User manual BROTHER INNOV-IS 350SE BROCHURE

[. . . ] Operation Manual Computerized Sewing Machine GETTING READY Read before use. SEWING BASICS UTILITY STITCHES Read when additional information is required. APPENDIX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Safety Instructions Please read these safety instructions before attempting to use the machine. This machine is intended for household use. DANGER - To reduce the risk of electric shock: 1Always unplug the machine from the electrical outlet immediately after using, when cleaning, when making any user servicing adjustments mentioned in this manual, or if you are leaving the machine unattended. WARNING - To reduce the risk of burns, fire, electric shock, or injury to persons. 2Always unplug the machine from the electrical outlet when removing covers, lubricating, or when making any adjustments mentioned in the instruction manual: · To unplug the machine, switch the machine to the symbol "O" position to turn it off, then grasp the plug and pull it out of the electrical outlet. · Always unplug your machine if the power is cut. 3 Never operate this machine if it has a damaged cord or plug, if it is not working properly, if it has been dropped or damaged, or water is spilled on the unit. Return the machine to the nearest authorized dealer or service center for examination, repair, electrical or mechanical adjustment. [. . . ] The foot will lock in place feed. Sewing thick fabrics If the fabric does not fit under the presser foot If the fabric does not fit easily under the presser foot, raise the presser foot lever even higher to bring the presser foot to its highest position. Once the trouble spot has been passed, the foot will return to its normal position. CAUTION If fabric more than 6 mm (15/64 inch) thick is sewn or if the fabric is pushed with too much force, the needle may bend or break. If thick seams are being sewn and the fabric does not feed at the beginning of stitching Zigzag foot "J" is equipped with a feature that keeps the presser foot level. Sewing thin fabrics When sewing thin fabrics, the stitching may become misaligned or the fabric may not feed correctly. If this occurs, place thin paper or stabilizer material under the fabric and sew it together with the fabric. When you have finished sewing, tear off any excess paper. a a Sewing direction a to feed under the foot, raise the presser foot When you encounter a seam that is too thick lever. 1 b pin) on the left side of zigzag foot "J". Keep Press the black button (presser foot holding the button held in and lower the presser foot. a Stabilizer material or paper Sewing stretch fabrics 1 First, baste the pieces of fabric together, and then sew without stretching the fabric. a Presser foot holding pin Note The presser foot needs to be in a level position before pressing the black button (presser foot holding pin) on the left side of zigzag foot "J". a Basting 1 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sewing leathers or vinyl fabrics When sewing the fabrics that may stick to the presser foot such as leathers or coated fabrics, change the presser foot to the non stick foot. Aligning the fabric with a needle plate marking The markings on the needle plate show the distance from the needle position of a seam sewn with the straight stitch (left needle position). Sew while keeping the edge of the fabric aligned with a marking in the needle plate. The distance between the markings in the upper scale is 1/8 inch (3 mm) and the distance between the markings in the grid is 5 mm (3/16 inch). 5 2 4 3 1 a Leather 1 2 6 Sewing an even seam allowance To sew an even seam, start sewing so that the seam allowance is to the right of the presser foot, and the edge of the fabric is aligned with either the right edge of the presser foot or a marking on the needle plate. Aligning the fabric with the presser foot Sew while keeping the right edge of the presser foot a fixed distance from the edge of the fabric. a b c d e f Seam Presser foot Centimeters Inches Needle plate 16 mm (5/8 inch) 1 2 a Seam b Presser foot Aligning the fabric with the stitch guide foot Sew while keeping the right edge of the fabric aligned with a desired position of markings on the stitch guide foot. 1 2 3 a Seam b Stitch guide foot c Markings Useful Sewing Tips 67 SEWING BASICS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 3 UTILITY STITCHES The various stitches and their applications are described in this chapter. Selecting Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Selecting stitch types and patterns. . . . . . . 76 Sewing overcasting stitches using overcasting foot "G" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Sewing overcasting stitches using zigzag foot "J" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Sewing overcasting stitches using the optional side cutter . . . . . . . . . 78 Basic Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Basting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Basic stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Buttonhole Stitching/Button Sewing. . . . 84 Buttonhole sewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Zipper Insertion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Inserting a centered zipper . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Inserting a side zipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Zipper/piping Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Inserting a centered zipper . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Inserting a piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Sewing Stretch Fabrics and Elastic Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Stretch stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Elastic attaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Appliqué, Patchwork and Quilt Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Satin stitching using the sewing speed controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Reinforcement Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Triple stretch stitching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Bar tack stitching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Darning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Eyelet Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Decorative Stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Fagoting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Scallop stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Smocking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Shell tuck stitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Joining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Heirloom stitching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Sewing the Various Built-In Decorative Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Sewing beautiful patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Sewing patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Combining patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Repeat sewing patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Checking the selected pattern . . . . . . 121 Changing the pattern size. . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Changing the stitch density . . . . . . . . . . 123 Changing the pattern length . . . . . . . . . 124 Mirror imaging the pattern. . . . . . . . . . . 125 Retrieving a pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Realigning the pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Designing a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Drawing a sketch of the pattern . . . 129 Entering the pattern data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Examples of designs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 UTILITY STITCHES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Selecting Stitching You can select any of the various types of stitching available. Selecting stitch types and patterns A stitch can be selected from the following types available. Stitch patterns can be selected through either direct select (by pressing the key for a specific stitch) or number selection (by entering the number for the stitch pattern). For details on the types of stitches available, refer to "Stitch Settings" (page 134). Preset utillity stitch The most frequently used utility stitches have been assigned to the numeric keys. These stitches can be selected simply by pressing the key. Saved patterns Frequently used patterns and combined patterns can be saved on the machine's memory and easily retrieved using (Preset utility stitch/saved pattern key) and the numeric keys. For details, refer to "Saving patterns" (page 126). Direct selection After pressing (Preset utility stitch/saved pattern key) to select the stitch mode, press the numeric key assigned with the desired stitch. With direct selection, there are two stitch modes: preset utility stitch mode mode when the and saved pattern . When the machine is turned on or (Preset utility stitch/saved pattern in the lower-left Number selection After pressing (Utility stitch key), (Decorative stitch key) or (Character stitch key) to select the stitch mode, use the numeric keys to type in the number for the desired stitch. key) is pressed, the machine enters preset utility stitch mode, indicated by mode, indicated by the screen, press the corner of the screen. To enter saved pattern in the lower-left corner of (Preset utility stitch/ (Preset and 1 / / a b c d 2 3 4 / saved pattern key). [. . . ] 8 overcasting stitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 152 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- starting to sew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 stitch density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 stitch guide foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 67 stitch length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 stitch length keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 stitch mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 stitch pattern plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 stitch settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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