Brother PC-420 - Manual (Page 120)

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Sew reinforcement stitches.
When sewing with a character stitch,
reinforcement stitches are automatically sewn
after each character.
• When sewing a pattern with a stitch other
than a character stitch, it is useful to first set
the automatic reverse/reinforcement
stitching setting. For details, refer to
“Automatically sewing reverse/
reinforcement stitches” (page 57).
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When you are finished sewing, use scissors to
trim off any excess threads at the beginning of
the stitching and between the patterns.
Combining patterns
Multiple patterns can be combined and sewn
together.
1
Select the first pattern, and then press
(OK key).
X The first pattern is selected and appears in
the LCD.
• When the sewing is started, the selected
pattern is sewn repeatedly until the sewing
machine is stopped.
2
Press the + key in the operation panel.
X The screen for selecting a pattern appears
again.
3
Select the next pattern, and then press
(OK key).
To select a different stitch type, press
(stitch selection key).
X The combined patterns appear in the LCD.
• To remove a selected pattern, press the C
key in the operation panel. The pattern that
was selected last is removed.
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Repeat steps
2
and
3
.
5
After all of the desired patterns are selected,
start sewing.
1 Sewing direction
X The order that the patterns appear in the
LCD is the order that they will be sewn.
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