128Before embroidering, basting stitches can be sewn along the outline of the pattern. This is useful forembroidering fabric that cannot have stabilizer material affixed with an iron or adhesive. By stitchingstabilizer material to the fabric, shrinkage of the stitching or misaligned pattern can be minimized.aTouch , and then display page 2 of thesettings screen.bUse and to specify the distance fromthe pattern to the basting stitching.cTouch to return to the embroideringsettings screen.dTouch to select the basting setting.• To cancel the setting, touch .→ Basting is added to the beginning of the sewingorder.eTouch to continue to theembroidering screen.f Touch , and then press the start/stopbutton to begin embroidering.gWhen embroidering is finished, remove thebasting stitching.1 Basting stitchingBasting EmbroideryNote• It is recommended to finish combining andediting the pattern before selecting thebasting setting. If the pattern is edited afterselecting the basting setting, the bastingand pattern may become misaligned, andthe basting under the pattern may bedifficult to remove after embroidering iscomplete.Memo• The higher the setting, the farther thebasting is from the pattern.• The setting remains selected even if themachine is turned off.Note• When is pressed, the pattern is movedto the center. After selecting the bastingsetting, move the pattern to the desiredposition.
