Viking Designer Diamond User Manual

1 of 4 Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step #11 – Creating Majestic Hoop Embroidery • The Designer Diamond should be your chosen Embroidery Ma

This is how the stitch appears on the screen: 20. Touch Stitch Menu 21. Select L Menu 22. Select L2:30 23. Touch Stitch Menu 24. Select T

26. Touch Stitch Menu 27. Select L Menu 28. Select L2:30 29. Touch Stitch Menu 30. Select T Menu 31. Select Straight Stitch sewn to the l

34. Select L2:30 35. Touch Stitch Menu 36. Select T Menu 37. Select Straight Stitch sewn to the left four times. This is how the stitch ap

Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step #13 Advanced Design Shaping Design Shape 1. Select Embroidery Mode 2. Touch Start Menu . 3. Selec

8. Touch the + to increase the number of designs to 6. 9. Touch to close the window. 10. Touch Start Menu . 11. Select DD_034 12. Select

20. Touch scale . Use Control Arrows or drag the squares on the screen until the number reaches 68.7 68.7. 21. Touch the + to increase to

5. Select H1:4 . 6. Touch . 7. Touch . 8. Touch . Change the color to purple. 9. Touch . 10. Touch to close Color Edit. 11. Select Design

20. Select K1:10 21. Touch . 22. Touch . 23. Select Color 2:1. 24. Touch . Change the color to blue. 25. Touch . 26. Touch to close Co

35. Select . 36. Touch and hold to delete the FIX stitches. 37. Select K3:41 . 38. Touch . 39. Touch . 40. Select Color 3:1. 41. Touch .

51. Touch . 52. Touch and hold to delete all designs. 53. Touch . Font Shape 1. Touch and select the 360 x 200 hoop. 2. Touch Start Menu .

2 of 4 Browse to and find C:\\4DEmbroidery\Samples\4DEmb\Pics2\Fashion then click OK. 11. Left click to select the flowers found in the 2nd row,

15. Touch Save to My Designs . 16. Touch 17. Touch and Hold to delete the file name. 18. Name the file FONT SHAPE. 19. Touch to save to My D

1 Flower Shaping By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator Create the Flower Shaping Wall Hanging designs in Designer Diamond Special Techniq

2 Embroider: 1. Using your Pictogram Pen, mark a line vertically and horizontally in the center of the 18” square. Embroider the Design Shape in th

311. 12. Touch . 13. Touch Color Function 14. Touch Color Block Merge . 15. Stitch the first design. Do not clear the screen when it is done.

4thread to match your fabric. Snap on your Clear B Edge Stitching Foot. Align the edge of the rick rack with the edge of the fabric. Begin in a cor

1 Quilted Wall Hanging By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator Create this Quilted Wall Hanging using the techniques used in Designer Diamo

2• Using the pattern pieces given, cut four each of the Crazy patch pieces by placing the pattern piece on the right side of the fabric. Mark the r

3 15. Tear off the stabilizer. Piece the Quilt Top: 1. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. Snap on your Clear 1/4” Piecing Foot w/Guide.

4 1. Snap on your Clear “B” Foot. 2. Thread with 12 wt. thread on top and 30 wt. in the bobbin. 3. Select E1:3 . 4. Insert your Edge/Quilting

59. Attach the “A” Foot to your Interchangeable Dual Feed. 10. Thread with 12 wt. Cotton on top and matching 30 wt. in the bobbin. Select E3:58 .

3 of 4 Embroider the Design: 1. Hoop fabric and stabilizer in the Majestic Hoop and attach the Majestic Hoop to the Designer Diamond. 2. Touch GO

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Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step #14 – Quilting in Sewing Mode: Quilt Stitches The Quilting Menu E has three menu’s of quilting stitches.

E1:17 Double Cross Stitch – Beautiful decorative and crazy patch quilting on quilt top only with stabilizer or quilt through the finished quilt. E1:18

Piecing with a 1/4” (6mm) Seam allowance: 1. Snap on your Quilters 1/4” Piecing foot “P” . The “P” Foot has distance guideline marks 1/4” (6mm) and

Stippling Stitches: 1. Select E2:26. 2. On a 10” (25cm) square of fabric, use your Pictogram Pen to mark a line lengthwise 2” (5cm) in from th

Handlook Quilting Stitch: 1. Select E1:2 . 2. Snap on your Quilters 1/4” Piecing foot “P” . 3. Insert a size 90 INSPIRA® Topstitch Needle. 4. T

Tapering Lingerie Pocket By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator Learn about tapering in Designer Diamond Special Technique #15 Tapering.

3. Rough cut the leaves apart from the flower. Place the flower on the flower fabric and the leaves on the green. Press lightly with a dry iron jus

22. Stitch around the flower petal moving the fabric continuously on the curve, for a smooth stitch. As you approach the “dip” in the petal, touch .

4 of 4 15. Watch your fabric and needle as you use the Control arrows to move the needle until it is above the matching locked point of the design

48. Touch to taper at the point of the leaf. 49. Touch your second saved combination, and complete the remainder of the leaf. At the end, while your

4. Clip the corners, turn and press. Insert Steam-A-Seam 2 on the wrong side of the fabric on the un-sewn pointed end. Press to fuse the raw edges

Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step #15 – Tapering The Designer Diamond has a whole new tapering menu, Menu Z “Decorative Tapering Stitches. T

13. Select Begin Taper . 14. Select End Taper . 15. Touch . 16. Stitch, touching reverse after the first three repeats of the stitch. 17. Rep

29. Stitch. The beginning of your stitch will have a flat, full width end. When you touch reverse, you will taper to 0 width. 30. Adjust the width

Quilting in Embroidery Mode Quilt By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator Learn about tapering in Designer Diamond Special Technique #16 Q

Piece the Quilt Top: 1. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. 2. Snap on your Clear 1/4” Piecing Foot w/Guide. 3. Following the chart at t

DD_086 to 136.4 132.6 DD_087 to 134.9 x 134.9 DD_088 to 118.2 136.3 6. Touch . 7. Thread with cotton sewing thread top and bobbin. 8. Ho

2. Touch File Manager to Open My Designs. 3. Bring up the design you created in Designer Diamond Technique Studio, Stipple. 4. Touch Select All

1 Majestic Flower Placemat By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator Create the Majestic Hoop flower design in Designer Diamond Special Techn

1 Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step Quilting in the Hoop: Stippling in the Hoop: 1. Touch to toggle to embroidery. 2. Thread with sewin

2 10. Move to the left edge of the hoop using Control Arrow to coordinates 0.0 and -59.4 as shown. If you move too far and the design goes out

322. Select My Files . 23. Touch . 24. Touch and Hold . 25. Enter STIPPLE, touch . 26. Touch . 27. Thread with cotton sewing/quilting th

435. Before you begin your next row, snip the bobbin thread, which is easy to do, as the hoop has moved towards you, and bring it up manually as befo

Contemporary Heirloom Table Cloth By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator Make this beautiful, contemporary heirloom table cloth and use t

1. Your linen has to be cut on grain. Pull threads to be sure that you are accurately on grain. 2. Measure in 3” from each corner as shown, and

1 Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step Design Positioning Second Generation: Be sure you are updated to New update! Version 5908-5413 (August

29. Hoop your fabric diagonally, in your 150mm x 150mm Hoop with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer as shown. If preferred, you can hoop the stabilizer and baste

3 23. Re-hoop your fabric so that the new design will just touch the point of the first one as shown. 24. Touch Design Positioning. 25. Touch .

4 29. You may get a pop-up. Touch to put a checkmark in the box, and you can then continue moving and checking as long as the needle is above the

2 Create your Initial: You can create virtually unlimited fonts, thanks to 4D QuickFont that came with your Designer Diamond. Any true type font in y

1 Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step Majestic Hoop Quilt Block: We have chosen a quilt design built in to your Designer Diamond. When choosin

27. Touch . 8. Touch . 9. Select 360 x 350. 10. Touch Color Edit . 11. Touch to turn on the grid. 12. Touch . 13. Line up the design in

3 21. Touch and Hold . 22. Enter Majestic Hoop Quilt. 23. Touch to close the naming window and again to save the design. 24. Hoop your fabric

431. Touch Design Positioning . 32. Touch Step 1 . 33. Locate the point we are matching on the Screen of your Designer Diamond. Place your re

5 39. Embroider the second half of the design. 40. When you get the Message: Embroidery is finished, Clear Screen? Touch . 41. To place the second

6only a stitch or two, touch and use your control arrows to move it a couple of clicks back into the hoop. If you are a long way outside the area,

Majestic Hoop Quilted Runner By Marie Duncan, Education Creative Coordinator This Quilted Runner uses designs from your Designer Diamond, combined

5. Touch , touch , touch Sewing Settings . Choose Free Motion Spring Action. 6. Since you will be embroidering through a “quilt sandwich”, threa

21. From the remaining yardage, cut binding strips on the bias 2 3/4” wide. You will need approximately 160 running inches of binding. 22. Stitch th

316. With your initial selected, place it as shown in your Majestic Flower. 17. Slide on your Majestic Hoop, Touch 18. Touch the third color to take

1 Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step Designer Smocking: Smocking can be done either in sewing mode or embroidery mode on you Designer Diamond.

2to it. This is a nice option for a baby or child’s garment. The other alternative is to use a soft iron-on stabilizer like INSPIRA® Light and Soft

3 Smocking in Embroidery Mode: Smocking in Embroidery Mode is preferable when a more intricate pattern is desired. The stitches stay straight, and t

418. Touch to duplicate the design. 19. Touch Mirror Side to Side . 20. Move the design to 0.0 and -3.0. 21. Touch Select All . 22. Touch Group.

535. Touch to close the Stitch Selection window. 36. Touch to close the Program window. 37. Move to 0.0 and 11.0. 38. Touch . 39. Move to

653. Touch Save to My Designs . 54. Touch My Files . 55. Touch . 56. Touch and hold to delete the name that is there. 57. Name the design smoc

7 12. Colors 11 and 12 stitch the left hand row of diamonds. 13. When your Designer Diamond asks you “Embroidery Finished, Clear Screen?” touch .

Smocked Basket Wrap By Marie Duncan Education & Training Make this fun smocked basket wrap for a gift, or for yourself! It is quick and eas

3. Seam them end to end to create one long strip. 4. Snap on your 5mm Rolled Hem Foot. 5. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. 6. With

6. Thread with 40 wt. Robison Anton Rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. 7. Follow the instructions in the Designer Diamond Techni

Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step #12 -8 Way Stitch Borders 1. In Sewing Mode, touch 2. Touch Stitch Menu 3. Select L Menu 4. Sel

16. Touch D2:33 . 17. Touch . 18. Touch Design Shaping . 19. Touch Circle Clockwise . 20. Be sure that Align Shapes Evenlyis chosen. 21. Touch the

32. Touch . 33. Touch to move the new design to the center of the hoop, 0.0 and 0.0. 34. Touch Scale . 35. Touch the down arrow to scale to 8

51. Touch Save to My Designs . 52. Touch My Files . 53. Touch . 54. Touch and hold to delete the name that is there. 55. Name the design medalli

67. Pull the fused stabilizer away from the fabric around the outside only of the embroidery. Pull out any basting threads outside the embroidery. L

1 Designer Diamond Technique Step by Step Edging Stitches: Edging stitches enable you to create your own trims and laces! They are easy and fun, a

21. Cut a strip of cotton fabric 2” x width of fabric using your rotary cutter and mat. This is important for the new D Menu heirloom stitches. Th

314. Touch Mirror Side to Side . 15. Fold a piece of fabric in half lengthwise. 16. Place on four layers of Aqua Magic Stabilizer. If you l

421. Touch . Your stitches should now be even. If they are not, you can adjust accordingly. H3:42 and H3:43 are decorative stitches. They look ni

Candlewicking Dresser Scarf Created by Leslie Courtnage Sewing Supplies: • Designer Diamond and Embroidery Unit • 260mm x 200mm and 120mm x 1

6. Touch . 7. Touch Design Positioning . 8. Select center . Adjust design if necessary by using the selection box to align the needle with th

9. Select L Menu 10. Select L2:30 11. Touch Stitch Menu 12. Select T Menu 13. Select Straight Stitch sewn to the right four times. Th

21. To find center point for the next embroidered design fold up selvage end to center of runner and finger press a horizontal line. Hoop fabric in 1