Couching Designs
Enjoy embellishing your work with yarns.
Use the couching foot PC-1 or PC-2 for the couching
designs.
For weight 3 yarn (light), use the couching foot PC-1.
For weight 4 yarn (medium) use the couching foot
PC-2.
NOTE:
• Use the weight 3 yarn (light) or weight 4 yarn
(medium) for the couching design project.
• If the yarn is too thick or fluffy, or the design
is too bulky, press the adjust key
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and
increase the presser foot height, otherwise
the couching foot may be trapped and to
break.
• Do not sew on a hard string.
• Test sew to check the sewing results.
• Do not use the single color sewing key for the
couching designs.
• Use the same color thread for the bobbin and
the needle thread as the yarns for the best
result.
Select one of the couching design.
In the ready to sew window, press the embroidery
foot key
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.
Select the couching foot PC-1 for the weight 3 yarn
(light).
Select the couching foot PC-2 for the weight 4 yarn
(medium).
The presser foot height and sewing speed will be
automatically adjusted to suite the selected couching
design sewing.
If the yarn layers become too thick, press the adjust
key
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and adjust the presser foot manually.
CAUTION:
Press the lockout key to lock the machine when
attaching/removing the presser foot, yarn guide,
and threading the threads and yarns to the
machine.
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Turn the handwheel toward you.
Be sure that the needle through the center of the
couching foot.
Hold the thread with both of your hands.
Slide the thread under the plate, and slip it into the
presser foot hole.
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Plate
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Presser foot hole
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Attaching the couching foot PC-1 or PC-2
Attach the couching foot PC-1 or PC-2 to the
presser bar from front.
Tighten the thumbscrew firmly with the screwdriver.
Preparation
Updating your MC 15000
MC15000 must be updated to version 2.1 or later.
The version number is displayed on the initial
screen
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when the machine is turned on.
Visit the JANOME website (http://www.janome.
co.jp/e/e_downloads/machine.html) to update your
machine. Please refer to the update instructions.
NOTE:
When updating to version 2.1 or later from version
2.0 or earlier, it is necessary to delete stored data
for all favorite design settings. If stored data is not
deleted, problems with sewing may occur after the
update is carried out. Please refer to the update
instructions.
Creating EMB/Embf folder
1. In order to download the embroidery couching
designs, prepare a USB flash drive.
2. Insert the USB flash drive into your MC15000 and
turn on the machine.
3. When the initial screen is displayed, turn off the
machine and remove the USB flash drive from the
machine. An embroidery folder “EMB/Embf” will
be created automatically.
NOTE:
Do not turn off the machine when the warning
mark is displayed (Warning mark: ).
4. Insert the USB flash drive into the PC.
Download the embroidery couching designs
1. Visit the JANOME website (http://www.janome.
co.jp/e/e_downloads/emb_couching.html).
2. Press the download button to download the
embroidery couching designs.
3. Unpack the Zip file and save the folder named
“Embroidery Couching” in the “EMB” folder on
the USB flash drive (Click the button “Click here
to see how to unpack the zip file” to see the
instructions.).
4. Insert the USB flash drive into your MC15000 and
open the embroidery design files.
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