Brother Quattro 3 User Manual

SEWING AN EMBROIDERY PATTERN
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■Embroidery Needle Plate Cover 
Under some conditions, based on the type of fabric, 
stabilizer, or thread being used, there may be some 
looping in the upper thread. In this case, attach the 
included embroidery needle plate cover to the 
needle plate. Attach the cover by inserting the two 
projections on the underside of the cover into the 
notches on the needle plate as shown below.
a Groove 
b Projection 
c Notch 
To remove the embroidery needle plate...

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bLower the presser foot, then press the 
“Start/Stop” button to start embroidering. 
After 5-6 stitches, press the “Start/Stop” 
button again to stop the machine. 
cTrim the excess thread at the end of the 
seam. If the end of the seam is under the 
presser foot, raise the presser foot, then 
trim the excess thread. 
dPress the “Start/Stop” button to start 
embroidering.
→When the first color is completely sewn, the machine 
will automatically trim the threads and stop....

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Sewing Embroidery Patterns 
Which Use Appliqué 
There are some patterns which call for an appliqué 
inside the pattern. Prepare the base fabric and the 
appliqué fabric (appliqué piece).
When sewing an embroidery pattern with an 
appliqué, the color sewing order display shows 
“APPLIQUE MATERIAL”, “APPLIQUE POSITION”, 
“APPLIQUE”, and then the sewing order of the 
colors around the appliqué.
aAttach an iron-on stabilizer to the wrong 
side of the appliqué...

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fApply a thin layer of adhesive or spray 
adhesive to the back of the appliqué piece 
and attach it to the appliqué position so that 
it follows the seam of the outline.
gPress the “Start/Stop” button.
→The appliqué will then be completed.
hChange the upper thread and then carry out 
the rest of the embroidering.
Memo
 If the appliqué material is a lightweight 
fabric, you may want to use a fusible web on 
the back to stabilize the fabric and for 
appliqué placement. Fuse...

PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS)
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PRINT AND STITCH (COMBINING EMBROIDERY 
PATTERNS AND PRINTED DESIGNS)
Completed embroidery patterns combined with printed designs are built into this machine.
Beautiful three-dimensional embroidered designs can be created by ironing a background onto fabric or 
printing it onto printable fabric, then sewing complementary embroidery on top of the background.
Using iron-on paper
Using printable fabric
Step1Select a...

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Selecting a Pattern
Patterns combining embroidery and printed 
designs can be selected from the pages that 
contain  . Select the desired pattern.
aPress the key of the pattern you want to 
embroider.
→An image of the pattern combined with the 
background appears.
■Checking Only the Embroidery 
Pattern
Press .
→ Only the embroidery pattern (not the background 
image of the selected embroidery pattern) is 
displayed.
* To return to...

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Outputting the Background 
Image and Positioning Image
Use USB media or the computer to output the 
following three images from the machine.
* File name may differ depending on the PDF file selected.
[xxx]r.pdf (Example: E_1r.pdf)
An image flipped on a vertical axis (for an iron-
on transfer)
 [xxx]n.pdf (Example: E_1n.pdf)
An image that is not flipped (for printing on 
printable fabric)
 [xxx]p.pdf (Example: E_1p.pdf)...

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■Using a USB Cable
aPlug the USB cable connectors into the 
corresponding USB ports on the computer 
and on the machine.
a USB port for computer
b USB cable connector
→ The “Removable Disk” icon appears in “Computer 
(My computer)” on the computer.
bSelect the pattern, and then press  .
→The select USB output screen appears.
cPress .
→Two files of the background image and one file for 
aligning embroidery into position are copied...

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cPrint the embroidery position sheet (file 
named E_1p.pdf) onto plain paper.
aEmbroidery position sheet
dIf an iron-on transfer sheet is used, transfer 
the image onto fabric.
Sewing Embroidery Patterns
aHoop in the embroidery frame the fabric 
with the background image ironed on.
bCut the paper printed with the center 
positioning image   so it can easily be 
positioned aligned with the background 
image on the...

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dAfter checking that a pattern is selected, 
press .
→The sewing screen appears.
eAlign the embroidering position according 
to steps 
b through f of “Using the Built-
In Camera to Align the Embroidering 
Position” on page 213.
fRemove the positioning sheet and press the 
“Start/Stop” button to begin embroidering.
Note
 Before embroidering, check that the  embroidery position sheet is perfectly 
aligned with the background....