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Brother Quattro 6000D Operation Manual

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  • Page 1 Upgrade KIT Operation Manual Before using this upgrade kit, be sure to read this Operation Manual for information on its correct use.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS BEFORE YOU START......................... 2 NEW FEATURES ........................2 Chapter 1 How to Create Bobbin Work..................3 ABOUT BOBBIN WORK ......................4 PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK .................... 5 Required Materials ........................ 5 Upper Threading ........................6 Preparing the Bobbin Thread....................6 CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING) ...................

  • Page 3: Before You Start

    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.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 How To Create Bobbin Work

    Chapter How to Create Bobbin Work...

  • Page 5: About 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.

  • Page 6: Preparing For Bobbin Work

    PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK ■ Upper thread Required Materials Sewing machine embroidery thread (polyester thread) or monofilament (transparent nylon) thread. If you do not wish for the upper thread to be visible, we ■ Bobbin case and bobbin cover recommend using transparent nylon monofilament thread or polyester light weight thread (50wt.

  • Page 7: Upper Threading

    Remove the bobbin case. Upper Threading 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. Bobbin case Attach the presser foot. For details on attaching the presser foot, refer to Use the cleaning brush included with the the following topics in the machine’s Operation...
  • Page 8 Using scissors carefully trim the thread tail as close to the bobbin as possible. Note • 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”...
  • Page 9 Lightly hold the end of the upper thread while turning the handwheel toward you CAUTION (counterclockwise) until the mark on the handwheel aligns with the center top of • When winding the bobbin, make sure the thread is machine. 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.
  • Page 10 Install the needle plate cover and bobbin cover with tabs. For details on installing the needle plate cover, refer to “Cleaning the Race” in the machine’s Operation Manual. Needle plate cover 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.

  • Page 11: Creating Bobbin Work (Sewing)

    CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING) Make sure the automatic thread cutting Positioning the Fabric and Sewing ) 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. CAUTION •...
  • Page 12 Turn the handwheel toward you While gently holding threads at the rear of the (counterclockwise) to feed the needle into the machine, turn the handwheel to feed the punched hole. Position the upper thread over needle into the punched hole again, and then the presser foot and lightly hold then, lower lower the presser foot lever.

  • Page 13: Bobbin Work Free Motion Sewing

    ■ Finishing the thread ends Bobbin Work Free Motion Sewing At the end of the stitching, pull the end of the bobbin thread up to the wrong side of the ■ For bobbin work free motion sewing use the fabric. instructions for “CREATING BOBBIN WORK (SEWING)”...

  • Page 14: Creating Bobbin Work (Embroidery)

    CREATING BOBBIN WORK (EMBROIDERY) Select one of the bobbin work embroidery Selecting the Pattern patterns. Embroidery patterns for bobbin work appear with the letter “B” in the lower-left corner of the key. Note • Prepare the machine for bobbin work as described in “PREPARING FOR BOBBIN WORK”...

  • Page 15: Start Embroidering

    Press Press , and then adjust the tension of the → The sewing screen is displayed. 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 •...
  • Page 16 Press Stop the machine, and then tie the upper thread and the bobbin thread together to → The screen changes, and all keys and operation secure the threads. buttons are locked. Using the presser foot lever, raise the presser foot. To bring the bobbin thread above the fabric, rotate the handwheel counterclockwise while holding the upper thread.
  • Page 17 Remove the fabric from the embroidery frame, and check the finished embroidery. Right side of fabric 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.

  • Page 18: Adjusting The Thread Tension

    ADJUSTING THE THREAD TENSION After sewing trial stitches and checking the sewing results, adjust the thread tensions if necessary. After adjusting the tensions, be sure to sew trial stitches again in order to check the sewing results. ■ Adjusting the upper thread tension Note We recommend a setting between 6 and 8 for the upper thread tension.

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING Several solutions for minor problems are described below. If the problem persists, contact your nearest authorized dealer. ■ The thread was accidentally cut Press the “Thread Cutter” button again, and then pull the thread out to the left while the automatically and the bobbin thread is thread cutter is operating.

  • Page 20: Chapter 2 New Features And New Patterns

    Chapter New Features and New Patterns...

  • Page 21: How To Use New Features

    HOW TO USE NEW FEATURES Press Displaying the Fabric While Aligning the Embroidery Position 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.
  • Page 22 When the fabric appears as a background for Press to start embroidering. the pattern, the pattern can be edited if it is → When embroidery is finished, the fabric displayed in necessary. the background disappears. Whether the fabric disappears or remains displayed can be specified from page 8/8 of the Settings screen.
  • Page 23 ■ Positioning the pattern on thick fabric Affix the embroidery positioning sticker to the fabric within the area indicated by the red When positioning the pattern on thick fabric such as frame in the LCD, and then press quilting, the fabric may not be detected correctly. In order for the fabric to be correctly detected, its thickness must first be measured.

  • Page 24: Changing The Pattern Size While Maintaining The Desired Thread Density (Stitch Recalculator)

    CHANGING THE PATTERN SIZE WHILE MAINTAINING THE DESIRED THREAD DENSITY (STITCH RECALCULATOR) In the embroidery edit screen, the size of the pattern Press can be changed while the desired thread density is maintained. Press to enter Stitch Recalculator With this function, the pattern will be enlarged or reduced at a larger ratio than with normal pattern mode ( resizing.
  • Page 25 Select how to change the pattern size. Press 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.

  • Page 26: New Patterns

    NEW PATTERNS Thumbnail List Utility embroidery patterns Note • Must be accessed through Embroidery mode; not Embroidery Edit mode. Alphabet character patterns...

  • Page 27: Embroidery Patterns Color Change Table

    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.
  • Page 28 No.7 No.8 No.9 1 min 1 min 1 min 13.6 cm 15.4 cm 6.3 cm 13.3 cm 10.0 cm 7.5 cm 1.6 m 1.6 m 1.1 m (1.0m + 0.6 m) (1.0m + 0.6 m) (0.5m + 0.6 m) No.10 No.11 No.12 1 min...
  • Page 29 English 111-001...

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