Brother PC-420 - Manual (Page 11)

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SEWING BASICS
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APPENDIX
INDEX
Reinforcement Stitching .................................................................................................. 100
Triple stretch stitching ................................................................................................................................... 100
Bar tack stitching ........................................................................................................................................... 100
Darning ......................................................................................................................................................... 102
Eyelet Stitching ................................................................................................................ 104
Decorative Stitching ........................................................................................................ 105
Fagoting ........................................................................................................................................................ 106
Scallop stitching ............................................................................................................................................ 107
Smocking ...................................................................................................................................................... 107
Shell tuck stitching ........................................................................................................................................ 108
Joining .......................................................................................................................................................... 109
Heirloom stitching ........................................................................................................................................ 110
Sewing the Various Built-In Decorative Patterns ............................................................. 113
Sewing beautiful patterns .............................................................................................................................. 113
Sewing patterns ............................................................................................................................................. 113
Combining patterns ....................................................................................................................................... 114
Repeat sewing patterns .................................................................................................................................. 115
Checking the selected pattern ....................................................................................................................... 116
Changing the pattern size .............................................................................................................................. 117
Changing the stitch density ........................................................................................................................... 118
Changing the pattern length .......................................................................................................................... 118
Mirror imaging the pattern ............................................................................................................................ 119
Storing a pattern ............................................................................................................................................ 120
Realigning the pattern ................................................................................................................................... 121
Designing a Pattern ......................................................................................................... 123
Drawing a sketch of the pattern ..................................................................................................................... 123
Entering the pattern data ............................................................................................................................... 124
Design exampled .......................................................................................................................................... 126
APPENDIX .....................................................................................................127
Stitch Settings ..................................................................................................................128
Utility stitches ............................................................................................................................................... 128
Other stitches ................................................................................................................................................ 133
Maintenance ....................................................................................................................135
Cleaning the machine surface ....................................................................................................................... 135
Cleaning the shuttle ...................................................................................................................................... 135
Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................137
Error messages .............................................................................................................................................. 141
Nothing appears in the LCD .......................................................................................................................... 142
Operation beep ............................................................................................................................................. 142
Cancelling the operation beep ...................................................................................................................... 143
Removing the upper cover ............................................................................................................................ 143
Index ...............................................................................................................................144