Husqvarna Designer 1 Instruction Manual

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Heirloom 
						

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Heirloom Sewing
Before the invention of the sewing machine, 
beautiful hand sewing techniques created “one 
of a kind” heirloom garments. Today, stitch these 
same techniques in a fraction of the time on 
your Husqvarna Viking Designer I.
As a general rule, heirloom sewing is stitched 
on na tu ral fi ber quality fabrics, trims and laces 
made from linen, silk and cotton. Pre-wash fa-
bric and trims. Press with starch.
Entredeux
This technique, named for the French word 
entredeux, which means ‘‘in between’’ is stit-
ched where lace or fabric are joined together or 
as a row of embellishment.
Fabric: Woven light, Husqvarna Viking Tear-A-
Way stabilizer.
Touch: Woven light on the Sewing Advisor, 
Menu D, Heirloom Stitches, Stitch D7. Stabilize 
fabric as needed.
Snap on: Presser foot A as recommended.
Use: Wing needle as recommended.
•  Thread top and bobbin with fi ne weight se-
wing thread in a color to match the linen.
Sew:
•  Stitch a row of entredeux. 
Lace insertion
•  Place insertion lace on fabric.
•  Touch Menu A, Utility Stitches, Straight Stitch 
A2. Stitch lace to fabric along both edges.
•  Sew entredeux stitch on both edges of lace.
•  Trim fabric from behind lace.
Tip: A sharp blunt tipped pocket scissors ma kes 
it easy to trim fabric without cutting lace. Use 
the same technique to stitch edging lace. Place 
edging lace 5/8" (15 mm) from edge. Entredeux 
stitch along straight edge. Trim ex cess fabric. 
						

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Heirloom Sewing
Bridging Stitch
Select the bridging stitch to sew two pieces of 
fabric or trim with edges butted together. Use 
this technique to join strips of lace and/or rib-
bon and to stitch them to a fi nished fabric edge. 
The bridging stitch is preferred for this type of 
joining for a fl at, neat result.
Fabric: Short piece of insertion lace and linen 
fabric with one edge turned under or fi nished.
Touch: Menu A, Utility Stitches, Stitch A31
Snap on: Presser foot A.
•  Place the pieces to be joined in the center of 
the A presser foot so they are perfectly alig-
ned as you sew.
•  Place lace and fabric edge to edge.
Sew: 
The right zigzag stitch of the bridging stitch will 
catch the lace on the right and the left zigzag, 
the fabric on the left. The straight stitch sews 
between the two pieces of fabric, ribbon or lace.
Optional: You may use the Edge Joining pres -
  ser foot.
Hemstitching / Wing needle
Your Designer I features many decorative 
hemstitches. Hemstitches sew a lacey effect on 
natural fi ber loosely woven fabrics for elegant 
tailored heirloom garments and table linens.
Fabric: Woven light, Husqvarna Viking Tear-A-
Way stabilizer.
Touch: Woven light on the Sewing Advisor, 
Menu D, Heirloom Stitches, Stitch D4. Stabilize 
fabric as needed.
Snap on: Presser foot B as recommended.
Use: Wing needle as recommended.
• Thread top and bobbin with fi ne weight se-
wing thread in a color to match the fabric.
Sew:
•  Sew a row of hemstitching.
•  Touch stitches D5, D10, and sew additional 
rows. Experiment with other stitches on Menu 
D.
Tip: For a Pin stitch, touch D6, width 2, length 
2.D4 D5
D10 
						

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Scallop Stitching
Finish edges and create scallop details with one 
of the beautiful scallop stitches. Omnimotion 
(side mo tion) scallops sew beautiful wide edges 
for table linens, collars, cuffs, and more.
Fabric: Woven light, Husqvarna Viking Tear-A-
Way stabilizer.
Touch: Woven light on the Sewing Advisor, 
Menu H, Scallop Stitches, Stitch H7.
Snap on: Presser foot S as recommended.
Use: Size 80 needle as recommended.
•  Thread top and bobbin with Embroidery th-
read in a color to match the fabric.
•  Place stabilizer under fabric as recommended.
Sew:
•  Place fabric under presser foot with fabric 
edge at the edge of the bobbin cover.
•  Stitch scallops. Let the machine feed freely. 
The feed system will move the fabric for ward 
and from side to side at the precise speed to 
create the scallops.
•  Put fray stopping liquid (optional) outside the 
scallop edge, just up to the scallop stitching 
and let it dry.
•  Trim the fabric away outside the scallops.  
						

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Heirloom Sewing
Smocking
The smocking stitches are sewn over fabric that 
has been pleated or gathered. The fi nis hed re-
sult imitates hand smocking.
Fabric: Woven light cotton batiste that has been 
pleated in a pleating machine de sig ned for hand 
smocking. Fusible or Stick-On stabilizer.
Touch: Menu D, Heirloom Stitches, stitch D32.
Snap on: Transparent presser foot.
• Press or stick stabilizer to the wrong side of 
the pleated fabric.
Sew: 
•  Stitch the smocking stitch across the pleated 
fabric, using one of the pleating threads as a 
guideline to keep stitching row straight.
•  Touch pattern re-start 
   and side to side 
mir ror image 
 
 and begin sewing at exactly 
the same starting point. Stitch next to the fi rst 
row of stitching matching the points of this 
“wave” smocking stitch.
•  Touch stitch D30 for the cable stitch, and 
stitch and additional row of smocking. 
						

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Cutwork Embroidery
Your Husqvarna Viking Designer I features a 
variety of beautiful embroidery options for cut-
work. Page through the Husqvarna Viking Em-
broidery Collection to choose one for your next 
heirloom garment. Husqvarna Viking Embroi-
dery Disk 26 designed exclusively for Husqvar-
na by cutwork expert Michelle Pullen of Austra-
lia, stitches beautiful cutwork embroideries.
•  Set your machine for embroidery, see page 
64.
•  Place Husqvarna Viking Disolve A-Way stabili-
zer underneath fabric and hoop all layers.
•  Slide in Designer Embroidery Sampler Disk 
100, Menu 4, Design 3 cutwork fl ower.
Embroider:
•  Slide the hoop on the embroidery unit. Touch 
  . The green satin stem will sew. Change 
color for the cutwork fl ower. Touch 
 
. A 
straight stitch outline around the cutwork de-
sign is stitched automatically. 
•  When the machine stops, slide the hoop off 
but do not take the fabric out of the hoop. 
Trim away the fabric from inside the cutwork 
straight stitch outline.
•  Slide the hoop onto the embroidery unit and 
touch 
  . The Designer I will fi  nish sewing 
the cutwork design automatically. 
						

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Heirloom Sewing
Pictogram
Pictogram embroidery allows you to program sa-
tin elements to create original stitch embroidery 
patterns.
Fabric:  Woven medium, Husqvarna Viking 
Tear-A-Way stabilizer. 
Thread: Top with embroidery thread. Embroi-
dery weight bobbin thread.
Touch: Woven medium on the Sewing Advisor, 
Menu C, Pictogram stitches, stitch C22.
Snap on: Presser foot B as recommended.
Pictogram Flower
1. Green Stem
• Touch 
  , width 1.5.
•  Sew a vertical row of satin stitch about 2" (50 
mm) long for the stem.
• Touch 
  .
2. Program Green Leaf
• Touch 
  , use a clear memory
•  Touch stitch C2, 
  , elongation  
 to 4, 
 
, C22,  
, elongation  
 to 2,  
, C2, 
 
, end to end mir ror ima ge  
, elonga-
tion 
   to 4,  
,  
,  
.
3. Program Yellow Centers
• Touch 
  , use a clear memory.
• Touch C5, 
  , width 4.0, elongation  
 to 
1, 
  , C5,  
, width  4.0, end to end mirror 
ima ge 
 
, elongation  
 to 1,  
,  
,  
.
4. Program Red Petals
• Touch 
  , use a clear memory
• Touch stitch C4, 
  , elongation  
 to 2, 
 
, C2, end to end mirror image  
,  
,  
, 
 
.
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Care of your Designer I 
						

							110Care of your Designer I
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Care of your Designer I
Designer I is equipped with two lights, one is 
placed to the left of the needle (A) and the other 
up to the right (B). Use light bulb de sig ned as 
indicated on the front of the machine.
! Turn off the main switch.
Changing the light bulb (A)
1. Place the rubber sheath found in the acces-
sory box with its deep hole, marked OUT, 
aro und the bulb. 
2. Do not turn the bulb, just pull it down to re-
move the bulb. 
3. When inserting, place the rubber sheath with 
its shallow hole, marked IN, aro und the new 
bulb, insert the bulb by pushing it up. Make 
sure the bulb is correctly inserted.
Changing the light bulb (B)
1. Remove the plastic guard by pulling slightly 
downward.
2. Place the rubber sheath found in the acces-
sory box with its deep hole, marked OUT, 
aro und the bulb. 
3. Do not turn the bulb, just pull it out to remo-
ve the bulb. 
4. When inserting, place the rubber sheath with 
its shallow hole, marked IN, aro und the new 
bulb, insert the bulb by pushing it up.
5. Replace the plastic guard by inserting the rear 
edge and press it into the holder.