Husqvarna Viking Designer 2 Manual

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Bridging Stitch
The bridging stitch sews two piec es of fab ric or trim 
with edg es butt ed to geth er. Use this tech nique to join 
strips of lace and/or rib bon and to stitch them to a 
fi n ished fab ric edge. The bridg ing stitch is pre ferred 
for this type of join ing for a fl at, neat re sult.
Fabric: Short piece of edging lace and linen fab ric 
with one edge turned under or fi nished.
Touch: Stitch A
130 
Use: Presser foot B as rec om mend ed.
• Place the pieces to be joined edge to edge in the 
center of presser foot B. Then they are perfectly 
aligned as you sew.
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: Snap on the optional Edge Join ing pres ser 
foot, to guide the lace and fabric.
Lettering
Your Quilt Designer II, includes the Block alphabet 
Stitch d-Card (O
1). Two ad di tion al let ter ing Stitch d-
Cards are available as optional ac ces so ries, Out line 
Block alphabet (P
1) and Script alphabet (R1). 
Use the lette ring for monograms, gift items, to la bel 
and date quilts and other end less pos si bil i ties.
Stitch d-Card O
1 includes three men us; upper case 
letters, lower case letters and numbers/spe cial 
characters. On the Stitch d-Card the lower case menu 
is pic tured in the lower left corner of the stitch area. 
The number/special characters menu is pic tured in 
the low er right corner.
By touching 
 on the Stitch d-Card you can step 
be tween the menus. The current menu is indicated 
on the Touch Sceen by A.., a.. or 1..
Lower case lettersUpper case letters
Numbers and 
special  characters 
						

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Adjust the Decorative Stitches
By using the Quilt Designer II function buttons or the functions in the 
ADJUST menu, you can vary the stitches to À t your speciÀ c project.
When sewing decorative stitches, always use Husqvarna Viking Tear-
a-way stabilizer. Sew the samples below on a piece of  fabric, following 
the instructions.
Fabric: Broadcloth or chino, Husqvarna Viking Tear-
A-Way stabilizer.
Touch: Woven medium on the Sewing Advisor, and 
stitch N
102 on Stitch d-Card N1, Fashion.
Thread with: Embroidery thread on top and 
embroidery weight bobbin thread.
Use: Presser foot B as recommended.
Sew: 
• Place stabilizer under fabric.
• Sew several stitches.
FIX
• Touch 
   at the middle of the stitch, the machine 
stops sewing and locks the stitches with several 
tiny straight stitches. 
Stitch Re-start
Touch stitch re-start to begin at the fi rst stitch of the 
decorative stitch. If you have altered stitch width, 
stitch length or elongation, it will be remembered.
• Touch Stitch Re-start 
  .
• Stitching begins at the start of the stitch.
STOP
The 
   button is used to conclude a stitch, i.e. the 
machine fastens the thread and stops au to mat i cal ly 
when the sewing of the stitch has been completed. 
   is cancelled when you press the button again or 
by selecting a new stitch.
• As you begin stitching the last stitch, touch 
   to 
tie off at the end of the stitch. 
						

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Single Stitch
• Touch 
   before beginning to sew or while 
sewing a decorative stitch to sew only one stitch 
pattern.
• Sew a stitch. The machine stops and ties off in 
place automatically.
• Touch 
   again to cancel it.
Mirror Image
Mirror image changes the direction of the decor-ative 
stitch pattern. You see the stitch direction in relation 
to the presser foot on the Touch Screen. 
Side to Side Mirror Image 
Flip the stitch patterns from left to right. This 
often eliminates the need to feed the bulk of the 
fabric into the arm of the machine.
• Stitch a pattern. Touch mirror image side to side. 
Watch the stitch change on the Touch Screen. The 
stitch will face the opposite direction. Stitch a few 
more stitch patterns.
End to End Mirror Image
Flip the stitch patterns end to end. This doubles the 
creative possibilities.
• Stitch a few patterns. Touch mirror image end to 
end. Watch the stitch change on the Touch Screen. 
• Stitch a few more patterns.
Note: Program stitches with side to side and/or end to 
end mirror image or mirror image entire stitch pro grams 
for unlimited creative stitch possibilities. (See “Program 
your Quilt Designer II, page 64).
Elongation
Elongation, alters the size of a satin stitch with out 
changing the stitch density. The elon ga tion func tion 
is only active for satin stitch es. The stitches that 
come with your Quilt Designer II cannot be 
elongated. There are sev er al optional Stitch d-
Cards sold separately that include satin stitches. For 
example Stitch d-Card C
1, Pic to gram, and Stitch d-
Card L
1, Decorative. 
• Select a satin stitch, touch 
  , touch 
elongation 
   to make the stitch longer. Touch   to 
shorten the stitch.
• Sew a row of stitches. The heart pictured above is on optional Stitch d-
Card D
2 (D216) and optional Stitch d-Card G1 
(G113). 
						

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Programming
With Quilt Designer II you can program stitches and letters into 
combinations. Save the programmed  combinations in nine permanent 
memories. A programmed stitch combination that is saved in one 
of  the memories is retained in the memory even when the machine is 
turned off.
PROG Mode
When programming, the Sewing Advisor is not 
active. 
   is selected by touching “FUNC” on the 
Touch Screen
PROG Menu
Memories  
Use the 
   and  
 buttons to select memory. The M 
and the number that follows indicates the 
active memory. There are nine different memories 
(M1 to M9). Each of the nine memories holds up to 
62 stitches, which means that you can pro gram and 
save up to 558 stitches and/or letters.
When activating 
  , the last used memory is 
active. To save your programmed combination in 
a mem o ry other than the active, select the memory 
number fi rst, before programming any stitches. The 
programmed combination will be saved automatically 
in the active memory. 
Moving the Cursor 
    
The cursor on the Touch Screen is under the active 
programming space. Use the arrows to move the 
cursor sideways. The number between the arrows 
indicate under which stitch, in the sequence the 
cursor is positioned.
Deleting Stitches or Program 
 
If there already is a stitch or letter combination  
in the selected memory that is displayed in the 
programming area, touch 
   to clear 
the memory. To reload a deleted program, touch 
   again before you enter new stitches.
Memory Tab 
 
Use 
   to bring back the 
programming functions when you have made 
adjustments in 
   or changed the settings in 
 
. 
Note: Both the stop- and fi x functions can be 
programmed. The stop function is programmed when 
you want to sew only one sequence of your program. 
The fi x function can be used if you want to fi x at the 
end or in the begining of a stitch within the programmed 
combination. 
						

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Program Stitches and Letters
To program the stitch combination shown:
• Touch “FUNC” to bring up 
 
•  Insert Stitch d-Card E
1,
•  Touch stitch E
115. It appears on the Touch Screen
The cursor moves automatically to the next po si tion 
ready to receive the next stitch, or to adjust the one 
just entered.
Eject Stitch d-Card E
1 and insert Stitch d-Card O1, Block alphabet.
To program “Q” in upper case letters, touch “Q” on 
Stitch d-Card O
1. “Q” appears on the screen next to 
the stitch.
To program “uilt” in lower case letters, touch in the 
lower right corner of the Stitch d-Card. The low er 
case submenu is activated (
   is vis i ble on the 
Touch Screen). 
Touch u, the letter appears on the display and the 
cursor moves to the next position. Continue to enter 
the letters: i, l, and t.
Eject Stitch d-Card O
1 and insert Stitch d-Card E1.
Touch stitch E
115. It appears on the Touch Screen.
• Touch 
   to mirror image the stitch end to end.
Touch the 
   function button on the machine 
to enter stop to sew only one sequence of your 
program.
Touch 
   function button to add a cut in your 
sequence to make your Quilt Designer II cut the 
thread when it has fi nished sewing. 
						

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Change a Stitch or Letter
Any stitch or letter can be changed in    when 
the cursor is positioned under the stitch or let ter. 
Simply touch the correct stitch or letter, to replace the 
one you would like to change.
Add a Stitch or Letter
To add a stitch or letter in   , move the cursor to 
the next stitch after you wish to add a stitch. Touch 
  . Touch the stitch you wish to add. 
Touch 
   to bring up the rest of the 
pro gram again. 
Adjust Stitches in Program
If you want to adjust a stitch in a programmed 
sequence, position the cursor under the stitch and 
touch 
  . The last stitch in a programmed 
se quence can be ad just ed even though the cursor is 
positioned after the stitch. You can use any of the 
functions in 
  ; stitch length and width, 
mir ror image and elongation (elongation can be 
made if satin stitches only are programmed).
The changes will be remembered in the 
permanent memory.
Sew your Program
To sew your program, touch “FUNC” to bring up the 
 
 mode. Your stitch pro gram will ap pear on the 
Touch Screen. Presser foot B is rec om mend ed. A stop 
is in di cat ed by a stop sign symbol. 
If you have programmed a stitch sequence that is 
too long to be seen on the Touch Screen, check it by 
stepping forwards/backwards in the sequence using 
the 
   icons.
Sew your program on a stabilized piece of fabric.
Adjust Entire Stitch Program
In    you can use  
 to ad just stitch 
width, stitch length and mirror im age the entire 
program. If you have pro grammed satin stitches only, 
you are able to do elongation too. The chang es will 
not be saved in the per ma nent mem o ry. 
						

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Care of your Quilt Designer II 
						

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Care of your Quilt Designer II
Quilt Designer II 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 in di cat ed 
on the front of the machine. They are available at 
your authorized Husqvarna Viking dealer.
Changing the Light Bulb (A)
 Turn off the main switch.
1. Place the rubber sheath found in the ac ces so ry 
box with its deep hole, marked OUT, 
around 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 ac ces so ry 
box with its deep hole, marked OUT, around the 
bulb. 
3. Do not turn the bulb, just pull it out to remove 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 cover by inserting the rear 
edge and press it into the holder. 
						

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1.2.
Care of the Machine
To keep your sewing machine operating well, clean 
it often. No lubrication (oiling) is needed.
 Turn off the main switch.
Cleaning
Wipe the exterior surfaces of your Quilt Designer II 
with a soft cloth to remove any dust or lint built up.
Wipe the Touch Screen with a soft damp cloth.
Clean the Bobbin Area
Remove the presser foot and slide off the bob bin 
cover. Lower the feed teeth. Place the stitch plate 
opener on the brush, which you will fi nd with the 
accessories, and then in the re cess at the rear of the 
stitch plate. Turn toward you to pop off the stitch 
plate. Clean the feed teeth with the brush.
Cleaning Under the Bobbin Area
When lint builds up, the area under the bobbin case 
must be cleaned.
Remove the bobbin case holder (1) covering the 
front part of the bobbin case (2). Remove the bob bin 
case by lifting it up. Clean with the brush.
Replace the bobbin case and the bobbin case hold er.
Replacing the Stitch Plate
With feed teeth down, place the stitch plate about 5 
mm in front of the rear edge and push it back. Slide 
on the bobbin cover. Raise the feed teeth. 
						

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Trouble Shooting 
Any Time You Experience a Problem 
When Sewing:
• Enter correct type and weight of fabric in the 
Sewing Advisor.
• Insert new needle-size and type as HELP 
recommends. 
• Rethread the top and bobbin.
• Use different spool pin positions (vertical or 
hori zon tal).
• Use thread nets and quality thread. We recommend 
the same sewing thread on top and bobbin for 
general sewing. For decorative sewing (and 
embroidery) we recommend 40 weight embroidery 
thread on top and bobbin thread on bobbin.
Fabric puckers?
• Enter correct type and weight of fabric into Sewing 
Advisor.
• Check needle, it could be damaged.
• Insert new needle-size and type as HELP 
recommends.
• Rethread top and bobbin.
• Change thread type to match fi ber and sewing 
technique.
• Use quality thread.
• Shorten stitch length.
• Use stabilizer.
Skipped Stitches?
• Check needle, it could be damaged.
• Change needle to recommended size and type.
• Be sure needle is inserted correctly and all the way 
into clamp.
• Rethread top and bobbin.
• Use recommended presser foot. 
• Turn machine off and on to reset.
• Consult your dealer for service.Needle Breaks?
• Use care not to pull fabric when sewing.
• Insert new needle as HELP recommends.
• Insert needle correctly as page 16 explains.
Poor tension?
• Enter fabric weight and type in Sewing Advisor.
• Rethread top and bobbin - use quality thread.
• New needle-size and type as HELP recommended.
• Turn machine off and on again to recalibrate 
tension.
• Follow HELP recommendations for stabilizer.
Fabric does not move?
• Feed teeth up.
• Increase stitch length.
Upper thread breaks?
• Does thread feed smoothly/not catching? 
• Use thread nets and quality thread.
• New needle-size and type as HELP recommends.
• Rethread top and bobbin - check for correct 
threading.
• Try different spool pin positions (hori zon tal or 
vertical).
• Turn the machine off and on to reset automatic 
tension.
• If stitch plate hole is damaged, replace stitch plate.
• Is the correct spool holder used in front of the 
thread?
Bobbin Thread  Breaks?
• Wind a new bobbin.
• Replace the bobbin in the machine, check correct 
threading, page 11. 
• If stitch plate hole is damaged - replace stitch 
plate.
• Clean bobbin area.