corner As you approach the beginning point, when the left swing of the needle meets the beginning taper, touch the Reverse Button. Stitch until your DESIGNER RUBY deluxe stops. You now have a nicely mitered point on your heart. F1:4 and F1:5 are decorative stitches that can be used as appliqué stitches. Cut a square and place it on a base fabric. Choose F1:5. Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. Place INSPIRA Tear-A-Way stabilizer underneath the fabric. Stitch so one square is on the fabric and one is off the fabric. The raw edge will be down the center of the stitch. 65 On another square, touch F1:4. 66 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side. 67 Stitch so that the straight edge of the stitch is just off the raw edge of the fabric F Menu Appliqué Stitches #17 - F Menu Appliqué Stitches 67

40 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #18 -H Menu Scallop Stitches The H menus (1 and 2) have a variety of different scallop stitches with many different uses and techniques. Some are 1 Side Motion stitches, some are satin stitches and some are straight stitches. Side Motion Scallop Stitches H1:1 through H1:9, H1:11, H1:21, H1:22, H1:24 and H1:25 2 are all Side Motion Stitches. These stitches can be used to finish an edge, and can be trimmed up to. 3 Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread top and bobbin. 4 Snap on your S Foot. 5 Cut a strip of fabric 3 x Using your Pictogram Pen, mark a line down the center of it. Select the stitch of your choice, from H1:1 through H1:9, 7 H1:11, H1:21, H1:22, H1:24 and H1:25. 8 Touch STOP. 9 Align the center red mark on the foot with the marked line on the fabric. 10 Stitch the first repeat. The stitch should finish with the center red line on the foot, even with the marked line. If it isn t on the line, adjust as necessary Allow to dry. 13 Trim carefully, just outside the stitching line Apply Fray Blocking liquid just below the stitching so it will seep into the edge of the thread. #18 - H Menu Scallop Stitches 68

41 14 Smaller Satin Stitch Scallop Stitches: H1:10, H2:112 to H2:23 and H2:26 are all smaller satin stitch scallop stitches. These stitches can be used to finish an edge, and can be trimmed up to. 15 Snap on your B Foot Remain threaded with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. On another 3 x 20 strip, using your Pictogram Pen, mark a line down the center. Align the red mark on your B Foot with the marked line and stitch the stitch of your choice down the strip. Keep the red mark on the foot aligned with the marked line as you sew. Apply Fray Blocking liquid just below the stitching so it will seep into the edge of the thread Allow to dry. 21 Trim carefully, just outside the stitching line. 22 Straight Stitch Scallops: H2:24 and H2:25 are straight stitch scallops. They will give you a turned, finished edge. 23 Cut a strip of cotton 4 x Fold in half lengthwise, right sides together. 25 Select either H2:24 or H2:25. Note the presser foot called for on the Large Interactive Screen. 26 Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. 27 Align the edge of the foot with the fold in the fabric. 28 Stitch the length of the strip. 29 Trim approximately 1 /8 from the stitching. 30 Clip into the points, turn and press. 31 The remaining stitches H2:27 to H2:30 are decorative scallop stitches and are not designed to finish an edge. They are used like any other decorative stitch. #18 - H Menu Scallop Stitches 69

42 DESIGNER RUBY deluxe Techniques #19 - Tapering in the hoop 1 Select Embroidery Mode. 2 Slide on the embroidery unit 3 Touch OK to Calibrate. 4 Touch My Hoops. 5 Select hoop 120 x Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. 7 Touch Stitch Menu. 8 Select Z Menu - Decorative Tapering Stitches. 9 Select stitch Z1: Touch Stitch Length to decrease the stitch length to Touch and Hold Duplicate icon. 12 Enter 9 to get a total of 10 copies in the pop-up. #19 - Tapering in the hoop 70

43 Touch Tapering. Select Begin Taper 45 degrees left justified. Select End Taper 45 degrees left justified. Touch OK to close. Touch OK to toggle to Embroidery Edit. Touch OK in the pop-up that appears. Touch Rotate. Touch in the Control Center. Touch Position. Use your stylus to drag the design upwards, outside the hoop area. Touch Move to Hoop. The design will move to the top of the hoop. Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. Touch Stitch Menu. Select Z Menu. Select Z1: Touch Stitch Length to decrease the stitch length to #19 - Tapering in the hoop 71

44 Touch and Hold Duplicate icon. Enter 5 to get a total of 6 copies in the pop-up and touch OK. Touch Tapering. Select Begin Taper 45 degrees left justified. Select End Taper 45 degrees left justified. Touch OK to close. Touch OK to toggle to Embroidery Edit. Touch OK in the pop-up that appears. Use your stylus to drag the design to the top left, outside the hoop area. 37 Touch Move to Hoop. The design moves to the left side of the hoop. Make sure that both designs are attached to each other to make a corner Touch Select All. Touch Control Center to center the designs in the hoop. Touch Duplicate. Touch Rotate. Touch twice in the Control Center. #19 - Tapering in the hoop 72

45 43 44 Touch Position. Touch Control Center to center the design in the hoop. 45 Open design DRL_024.vp Touch Scale icon. Scale down as much as possible. Position the design to -5.0 x Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. Touch Font Menu. Select Mesa 12. Write Made with and touch OK. Position the design to 16.0 x Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. Touch Font Menu. Select Mesa 12. Write LOVE with capital letters and touch OK. Position the design to 0.0 x Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. Touch Font Menu. #19 - Tapering in the hoop 73

46 Select Mesa 20. Write 2012 and touch OK. Position the design to x Touch Save to My Designs. Touch Rename icon. Touch and Hold Delete. Enter Mydesign. Touch OK. Touch OK. Touch GO! to toggle to Embroidery Stitch-Out. Touch START/STOP to begin embroidering the design. #19 - Tapering in the hoop 74