Brother Quattro 3 User Manual

BEFORE EMBROIDERING
Embroidery
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cTurn the main power to ON. 
→The following message will appear.
dPress . 
→The carriage will move to the initialization position.
■Removing the Embroidery Unit 
aPress either   or  , then press 
.
→The carriage will move to the removal position. 
bTurn the main power to OFF. 
cHold down the release button, and pull the 
embroidery unit away from the machine.
aRelease button
 CAUTION
 Always remove the embroidery frame before 
pressing  . Otherwise, the frame may...

SELECTING PATTERNS
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SELECTING PATTERNS
■Copyright Information 
The patterns stored in the sewing machine and embroidery cards are intended for private use only. Any public or 
commercial use of copyrighted patterns is an infringement of copyright law and is strictly prohibited. 
There are many character and decorative embroidery patterns stored in the machine’s memory (see the “QUICK 
REFERENCE GUIDE” for a full summary of patterns in the machine’s memory). You can also use patterns from 
the...

SELECTING PATTERNS
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■Pattern Selection Screens 
There are 7 categories of patterns in this machine. If a page number such as   appears, there is more than one 
pattern selection screen for that category.
 Embroidery patterns
 Greek alphabet patterns
 Floral alphabet patterns  Utility embroidery patterns
 Frame patterns  Alphabet characters 

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 Brother “Exclusives” 
 Vintage designs  Monogram designs
 New European designs  Japanese designs
 Quilt designs
Memo
 Refer to Operation Manual Addendum, for the additional information on embroidery patterns. 

SELECTING PATTERNS
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Selecting Embroidery Patterns/
Brother “Exclusives”/Greek 
Alphabet Patterns/Floral 
Alphabet Patterns/Utility 
Embroidery Patterns
aTouch the key of the category of the pattern 
you want to embroider.
bPress the key of the pattern you want to 
embroider.
* Press   to view the next page.
* Press   to view the previous page. 
→The selected pattern is displayed.
cPress   to create a mirror image of the 
pattern as needed.
* If a mistake has been made when selecting the...

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Selecting Alphabet Character 
Patterns
Example:Entering “Blue Sky”.
aPress .
bPress the key of the font you want to 
embroider.
cPress to change the selection screens.
dPress   and then enter “B”.
* If you want to change the size of a character, select 
the character and then press   to change the 
size. The size changes each time you press the key, 
from large to medium to small. 
* If you make a mistake, press   to erase the  mistake. 
* If the pattern is too small to see...

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fPress   to enter a space.
gPress   again and enter “S”.
hPress   and then enter “ky”.
iPress . 
→The sewing screen is displayed.  

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jProceed to “VIEWING THE SEWING 
SCREEN” on page 198 to embroider the 
pattern.
* To return to the previous screen to select another pattern, press  . 
Selecting Frame Patterns
aPress .
bPress the key of the frame shape you want 
to embroider in the top part of the screen. 
aFrame shapes
b Frame patterns
→ Various frame patterns are displayed at the bottom 
part of the screen. 
cPress the key of the frame pattern you want 
to embroider.
* If you make a mistake selecting the...

SELECTING PATTERNS
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Selecting Patterns from 
Embroidery Cards
■About Embroidery Card Reader 
(Sold Separately ) and USB Card 
Writer Module*
 Use only an embroidery card Reader designed 
for this machine. Using an unauthorized 
embroidery card Reader may cause your 
machine to operate incorrectly.
* If you have purchased the PE-DESIGN Ver5 or later, 
PE-DESIGN Lite or PED-BASIC, you can plug the 
included USB card writer module into the machine 
as an embroidery card reader, and recall...

VIEWING THE SEWING SCREEN
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VIEWING THE SEWING SCREEN
aShows the presser foot code. 
Attach embroidery foot “W2” or “W” (optional) for all embroidery projects. When the foot presser symbol is displayed 
on the screen, you are able to sew.
b Shows the boundary for embroidering with the extra large frame (30 cm  × 20 cm (approx. 12 inches  × 8 inches)). 
c Shows a preview of the selected pattern. 
d Shows the size of the selected pattern. 
e Shows how far the sewing position is from the center (when you...