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Table of Contents
Section A: Embroidery Beginnings .............................................................................. 3
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 4
General Information: Your Embroidery Machine/Module .......................................... 5
Getting Started ........................................................................................................ 9
Needles (make new chart) ..................................................................................... 11
Thread ....................................................................................................................13
Stabilizers & Interfacings ........................................................................................15
Sewing & Craft Sprays ...........................................................................................16
Samples
Stitching A Motif ................................................................................................18
Monochrome Embroidery .................................................................................20
Customizing Thread Color ................................................................................22
Duplicating & Resizing Designs .......................................................................24
Proportional Rescaling of Designs ...................................................................26
Rotating Designs ..............................................................................................28
Proportional Resizing & Rotation ......................................................................30
Stretching Designs ...........................................................................................32
Vertical (Left-to-Right) Mirror Image ..................................................................34
Horizontal (Top-to-Bottom) Mirror Image ...........................................................36
Using Embroidery Cards ..................................................................................38
Using the CD Drive ...........................................................................................40
Saving & Deleting Embroidery Motifs .....................................................................42
Embroidery Beginnings Shopping List....................................................................43
Section B: Beyond the Basics .....................................................................................45
General Information: Working with Alphabets & Text ..............................................46
Selecting, Adding, & Deleting Letters .....................................................................47
Saving Text Designs ...............................................................................................48
Samples
Alphabet Sampler .............................................................................................50
Manipulating Alphabets .....................................................................................52
Stitch Density ....................................................................................................54
Combining Motifs ..............................................................................................56
Combining Lettering & Motifs ............................................................................58
Rehooping .........................................................................................................60
Free-Arm Embroidery .......................................................................................62
Baseline Sampler .............................................................................................64
Changing Lettering Height .................................................................................66
Changing Lettering Spacing ..............................................................................68
Mega Hoop ........................................................................................................70
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Portal ...............................................................................................72
Beyond the Basics Shopping List ...........................................................................74
