Pro-Stitcher User Manual
7.4 Quilt Menu
Figure 7.7
Channel Lock
The Pro-Stitcher can be used as a channel lock
for the quilting machine by selecting either the
Horizontal Channel Lock
or the
Vertical Channel
Lock
button
(Figure 7.7
). As long as the carriage
motor levers are in the engaged position, the Pro-
Stitcher will lock the appropriate direction. The
quilter can then manually use the quilting machine
handles to stitch either horizontal or vertical lines.
Trace Outline
Before stitching any design, it is always a good idea
to double check the positioning of the design. One
way to do this is to manually move the quilting
machine, making sure the crosshairs on the screen
and needle position on the machine indicate that the
design is indeed positioned properly on the quilt. In
addition to doing a manual check, a quilter may also
use the
Trace Outline
functions as well
(
Figure 7.8
)
.
Box
Press the
Box
button to have the Pro-Stitcher move
around the perimeter of the design following the
blue bounding box . Watching the needle as the
machine is tracing the perimeter helps the quilter
know whether the design is in the proper position.
Area
As an alternative to tracing the bounding box,
press the
Area
button to have the quilting machine
trace the user-defined
Area
.
Stitch
During either of these two trace functions, the
quilter can have the quilting machine stitch during
the trace. This can be very useful, for example, if
the
Area
has been used to create a cropped region
around an appliqué. The quilter can have the Pro-
Stitcher stitch an outline around the
Area
to either
secure the appliqué or to give more definition. This
option does not perform a pull-up or tie-off. These
must be done manually, if desired.
Figure 7.8