Brother PC-8500 8500D - Manual (Page 135)

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Utility
Stitches
Characters
and
Decorative
Stitches
Embroidering
Editing
Embroidery
Patterns
Retrieving
My
Custom Stitch
TM
Maintenance
Error
Messages
Trouble shooting
Sewing
Chart
Patterns
(Programmed
in Machine)
Patterns (Memory
Card)
Sewing
Setting Up
You can use frame patterns with the same shape and size to
sew appliques.
1. Select the applique material for the project, attach a
stabilizer material, place it into the embroidery frame and
attach the embroidery frame to the machine.
2. Select the frame shape to be embroidered and select
the“ ” stitch. Embroider onto the applique material.
Remove the fabric from the embroidery frame.
Cut neatly around the outside of the shape made by the
stitches.
3. Embroider a base fabric in the same way using the same
frame pattern shape and the “ ” stitch as in step 2.
1
4. Apply a thin layer of fabric glue to the rear of the applique
material which is created in step 2, and then attach it to the
base fabric so that it follows the frame shape just stitched.
1 Fabric glue
5. Without changing the frame shape or size, select the
“ ” stitch, and use it to embroider the applique material
onto the project.
Embroidering appliques (using a frame pattern)