Use basting stitch markers to help align the fabric in the hoop for continuous embroidery, multi-piece layouts, and precision placement. For vertical continuous embroidery, you need to place one pair of markers at the top and bottom of the design.
Note: If you turn on registration marks with multi-hooped designs, markers are automatically generated. In cases where the multi-hooping function does not split the design or where you don’t like the calculated multi-hooping results, you may use manual basting stitch markers. You will need to handle splits manually. See Output multi-hooped designs for details.
1Insert the design. Group if not already grouped.
2Click the Basting Stitch Marker tool to open the Select Basting Stitch Marker dialog. Various sizes and shapes of marker are available.
3Select a marker and click OK.
4Click a start point at, say, the top left-hand corner, move the mouse to pivot the marker, and click to place it.
Tip: For more precise positioning, hold down Ctrl while dragging – movement is constrained to X / Y axes.
5Repeat to add a marker at the other corner. Use the Mirror-Copy Horizontal tool to precisely align the markers.
Tip: For more accurate positioning, use the arrow keys to ‘nudge’ selected objects into position.
6Press the Escape key to deactivate the tool.
7Select the top markers and using Mirror-Copy Vertical, duplicate them and mirror the duplicates to the bottom of the design.
8Select both sets of markers in the Sequence docker and move them to the start of the design.
1Print the layout template.
2Place a physical position marker at the same location and orientation as the basting stitch marker.
3Export the machine file. Basting stitch markers will be stitched first.
4Move the start needle position to the center of the marker.
5Start stitching the basting stitch marker to confirm the location and orientation. Adjust as needed.
6Stitch out the design.
Hoop, rulers and guides should be visible when using this tool.
An unused color should be selected before using the tool.
Turn off hoop automatic centering when inserting markers. Turn on hoop automatic centering to check the design is fully covered by the hoop.
With continuous embroidery, the first two markers can be ignored in the first stitching. The last two markers can be ignored in the last stitching.
In the case of borders, you need all markers to stitch at the start of the design. Other designs may need markers at the start and end.
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