Brother PE-400D User Manuals

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• operation

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• Using the operation buttons

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• Free arm

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• SCREEN

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• How to clear the language selection

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• Setting the bobbin

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• “START/STOP” button

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• Foot controller

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• Stitches

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• Adjusting the stitch width

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• Adjusting the stitch length

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• width and stitch length

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• Correct tension

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• Tightening the upper thread tension

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• Loosening the upper thread tension

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• Changing the presser foot

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• zipper foot

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• Checking the needle

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• Installing the needle securely

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• Changing needle position

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• Sewing corners

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• Sewing curves

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• Sewing thick seams

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• Sewing thick fabric

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• Sewing thin fabric

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• Using the free arm

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• Triple stitch

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• Stretch stitch

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• ZIGZAG STITCHES

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• Overcasting (using a zigzag stitch)

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• Applique (using a zigzag stitch)

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• Patchwork (for crazy quilt)

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• Sewing a curve with a zigzag stitch

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• DOTTED ZIGZAG

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• Attaching elastic bands

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• Overcasting

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• OVERCASTING

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• Overcasting

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• Overcasting

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• Overcasting

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• Overcasting

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• BLIND HEM STITCHES

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• hem enough.

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• too much.

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• BUTTONHOLE STITCHES

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• Order of one cycle

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• Sewing stretch fabrics ( )

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• (Odd-shaped buttons)

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• BAR TACKING

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• Thick fabrics

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• APPLIQUES

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• Sewing the applique around corners

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• SCALLOP

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• PATCHWORK STITCH

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• (CENTERED AND SIDE APPLICATION)

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• Centered application

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• Side application

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• SMOCKING

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• BUTTON SEWING

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• Attaching buttons with four holes

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• BEFORE YOU BEGIN

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• (optional).

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• 2. Attaching the embroidery foot “Q”

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• 3. Attaching the embroidery unit

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• REMOVING EMBROIDERY UNIT

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• (PART I)

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• One-point patterns

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• Borders

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• Lettering

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• Numerals and punctuation

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• Lower and upper case letters

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• Selecting patterns from a memory card

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• (PART II)

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• If you choose the wrong character

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• To change size

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• To make words

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• EMBROIDERING

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• Embroidering attractive finishes

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• embroidery unit

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• Removing the embroidery frame

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• Embroidering

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• THREAD TENSION

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• REQUIRED

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• Checking thread colors

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• pattern

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• CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PLACEMENT

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• Moving the embroidery location

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• Checking the embroidering area

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• ROTATING AND MIRRORING PATTERNS

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• Rotating patterns

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• Mirroring patterns

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• CHARACTERS AND BORDERS

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• To change size

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• Multi-colored lettering

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• EMBROIDERY

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• If the upper thread breaks

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• When starting over from the beginning

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• Continuing after the power shuts off

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• EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS

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• Combining characters to form words

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• Outline Embroidery

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• (using a frame pattern)

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• onto corners

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• MEMORY

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• Saving groups of characters

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• Restoring saved designs

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• CLEANING

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• Cleaning the screen

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• Cleaning the sewing machine surface

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• Cleaning the shuttle

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• CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB

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• IN FOR SERVICE

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• Basic sewing machine maintenance

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• Warning messages

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• Instruction messages

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• Alarms

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• Utility stitches

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• Character embroidering chart

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• Frame pattern embroidering chart

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• PATTERN

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