Black KIT I Operation Manual_brother_ H1-4 Upgrade KITI Operation Manual Before using this upgrade kit, be sure to read this Operation Manual for information on its correct use.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 How to Create Bobbin Work.................................................................................... 3 ABOUT BOBBIN WORK ........................................................................................................... 4 PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK ............................................................................................ 5 Required Materials ................................................................................................................
BEFORE YOU START It is important to perform the upgrade according to the procedure outlined in the Installation Guide. The machine can then be used as outlined in this upgrade Operation Manual. Additional new machine features and instructions are located in the New Features of Version 2 guide. NEW FEATURES The following features will be activated with the upgrade for Kit I.
Chapter 1 How to Create Bobbin Work
ABOUT BOBBIN WORK You can create embroidery, which gives a three-dimensional appearance to the surface of the fabric, by winding the bobbin with heavy weight thread or ribbon too thick to be fed through the sewing machine needle and sewing on the wrong side of the fabric. Bobbin work is sewn using the special bobbin case (gray) and bobbin cover with tabs included with Kit I. 1. Utility stitches 2. Decorative stitches 3.
PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK ■ Bobbin case and bobbin cover ■ Upper thread Sewing machine embroidery thread (polyester thread) or monofilament (transparent nylon) thread. If you do not wish for the upper thread to be visible, we recommend using transparent nylon monofilament thread or polyester light weight thread (50wt. or above) that is the same color as the lower thread. ENGLISH Required Materials ■ Needle a Bobbin case (gray) There is a notch at the location marked by “A”.
Upper Threading a d Remove the bobbin case. Install a needle appropriate for the upper thread and fabric to be used. For details on installing the needle, refer to “CHANGING THE NEEDLE” in the machine’s Operation Manual. b a Bobbin case Attach the presser foot. For details on attaching the presser foot, refer to the following topics in the machine’s Operation Manual.
i Note Using scissors carefully trim the thread tail as close to the bobbin as possible. ENGLISH • The bobbin case (gray) cannot be used for sewing in any way other than bobbin work. After sewing bobbin work, refer back to the steps in “Preparing the Bobbin Thread” on page 6 for removing and cleaning the bobbin case (gray), and then reinstall the standard bobbin case (black). a Beginning of wound thread CAUTION • Be sure to use the bobbin case (gray) when creating bobbin work.
l Lightly hold the end of the upper thread while turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) until the mark on the handwheel aligns with the center top of machine. m Gently pull the upper thread to bring the bobbin thread up through the needle plate. CAUTION • When winding the bobbin, make sure the thread is not frayed. Sewing with frayed thread may result in the thread catching on the tension spring of the bobbin case, the thread becoming tangled or damage to the machine.
p Install the needle plate cover and bobbin cover with tabs. ENGLISH For details on installing the needle plate cover, refer to “Cleaning the Race” in the machine’s Operation Manual. a Needle plate cover b Bobbin cover with tabs CAUTION • When creating bobbin work, use the bobbin cover with tabs, otherwise the thread may become tangled or the needle may break. Note • When installing the needle plate cover, do not allow it to pinch the thread. q Install the flat bed attachment or embroidery unit.
CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING) d Positioning the Fabric and Sewing Make sure the automatic thread cutting ( ) and automatic reinforcement/reverse stitching ( ) have been turned off. Note • Be sure to sew trial stitches using same fabric and threads as project in order to check the sewing results. • The bobbin thread may become tangled due to the type of pattern and thread that are being used. Since this may cause the needle to break, immediately stop sewing if this occurs.
j n o p While gently holding threads at the rear of the machine, turn the handwheel to feed the needle into the punched hole again, and then lower the presser foot lever. Press in the screen. → All keys and operation buttons are unlocked, and the previous screen is displayed. Select a low speed , gently hold the threads behind the presser foot and start sewing. Threads can be released after several stitches have been made.
■ Finishing the thread ends a At the end of the stitching, pull the end of the bobbin thread up to the wrong side of the fabric. Bobbin Work Free Motion Sewing ■ For bobbin work free motion sewing use the instructions for “CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING)” beginning on page 10. ■ For information about using the free motion quilting foot “C”, free motion open toe quilting foot “O”, or free motion echo quilting foot “E” refer to “Free Motion Quilting” located in the machine’s Operation Manual.
CREATING BOBBIN WORK (EMBROIDERY) Select one of the bobbin work embroidery patterns. Embroidery patterns for bobbin work appear with the letter “B” in the lower-left corner of the key. Note ENGLISH h Selecting the Pattern • Prepare the machine for bobbin work as described in “PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK” on page 5. a Attach the embroidery foot “W” and the embroidery unit. b Install a bobbin wound with an adequate amount of thread for pattern.
i Press . → The sewing screen is displayed. j Press , and then adjust the tension of the upper thread. For details on adjusting the tension of the upper thread, refer to “Adjusting Thread Tension” in chapter 5 of the machine’s Operation Manual. Memo • We recommend a setting between 6 and 8 for the upper thread tension. Start Embroidering a Note • Since bobbin work is sewn from the wrong side of the fabric, the pattern shown in the screen appears as a mirror image of the final sewn embroidery.
d Press . → The screen changes, and all keys and operation buttons are locked. Using the presser foot lever, raise the presser foot. f To bring the bobbin thread above the fabric, rotate the handwheel counterclockwise while holding the upper thread. g Stop the machine, and then tie the upper thread and the bobbin thread together to secure the threads. l Start sewing again to finish the pattern.
o Remove the fabric from the embroidery frame, and check the finished embroidery. a Right side of fabric p b Wrong side of fabric If the desired results could not be achieved, adjust the tension of the bobbin thread and of the upper thread, and then try sewing the pattern again. For more details, refer to “ADJUSTING THE THREAD TENSION” on page 17. Memo • Check bobbin after each bobbin work embroidery pattern is sewn to make sure there is adequate bobbin thread for the next pattern.
ADJUSTING THE THREAD TENSION ■ Adjusting the upper thread tension We recommend a setting between 6 and 8 for the upper thread tension. If utility stitches are being used, refer to “Setting the Thread Tension” in chapter 2 of the machine’s Operation Manual. If embroidery patterns are being used, refer to “Adjusting Thread Tension” in chapter 5 of the machine’s Operation Manual. Note ENGLISH After sewing trial stitches and checking the sewing results, adjust the thread tensions if necessary.
TROUBLESHOOTING Several solutions for minor problems are described below. If the problem persists, contact your nearest authorized dealer. ■ The thread was accidentally cut automatically and the bobbin thread is caught inside the machine a d Press the “Thread Cutter” button again, and then pull the thread out to the left while the thread cutter is operating. Cut the thread near the fabric above the needle plate, and then remove the fabric.
Chapter 2 New Features and New Patterns
HOW TO USE NEW FEATURES Displaying the Fabric While Aligning the Embroidery Position c Press d When the following message appears, press . . The fabric hooped in the embroidery frame can be displayed on the LCD so that the embroidery position can be aligned. This feature can be used from the sewing screen of embroidery mode and the edit and sewing screens of embroidery edit mode. As an example, the following procedure is described using the edit screen of the embroidery edit mode.
e When the fabric appears as a background for the pattern, the pattern can be edited if it is necessary. g Press to start embroidering. → When embroidery is finished, the fabric displayed in the background disappears. a ENGLISH Whether the fabric disappears or remains displayed can be specified from page 8/8 of the Settings screen. b c f Use to align the pattern with the desired embroidery position.
■ Positioning the pattern on thick fabric When positioning the pattern on thick fabric such as quilting, the fabric may not be detected correctly. In order for the fabric to be correctly detected, its thickness must first be measured. f Affix the embroidery positioning sticker to the fabric within the area indicated by the red frame in the LCD, and then press . g When the following message appears, remove the embroidery positioning sticker, and then press .
In the embroidery edit screen, the size of the pattern can be changed while the desired thread density is maintained. With this function, the pattern will be enlarged or reduced at a larger ratio than with normal pattern resizing. c Press d Press to enter Stitch Recalculator mode ( ). .
f Select how to change the pattern size. g Press . h Press . Note • Depending on the pattern, embroidering may not be possible at the appropriate thread density. Before sewing on your project, be sure to sew trial embroidery on a piece of scrap fabric that is the same as the fabric used in the project using the same needle and embroidery thread. • If the pattern is enlarged and there is space between stitches, a better effect can be achieved by increasing the thread density.
NEW PATTERNS Utility embroidery patterns ENGLISH Thumbnail List Note • Must be accessed through Embroidery mode; not Embroidery Edit mode.
Embroidery Patterns Color Change Table Embroidery patterns for bobbin work are reversed when they have been sewn. Use these patterns to create beautiful bobbin work embroidery after selecting upper and lower threads of the desired colors according to the descriptions in “Required Materials” on page 5. The beginning and end of stitching are specified for bobbin work patterns. They cannot be used for normal embroidering. No.1 4 min a Time required for embroidering 030 22.4 cm 19.9 cm 4.5 m (3.9m + 0.
No.8 No.9 1 min 1 min 1 min 620 405 13.6 cm 13.3 cm 509 15.4 cm 10.0 cm 1.6 m (1.0m + 0.6 m) 6.3 cm 7.5 cm 1.6 m (1.0m + 0.6 m) 1.1 m (0.5m + 0.6 m) No.10 No.11 No.12 1 min 2 min 3 min 405 7.5 cm 6.8 cm 1.0 m (0.4m + 0.6 m) 030 328 12.6 cm 12.6 cm 22.4 cm 17.7 cm 2.4 m (1.8m + 0.6 m) 3.5 m (2.9m + 0.6 m) No.13 No.14 2 min 2 min 542 209 12.4 cm 13.6 cm 2.7 m (2.1m + 0.6 m) ENGLISH No.7 8.2 cm 11.8 cm 2.2 m (1.6m + 0.
Black KIT I Operation Manual_brother_ H1-4 Upgrade KITI Operation Manual Before using this upgrade kit, be sure to read this Operation Manual for information on its correct use.