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Reposition a Saved Design

*Before shutting down your machine, mark where your next row or block will begin. You can do this by dropping your needle there or placing a pin or some other mark.

1.1 Position Your Machine

  • Move your machine so your needle is positioned where the start point of the next row and drop your needle.
  • *If the needle was dropped at the start point before shutting down, you do not need to move your machine.

1.2 Open Your Saved Design

  • Select File tab.   
  • Press Design on the ribbon.
  • Your saved design will be the first on the dropdown menu. 
  • Press Baseline. 

1.3 Position Start Point

  • Select Pro-Stitcher tab. 
  • Press New Start & End on the ribbon.
  • There are two columns in the sidebar: Start and End.
  • At the bottom of the Start column, under the word Jumps, press the down arrow until the green start point is on the desired row. 

1.4 Reposition the Design

  • Select Modify tab. 
  • Press Reposition on the ribbon.
  • Select Start Point in the sidebar.

*This will position the start point of the design at your crosshairs.

  • To fine-tune your design positioning, move your crosshairs (your machine) to the lowest point in the middle of the row already quilted and check alignment.
  • Use the Zoom tool from the workspace tools to zoom in on a point.
  • Use the nudge buttons if needed from the sidebar. 

**Note** If you are leaning on the poles of your frame during this process it can change the alignment of the quilt.

1.5 Stitch the Design

  • Select Pro-Stitcher tab.
  • Press Quilt on the ribbon.
  • Press Run. Verify Settings.
  • Press Proceed. Machine will take one stitch and pause.
  • Pull up bobbin thread.
  • Press Resume. Stitch design.

Reposition Designs

You can reposition a design in many ways using the Modify tab > Reposition tools.

2.1 Start Point

  • Select Modify tab. 
  • Press Reposition on the ribbon.
  • Select Start Point in the sidebar.

*This will position the start point of the design at your crosshairs.

  • Select Current Point to move the current point (paused gold circle) to the crosshairs.
  • Select End Point to position the end point of the design at the crosshairs.

2.2 Drag and Drop

Try using Drag/Drop without dropping your needle.

  • Looking at the screen, move your crosshairs to a point in a design.
  • Press Drag (on the ribbon or in the Quick Access toolbar).
  • Looking at your quilt, move your needle to the corresponding point in the pattern you’ve stitched.
  • Press Drop. Design is repositioned.

2.3 Crosshair Quadrants

Try using the quadrants of the crosshairs.

  • Select Modify tab.
  • In the sidebar, select the different options to position your design.

2.4 Nudge Buttons

  • Use the nudge buttons to finetune design position. To change the nudge increment, tap the box in the center and type in the desired amount, then tap enter.