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Rotate
Press the “Rotate” button to enter the “Rotate”
screen (
Figure 16
).
There are three methods available to rotate a pattern.
1. Pressing the counter clock-wise 45 button will
rotate the pattern counter clockwise by 45 degrees.
Pressing the clock-wise 45 button will rotate the pat-
tern clockwise by 45 degrees.
2. By tapping the number box and entering a value in
the pop-up number box, the user may directly enter
a desired rotation angle (0 – 360). After entering this
value, the user must then press the rotate button.
Use the chart to aid in determining what angle value
to use (
Figure 17
). Try to picture the pattern being
rotated as a box, bounded by the white dashed out-
line in the pattern window. The bottom line of the
pattern box is the line that correlates with the angle
lines in
Figure 17
.
3. Within the “Rotate” menu is the ability to identify
two points by which to create an angle. For example,
assume a quilt is loaded and it happens to be at a
slight angle. The pattern that is loaded is a panto-
graph that extends the width of the quilt.
Rather than try to get the quilt straightened or try to
guess what the actual angle is that the pattern would
need to be rotated to compensate, the user can iden-
tify a point on the left and then a point on the right
(by moving the machine to those points) and the pat-
tern will be rotated to the angle between those two
points. Likewise, if there is an odd angle (such as a
sashing on an angle or a block on point) that needs
to be matched on the quilt, use the same process to
Figure 16
Figure 17