Brother PE 300S User Manual
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Contents
CONTENTS
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PRINCIPAL PARTS ............................................. 5
OTHER INCLUDED ACCESSORIES .................. 7
OPTIONS ............................................................. 8
SELECTION KEYS .............................................. 9
OPERATION BUTTONS .................................... 10
Using the operation buttons ......................... 10
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FLAT BED EXTENSION TABLE ........................ 11
Free arm ...................................................... 11
POWER SUPPLY ............................................... 12
USING THE SCREEN KEYS ............................. 13
ABOUT THE SCREEN ....................................... 13
ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE
SCREEN ............................................................ 13
HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE ....................... 14
How to clear the language selection ............ 15
Setting the bobbin ........................................ 19
UPPER THREADING ......................................... 20
STARTING AND STOPPING SEWING ............. 23
STITCH SELECTION (UTILITY STITCHES) ..... 24
Stitches ........................................................ 24
TRIAL SEWING .................................................. 25
STITCH WIDTH AND STITCH LENGTH ........... 27
Adjusting the stitch width ............................. 27
Adjusting the stitch length ............................ 27
Quick adjustment reference chart for stitch
width and stitch length ................................. 28
THREAD TENSION ............................................ 30
PRESSER FOOT ............................................... 31
Changing the presser foot ............................ 31
Changing the Embroidery foot and the
zipper foot .................................................... 32
FEED DOGS ...................................................... 33
NEEDLE ............................................................. 34
................................................. 36
STRAIGHT STITCHES ...................................... 36
Changing needle position ............................ 37
Sewing corners ............................................ 37
Sewing curves .............................................. 38
Sewing thick seams ..................................... 38
Sewing thick fabric ....................................... 38
Sewing thin fabric ......................................... 39
Using the free arm ....................................... 39
STRETCH STITCH AND TRIPLE STITCH ........ 40
Stretch stitch ................................................ 40
Triple stitch ................................................... 40
ZIGZAG STITCHES ........................................... 41
Overcasting (using a zigzag stitch) .............. 41
Applique (using a zigzag stitch) ................... 41
Patchwork (for crazy quilt) ........................... 42
Sewing a curve with a zigzag stitch ............. 42
DOTTED ZIGZAG .............................................. 43
OVERCASTING ................................................. 44
Overcasting ............................................... 44
Overcasting ............................................... 44
Overcasting ............................................... 45
Overcasting ............................................... 45
BLIND HEM STITCHES ..................................... 46
BUTTONHOLE STITCHES ................................ 48
Order of one cycle ........................................ 49
Sewing stretch fabrics ( ) .......................... 50
Buttons that do not fit into the guide plate
(Odd-shaped buttons) .................................. 50
BAR TACKING ................................................... 51
Thick fabrics ................................................. 52
APPLIQUES ....................................................... 53
Sewing the applique around corners ........... 53
SCALLOP ........................................................... 54
PATCHWORK STITCH ...................................... 55
ZIPPER INSERTION
(CENTERED AND SIDE APPLICATION) .......... 56
Centered application .................................... 56
Side application ............................................ 57
SMOCKING ........................................................ 59
BUTTON SEWING ............................................. 60
Attaching buttons with four holes ................. 61
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN ........................................ 62
1. Embroidery unit and memory cards
(optional). ..................................................... 62
2. Attaching the embroidery foot “Q” ............ 62
3. Attaching the embroidery unit .................. 63
REMOVING EMBROIDERY UNIT ..................... 64
CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS
(PART I) ............................................................. 65
One-point patterns ....................................... 66
Borders ........................................................ 68
Lettering ....................................................... 69
Numerals and punctuation ........................... 70
Lower and upper case letters ....................... 70
Selecting patterns from a memory card ....... 71
If you accidentally choose the wrong design .... 72
If you choose the wrong character ............... 72
To change size ............................................. 72
To make words ............................................ 73
EMBROIDERING ............................................... 74
Embroidering attractive finishes ................... 74
Setting the fabric into the embroidery frame .... 75
Fitting the embroidery frame to the
embroidery unit ............................................ 77
Removing the embroidery frame .................. 77
Embroidering ................................................ 78
THREAD TENSION ............................................ 80