NOTE: IGNORE THE START OF THIS VIDEO - WE NO LONGER NEED TO TURN ON THE TRACE IN PREFERENCES.
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Since we have lots and lots of videos here, you will need to know the best way of finding what you are looking for. Each post has the video(s) of the topic it is about. Sometimes there will be more than one video that is a continuation of the previous one. These videos will be posted together within the same post. To find what you are looking for, either use the search box or the list of categories posted in the right column.
The IQ system is constantly evolving, so please keep in mind that some of the older videos may show features that have been replaced by newer ones, or buttons that have changed position or names. However, the videos have not been removed because the methods demonstrated are still valid.
The IQ system is constantly evolving, so please keep in mind that some of the older videos may show features that have been replaced by newer ones, or buttons that have changed position or names. However, the videos have not been removed because the methods demonstrated are still valid.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Motor movement monitoring or Trace
This feature allows you to see exactly how the motors are moving your machine as it stitches. It is a great tool to use when you see a poor stitch out. Turn on this feature and watch the trace. If the trace line doesn't match the pattern on the screen, the speed and details probably need reducing. However, if doing so doesn't improve the trace, then the motors themselves should be checked. Look at the sensor wheels first to make sure they are running in the correct position. If they have o ring's, check for cracks.
NOTE: IGNORE THE START OF THIS VIDEO - WE NO LONGER NEED TO TURN ON THE TRACE IN PREFERENCES.
NOTE: IGNORE THE START OF THIS VIDEO - WE NO LONGER NEED TO TURN ON THE TRACE IN PREFERENCES.
Dwell
In this video I show the effect that dwell has upon the stitching. The dwell button is found in the ribbon on the sew quilt page. Turning dwell on makes the machine pause momentarily at the dwell points of a pattern. It can give greater definition to a design. However, if you are having trouble with thread breakage, turn dwell off.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Using Line Pattern for custom quilting.
In this video I (Helen) am working on a Milky Way quilt. I wanted to custom quilt it so decided to create and use a line pattern to make the custom quilting as simple as possible. Instead of stitching individual motifs in each pinwheel/star with many starts and stops, the line pattern stitches continuously making just one start and stop per row. I decided I needed to add stitch in the ditch, which I did manually. I talk a little about how I created the pattern I use, show how to restart after a thread break and how I compensated for fabric draw up.The pattern can be found in the files of the Friends Using iQ facebook group.
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