Creative 2 Owners Manual

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Dynamic spring foot 6D for embroidery is active by 
default when you turn on the machine. 
The Dynamic spring foot 6D is always 
recommended for embroidery. If another type 
of foot is used, e.g., presser foot 6A, deactivate 
Dynamic spring foot 6D for embroidery. When 
deactivated, the ActivStitch
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will use thread tension instead of thread metering. 
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In most cases, you do not need to adjust the presser 
foot pressure. Specialty techniques may require 
an adjustment. The higher the number the more 
pressure on the fabric.
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Adjust the height of the presser foot in Embroidery 
stitch-out mode. Use the + and - icons to either raise 
or lower the height of the presser foot.
Some embroideries may build up under the presser 
foot. If there is not enough space between the 
presser foot and the embroidery, the top thread will 
form loops on the underside of the embroidery. 
Increase the presser foot height in small steps until 
the embroidery moves freely under the presser foot.
Note: Because the Dynamic spring foot 6D measures the 
fabric thickness continuously during embroidery, the 
option to adjust presser foot height in embroidery is only 
available if Dynamic spring foot 6D for embroidery is 
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Lock screen
If there is a possibility of bumping into the screen 
and changing the stitch, embroidery or setting while 
sewing or embroidering, it is easy to lock the screen.
When selected, the screen will become locked ten 
seconds after the last touch. The screen will be 
locked until you unlock it by touching OK.
Screen saver
When activated, the creative sensation
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up screen will be displayed as a screen saver ten 
minutes after the last touch. Touch the screen or 
press any button to exit the screen saver.
Calibrate
When touching the icons on the screen, the screen 
might need a calibration to adjust to your touch. 
Touch the calibrate icon to open a special view for 
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Follow the instructions on the screen to calibrate.
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warning pop-ups. When not activated, only the 
sound will be played.
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Adjust the brightness and the color temperature of 
the Custom LED lights on your machine to make it 
perfect for all types of fabric and the light conditions 
in your sewing room. Simply move the button right 
or left on the slides. 
						

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You can change the sound settings on your machine 
for different situations. First select from the list 
which sound event you want to change. Then, select 
the sound you want to play by checking one of the 
boxes. You will be able to hear the sound when 
you check the box. Each event can have a different 
sound. 
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This will open Files & Folders. Browse your USB 
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on screen and touch the OK icon. The name of the 

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box to open Files & Folders. 
The sound length for icon acknowledge, button/
icon disabled and for warning or attention pop-
ups is maximum 5 seconds. For starting up and 
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your machine or, if connected, an external device or 
your PC. 
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Audio repeat
When active, the signal for some warning or 
attention pop-ups is repeated in intervals until it is 
cancelled.
Volume
You can change the volume using the slider. 
						

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Info menu
Use the info system to easily get help topics and 
information. The Info menu is a built-in shortened 
version of the Owner’s manual. 
When you touch the info menu icon on the task bar, 
you have four options to select from - category (A), 
index (B), personal info (C) and text (D).
Browse through the topics using your stylus. 
The left arrow at the top of the screen opens the 
previous page. The right arrow takes you back to 
the current page. 
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Category shows the help topics divided into 
categories following the structure of the Owner’s 
manual. 
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Index shows the help topics in alphabetical order. 
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Personal info contains the owner’s name, machine’s 
software information and serial number. 
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You can open and read text and +70/ÀOHVRQ\RXU

are opened from Files & Folders (see chapter 10).

has previously been opened from Files & Folders.
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Your machine has a built-in Quick help, which gives 
you instant information about everything you see 
on the screen. Touch the Quick help icon on the 

indicating that Quick help is active. Touch the icon 
or the part of the screen you want information 
about. A pop-up gives a short explanation. Touch 
OK to close the pop-up and exit Quick help. 
When a USB mouse is connected, it is even easier to 
use the built-in Quick help. Place the cursor over the 
icon and right click on the mouse and Quick help 
will pop-up instantly. 
						

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1. Sewing recommendations
2. Machine settings
3.  Stitch selection area
4.  Arrows for scrolling through stitch 
categories
5.  Selected stitch number
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Select a stitch
To select a stitch, touch the actual stitch in the stitch 
selection area (3). You can scroll through the list of 
stitches by touching the arrows at the bottom of the 
stitch selection area (4). The number of the actual 
subcategory is shown in the lower right corner (A). 
You can also select a stitch from the selection menu 
(24), see page 3:4.
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Your machine automatically gives you 
recommendations for the selected stitch.
a) Presser foot recommendation
b) IDT™ system recommended
c) Stabilizer recommended
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Some machine settings are indicated with a symbol 
when activated in the settings menu.
a) Set for twin needle
b) Set for stitch width safety 
c) Set for dynamic spring foot free-motion
d) Set for spring foot free-motion
e) Set for sensormatic free-motion
Raise and lower the presser foot
Your machine features the automatic presser foot 
up and extra lift button and the presser foot down 
and pivot button.
To lower the presser foot, place the fabric under the 
presser foot and press the presser foot down button 
(C) or step on the foot control. To raise the presser 
foot, press the presser foot up button (B) or press 
the thread snips button (D) to cut needle and bobbin 
thread and raise the foot. When the needle stops in 
the down position, the presser foot raises to pivot 
height.
You can also lower the presser foot and the needle 
with your foot control. If you tap your foot control 
once you will lower the presser foot. If you tap 
the foot control a second time the needle will be 
lowered into the fabric.
Note: With Needle down selected, when you stop sewing 
and touch the presser foot up button the foot will raise 
but the needle stays in the fabric. Touch presser foot up 
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Your machine will set the best settings for each 
selected stitch. You can make your own adjustments 
on the selected stitch. 
The setting changes only affect the selected stitch. 
Your changed settings will be reset to default when 
selecting another stitch. The changed settings 
are not automatically saved when turning your 
machine off. You can save the adjusted stitch in 
Personal menu.
Note: The set stitch width and the stitch length are 
shown above the icons. When trying to exceed minimum 
or maximum settings for width and length, a warning 
sound will be heard.
The default value is shown in white. Value changes are 
shown in green.
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Increase or decrease the stitch width using + and -. 
The number above the control shows stitch width in 
mm. 
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For straight stitches the stitch positioning icon (26) 
is shown instead of the stitch width icon. Use + 
to move the needle to the right and - to move the 
needle to the left. The number above the control 
shows the needle position in mm in relation to 
center needle position. For straight stitches the 
machine has 37 needle positions. 
It is possible to change the needle position of all 
stitches that are less than 9 mm wide. Touch the 
width/position toggle (11) icon to toggle between 
stitch width and stitch positioning. The stitch 
position can only be changed to the limit of the 
maximum stitch width. Changing the stitch position 
will also limit the stitch width adjustment.
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Increase or decrease the stitch length using + and -.  
The number above the control shows stitch length 
in mm. If lengthening a zigzag stitch or a decorative 
stitch, the entire stitch will be longer. If lengthening 
a satin stitch where the density can be adjusted, 
the entire stitch will be longer but the density will 
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The stitch density control adjusts the density (the 
closeness of the satin stitches that make up the 
entire stitch). The density does not affect the actual 
length of the entire stitch. 
Touch + to decrease the density. Touch - to increase 
the density. The number above the control shows 
the distance between stitch points within the satin 
stitch in mm.
Note: This is often used with specialty threads and when 
a less dense satin stitch is desired.
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To mirror stitches or sequences side to side touch 
icon (7). For mirroring end to end touch icon (8).
Note: Buttonholes cannot be mirrored.
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When sewing on special fabrics or doing a special 
technique, the balance may need to be adjusted. 
Start by sewing a stitch on a piece of scrap fabric. 
Touch the balance icon (17) to open the balance 
window. Use the + and - icons (F) to adjust the side 
to side and/or forward/backward balance of the 
stitch. Use the pan icons (E) to see the whole stitch. 
Change the picture on the screen to match your 
sewn sample. When you sew again, the balance will 
be corrected.
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Set the buttonhole slit length by using + to increase 
and - to decrease when sewing a buttonhole with 
the Sensormatic buttonhole foot.
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Touch + to increase and - to decrease the number 
of stitch repetitions to be sewn, when sewing on a 
button.