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Brother PC 8500 User Manual (196 pages)

Brand: Brother | Category: Sewing machines | Size: 8.60 MB |

English

Table of contents

“SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS”

2

AND CYPRUS ONLY

3

CONGRATULATIONS ON CHOOSING

4

OUR MACHINE

4

CONTENTS

5

SETTING UP CHAPTER 1

8

B. FLAT BED ATTACHMENT WITH

9

ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT

9

OTHER INCLUDED ACCESSORIES

10

POWER SUPPLY

12

SELECTION KEYS

13

OPERATION BUTTONS

14

USING THE SCREEN KEYS

15

Setting the bobbin

21

UPPER THREADING

22

Auto-threading device

23

START/STOP

25

Stitch width

27

Stitch length

28

*–: Non-adjustable

31

THREAD TENSION

32

Except “UTILITY STITCH”

33

CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT

34

Changing the embroidery foot

35

Feed dog adjustment

36

CHANGING THE NEEDLE

37

MACHINE OPERATION KEYS

38

1. SEWING CHAPTER 2

39

AUTOMATIC THREAD CUTTING

42

UTILITY STITCH SELECTION

43

USEFUL SKILLS

45

Sewing corners

46

Sewing thick seams

46

Sewing curves

46

Sewing thick fabric

47

Sewing thin fabric

47

2. UTILITY STITCHES

48

Changing the stitch length

49

Changing the needle position

49

Included accessories

50

Installation of walking foot

50

ZIGZAG STITCHES

51

OVERCASTING

52

BLIND HEM STITCHES

55

BUTTONHOLE STITCHES

57

Order of one cycle

59

Sewing stretch fabrics

59

Changing the stitch width

60

BAR TACKING

61

Thick fabrics

62

Darning stitch cycle

64

TAPE ATTACHING

65

EYELET STITCH

66

BUTTON SEWING

67

Centered application

70

Side application

71

DART SEAM

73

GATHERING

74

Pulling out the bobbin thread

75

FLAT FELL SEAM

78

Finished flat fell seam

79

APPLIQUES

80

APPLIQUE QUILTS

81

SCALLOP STITCH

82

SMOCKING STITCH

83

PATCHWORK STITCH

84

FAGOTING

85

DECORATIVE STITCHING

86

HEM-STITCH (HEIRLOOM STITCH)

87

“ ” hem-stitching

88

CHARACTER SEWING

91

Combinations of characters

92

DECORATIVE STITCHES

93

DECORATIVE STITCHES (7 mm)

94

SATIN STITCHES

95

CROSS STITCHING

96

Single/repeat sewing

97

12 3 4 5

98

Example: Satin stitch pattern

100

Sewing attractive finishes

105

Using a pattern sheet

105

ADJUSTING STITCH PATTERNS

108

4. EMBROIDERING

109

Fitting embroidery unit

110

Removing the embroidery unit

111

ABC ABC AABBCC

113

Selecting one-point patterns

114

Selecting frame patterns

115

Selecting floral alphabets

116

EMBROIDERING

120

Embroidering

123

MOVING THE LOCATION (LAYOUT)

126

Reversing patterns

129

Using the “IMAGE” key

129

EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS

134

1 Satin stitch “ ”

136

5. EMBROIDERY EDITING

138

HOW TO EDIT

139

Character Editing

140

One-point Editing

146

Border Pattern Editing

148

Editing Combinations

150

Press “ ”

151

14. Finish editing

153

Let's Sew

156

CORRECTING EDITED PATTERNS

157

6. RETRIEVING

159

RETRIEVING AN EDITED PATTERN

161

DELETING A STORED PATTERN

162

7. MY CUSTOM STITCH

163

(CREATE YOUR OWN

163

STITCH DESIGNS)

163

GENERATING THE DATA

165

EDITING AN EXISTING “ ”

167

Inserting new points

168

RETRIEVING A “ ”

171

MAINTENANCE

172

CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB

174

ERROR MESSAGES

176

Instruction messages

181

TROUBLESHOOTING

183

Mechanical trouble

185

SEWING CHART

186

Utility stitches

189

Character sewing

189

Satin stitches

190

Cross stitches

190

Decorative stitch

191

Decorative stitch 7 mm WIDTH

192

Character embroidery chart

193

PATTERNS (MEMORY CARD)

194

Floral alphabet

195

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