IQ Booster 19: No-Sew Zone Around Embroidered Areas of a Quilt
Presented by: Shirley Higginbotham
See Video Booster 19 for a visual of this process
1. Set up a panto appropriate for the quilt
Design/Sew Quilt
Start New
Pantograph
Enter Rectangle Manually (I used 45" width and 60" Height)
Continue
Finished
Choose a simple panto pattern and continue twice. Avoid backtracking pantos.
Set row height to height of your embroidery/applique + frame
Row Gap and close the pattern
Finished
Transition Type: Continuous
Accept
Yes
2. Touch Sew Quilt
Answer "Yes" to the Pop Up: You already have a work in process. Do you want to replace it? Touch Continue at the next Pop Up.
Select the 1st pattern to quilt
Continue
Select the next pattern to quilt
Continue
Stop To Cut Threads
Repeat until the quilt is sequenced
Sew Quilt
Continue
Realign to the top left corner of your quilt at this time
3. Set up the No-Sew Blocks
Back Arrow
Back Arrow
Add/Edit Block
Add Block
No-Sew Zone
Select All
Continue
Mark or Trace On Quilt (practice off the quilt using add block block catalog)
Finished
Transition Type: Continuous Accept
Yes
Finished
4. Add a pattern to be used as a frame around your embroidery/applique
Add/Edit Pattern
Add Pattern
Block Pattern
Use Current Block
Choose a frame (I used the Circle from Geometric Catalog)
Continue
Zoom Off
Zoom In (touch screen 3 or 4 times near the frame)
Zoom On
Scale
Drag the screen to make the frame larger than the original embroidery/applique.
Finished
Finished
Add/Edit Block
Add Block
No-Sew Zone
Select All
De-select the frame (use zoom in and touch the frame)
Continue
Create Pattern Contour
Touch the circle
Continue & Touch outside the frame
Finished
Finished
Transition Type: Continuous
Accept
Yes
Finished
5. Add the frame (circle) pattern to the panto
Preview the panto to see where it enters the frame
Back Arrow
Answer "No" to the Pop Up: Do you want to save the current needle position?
Back Arrow
Add/Edit Pattern
Split Pattern
Split on the panto line where it intersects the frame (Zoom all the way in here)
Modify Pattern
Touch the frame
Continue
You may need the following steps if you have two S/E points on the circle
Touch the Start/End Button on the menu screen
Drag the Start/End point to the split point created
Finished
Combine Patterns
Select Panto
Continue
Select Frame
Continue
Select right side line of panto
Continue
Continuous Stitch Line (if options appear on screen)
Finished
6. Repeat the above steps for each embroidery area
You will prepare and sew one row at a time.
I recommend using the pause marker at the entry point of the circle
Realign if necessary or take a manual stitch if necessary, etc.
Remember the quilt shrinks a bit depending on density of the panto
If you realign, remember to restart from the realignment point