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Getting Started Guide

10/22/12

2

Handi Quilter445 N. 700 W.

North Salt Lake, Utah 840541-877-697-8458

This Pro-Stitcher sampler has been designed as instructional material for the HQ Pro-Stitcher software system and is subject to all intellectual copyright laws. This manual and it’s contents may not be copied or used by anyone not authorized by Handi Quilter Inc. All rights reserved

3HQ Pro-Stitcher, Stitching Sampler

1. Creating an Area with Multi-Point 2. Creating a Triangle Area 3. Creating an Area for an Edge-to-Edge Row 4. Cropping an Area from an Edge-to-Edge 5. L-Shaped Corners 6. Borders 7. Quilt Layout Edge-to-Edge 8. Creating a new Start Point and End Point 9. HowtofindanewStartPointwhentheThreadBreaks 10. Using Freehand to Stitch in the Ditch

CONTENTS

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• Continueuntilallfourcornershavebeen defined.Do not go to the first corner and press Multi-Point again.

• PressSkew/Align in the Design menu.• PressSkew.Designwillfilltheareayou

havedefinedandwillbepositionedready to stitch.

NOTE: If the design changes shapes as you mark the points, it only means that the Skew button is active in the Skew/Align folder.

Section 1

Creating an Area with Multi-PointFitting a design to an area with 4 corners requires the use of the Multi-Point function. For this example we’ll use the Feather Block pattern from the File menu. This example will be exaggerated in order to see the power of the Multi-Point feature.

• PressDesign.• PressFile.• PressOpen.• Doubletapon:D: Designs\HQ Designs\

Blocks\Feather Block

• PressArea.• Movemachineheadtothepositionwhere

youwantthefirstpointtobedefined.• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachineheadtodefinethesecond

point (move clockwise around the block).


Section 2

Creating a Triangle Area• PressDesign.• Press File.• PressOpen.• Doubletapon:D: Designs\HQ Designs\

Triangles\Feather Triangle 2• PressArea.• Movemachineheadtofirstpointoftriangle

on fabric.• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachineinaclockwisemovementto

the next corner.• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachinetothirdcorner.• PressMulti-Point (This action has now

created the triangle area).

• PressRotation (use the rotate tools to orient to the area).

• PressSkew/Align. • UseHorizontal and Vertical Alignment tools

to align to side and bottom of area.• PressResize.• UnselectLock Aspect button. • Usethewidthandheight“+”and“-“

buttons to resize to the area.

• Thedesignmayneedsomefinetuningusingthe Reposition tools. It is now positioned in the area on the fabric.

• PressQuilt.• PressRun, verify settings.• PressProceed.

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Section 3

Creating an Area for an Edge-to-Edge Row• PressDesign.• PressFile.• PressOpen.• Doubletapon:D: Designs\HQ Designs\

Continuous Line\Clover Edge to Edge• PressArea.• Movemachinetotopleftcornerofquilttop.• Press2 Corner.• Movemachinetobottomrightofthroatspace.• Press2 Corner Button (this will create the

area of one pass). The purple lines represent the area. The blue lines around the design represent the bounding box for the design.

• PressArea Height keypad and type in 9.5 (This has now created an area of the width of the quilt and the desired height of the design)

• PressRepeat• PressFit• PressStretch Width and Stretch Height

(ThiswillfilltheAreawiththedesign repeats).

• Pressthe“+”or“–“Horizontal button to add more or less repeats as desired for density.

• PressQuilt.

• PressRun, verify settings.• PressProceed.• Stitchoutfirstrow.• PressReposition.• Type9.5intheNudge Keypad and press

the down arrow.

• LookingatScreenmovecrosshairstotop left corner of pattern.

• PressHalf Stitch (this will drop the needle into the fabric).

• Advancefabricallowingenoughspacetoquilt next row.

• PressReposition.• PressTopleftbutton(thiswillrepositionthe

design to the correct position on fabric).

• PressQuilt.• PressRun, verify settings.

• PressProceed.


Section 4

Cropping an Area from an Edge-to-EdgeContinued from Creating an Area for Edge to Edge Quilting.

• PressBaseline (this freezes the design with the new settings).

• Movemachinetotopleftcorner.• PressReposition.• PressTop Left Corner button.

• PressArea.• PressClear (this will clear the area of the

Edge-to-Edge so that you can now create a new area in which you would like to crop).

• Movemachinetotheareaonquilttocropand press Multi-Point (In this example, the stars are the area that will be cropped out).

• Continuemovingmachinearoundareayouwish to crop and press Multi-Point after each move

• PressCrop• PressOpen (this will crop the design and let

the machine tie off on the crop area).

• PressInside (This will crop the inside of the area leaving the outside).

• PressBaseline.• Ifthequilthasmoreareastobecropped,

such as the star quilt, repeat the process by creating an area for each star, crop, and baseline.

• Checktoseethatitispositionedcorrectly.• PressQuilt.• PressRun.

• Imaginethepossibilities…

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• PressRotation (use the rotate tools to orient to the quilt).

• PressBaseline.• Movemachinetoapproximately10inches

belowcorner(youwillbecreatingan“L”shaped area. It does not have to be the exact size of the corner design.) (Number 1)

• PressMulti-Point.

Section 5

L-Shaped CornersImportant: Before you load your fabric on the frame, take an accurate measurement of the vertical border. This will be necessary as you “chunk” your side borders. Record this number for later use.

• PressDesign.• PressFile.• PressOpen.

• Doubletapon:D: Designs\HQ Designs\ Corners\Tulip Corner


Placing Right Corner

Return to the beginning of this section and rotate the design to the right corner by using the Rotation functions. Follow directions to create an area, reposition, resize and stitch out design.

• Movemachinetothetopleftcorner. (Number 2)

• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachineapproximately10”tothetop

right corner of the arm. (Number 3)• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachinetobottomoftherightarm.

(Number 4)• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachinetoinnercorner.(Number5)• PressMulti-Point.• Movemachinetobottomofarm.(Number6)• PressMulti-Point.(Thiswillcreatethe“L”

shape area)• PressSkew/Align.

• UsetheAlign tools and align design to the left and top of the area.

• PressResize, Lock Aspect should be off.• Pressthe“ + ” or “ – ” to resize the height

andwidthsothatitwillfitwithinthearea (theareathatyouwanttofitistheborderheight and width.

• Thearmsmaygooutsideofthearea.• PressQuilt.• PressRun. Verify Settings.• PressProceed.• Stitchoutcornerdesign.

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• With the needle positioned over that last stitch, press 2-Corner.

• Movemachinetotherightcornerandplaceneedleoverthefirststitchofthecorner design.

• Press2-Corner.Atthispointyouhaveaflatline on your screen.

• Type“Y”orheightmeasurementin the Area Height keypad on the right side of screen.

• Younowhavethecorrectareameasurementtofitbetweenyourcorner designs.

• TheAreaboxwillbecreatedbelowthestartand end points, thus needing to reposition the border.

• PressRepeat.

Section 6

Borders• PressDesign.• PressFile.• PressOpen.• Doubletapon:D: Designs/HQ Designs/

Continuous Line/Tulip Border

• PressArea.

• Movemachinetotopoftuliponleftcorner.

• PressRuler.• Movemachinetolaststitchofleftcorner.

Noticethe“Y”orheightmeasurement.Writedown that measurement to use for the area height.

Area Box


• Press2-Point End.Yourborderdesignisnow rotated to the correct angle.

• PressBaseline.

• PressReposition.• Withmachineneedlepositionedatthestart

stitching point of right corner...• PressEnd Point. This will line up the border

with the corner.

• PressFollow. Move machine to left corner to make sure that the border lines up.

• PressQuilt.• PressRun. Verify settings.• PressProceed.

• PressFit. This will populate the area with tulips,butmaynotfilltheareafromedge to edge.

• PressFit again. This will turn it off.• PressStretch Width and Stretch Height.

Thisactionwillfillthearea.

• PresstheHorizontal“+ ”buttontoaddmore tulipsorthe“– ”buttontosubtract.Isitstretched too much making them too wide? Or are the tulips too skinny?

• PressBaseline.

• Youhavecreatedadesigntofitarectangular

area box, but you may not have placed your corners on the same plane as in the photo.

• Itmayneedtoberotatedslightlytofityour

corners.• PressRotation.• Movemachinetoendstitching

point of left corner.• Press2-Point Start.• Movemachinetostartstitching

point of right corner.

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• Youhavedefinedyourquiltwidth.Nowyouneedtodefineyourquiltheight.Enterthequilt height in the Area Height box.

• PressRefresh. The whole quilt area is displayed on the screen in the purple box and the design is in the blue box.

• PressRepeat.• PressFit.• PressPoint to Point to join the repeated

designs.• PresstheStretch Width and Stretch Height

buttonstofillthearea.

• Toadjusttheverticaldistancebetweeneachrowpressthe“+“or“–“buttons.Youmayneed to use a negative value for some designs.

• Tosavethedesignbeforestitchingout, Press File, select Save.

Section 7

Quilt Layout Edge-to-Edge• PressDesign.• PressFile.• PressOpen.• Doubletapon:D:Designs\HQ Designs\

Continuous Line\Clover Edge to Edge

• Verifythatthedesignhasthestartpoint at the top left.

• PressRotate, press Flip the design if needed.

• CreateanArea:PressDesign, press Area.• Movemachinetotopleftcornerofyour

quilt; position it just outside the edge of the quilt top.

• Pressthe2 Corner button

• Movemachinetothebottomrightcornerofthe throat space on the quilt top. Position machine just outside the right edge of the quilt top.

• Pressthe2 Corner button. Yourarea now appears as a purple box but it is not the complete quilt height. To lay out the design for the entire quilt adjust the area measurements.


• QuiltRow1.

• Afterthetieoff,themachinewilldisablemo-tors and allow the quilter to clip the threads.

• PressResume.

• Themachinewillmovetothestartpoint of the second row and take a pull-up stitch, (make sure you have Pull-up selected. Do not have Pull-up Auto Selected.)

• Motors are not engaged and you’re able to move the machine back to the second row start point.

• Dropneedleintofabricatstartpointof second row, which is where the pull-up stitch is and check that motors are disabled.

• Advancethequiltandplacesideclampsonquilt, and make sure the needle in the fabric is not being pulled out of position.

• TheSave Design screen will display. Navigate to the folder where you want yourfiletobesaved.

• Typethefilenameusingthekeyboarddisplayed then press Save to complete the process.

• Sincethequiltwaspositionedbyusingthearea, it is not necessary to reposition. If you feel you need a little adjusting of the design on the quilt, go to Design, Reposition, and use the positioning tools to reposition.

Start quilting your design.

• PressQuilt. Press Run.

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• PressRun.

• Quiltsecondrowonyourquiltusingrow1ofthe design.

• RepeatstepsfromStart quilting your design section.

Remember! Row one is used continuously for stitching on the fabric, and Row 2 on the screen is used for positioning the next row as you move through the quilt.

• PressQuilt.

• PressReposition.

• Theneedleisstillinthedownpositioninthequilt which represents the start point of the second row.

• PressStart Point.

• Bastebothsidesofthequiltthroatspace.• PressCancel to cancel running the design.

NOTE: The design is now positioned and ready to stitch the second row in the fabric using the first row on the screen.


Section 8

Creating a new Start Point and End Point• PressDesign.• PressFile.• PressOpen.• Doubletapon:D: Designs\HQ Designs\

Continuous Line\Leaves and Scrolls• PressQuilt.• PressNew Start/End.• Zoomintogetamorepreciseresult.• Dragthesliderorusethedirectionalarrows

to move the Start and End points.

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• PressNew Start/End.

• PressStart Auto. This action turns the function on. Disable motors.

• Movemachinetothenearestpointonthedesign before the thread break.

• Youcanseethecrosshairsonthescreenatthe point in the design. Once you have the crosshairs positioned correctly, Press Start Auto. This action turns the function off and locks the start point.

• UsetheHalf Stitch button to pullup the bobbin thread.

Section 9

How to find a new Start Point when the Thread BreaksOnce you have created your quilt layout and have started quilting there are times that the thread may break or your bobbin runs out of threadandyouneedtofindanewstartpointtocontinue stitching.

• Fixthreadissuebyrethreadingorplacinganewfilledbobbininthemachine.

• Unpickthethreadsothatitisclosetoapoint.Leave a few stitches past the point so that the threads can overlap without a tie off.

• PressQuilt.


• PressDesign.

• PressRepostition.• PressStart Point. • Bastesidesofquilt.

NOTE: The design is now positioned and ready to stitch the second row in the fabric using the first row on the screen.

• PressQuilt.• PressRun.

• TurnoffthePullup on Resume and Tie off on Resume buttons.

• PressResume. The machine will continue to stitch out the design.

• Aftertherowhasstitchedout,themachinewill disable the motors and allow the quilter to clip the threads.

• Press Resume. The machine will move to the start point of the next row, and take a pullup stitch.

• Droptheneedleintothefabricatstartpointof row, which is where the pullup stitch is.

• Makesuremotorsaredisabled.• Advancethequiltandplacesideclampson

quilts, and make sure the needle in the fabric is not being pulled out of position. Baste the sides.

• Noticethepositionofthestartpoint.Itis positioned where the thread break was. It needs to be positioned at the beginning of row 2.

• PressCancel. • PressQuilt.• PressNew Start/End.

• PresstheleftJump Points arrow. Continue pressing the arrow until the green start point circle is at the top of the design layout.

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Section 10

Using Freehand to Stitch in the Ditch• PressDesign.• PressFreehand.• Positionthehoppingfoot/needleatthe

beginningoftheareayouwishto“stitch intheditch”.

• PressMark.• Movethehoppingfoot/needlealongtheditch

and press Mark each time the ditch deviates from straight.

• PressRun.

NOTE: At any point along the ditch, a Jump can be inserted and the machine will not stitch that area.


NOTES

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