It’s so easy: decorative quilting on the Luminaire XP2 by Lynn Swanson October 21, 2020 written by Lynn Swanson October 21, 2020 622 Yesterday, I showed you how I used the Brother Luminaire 2 Innov-ìs XP2 to add decorative stitching around an embroidery design for a quilt I’m making. I decided, in addition to the embroidered Winnie the Pooh blocks, I’d also add the child’s name to the quilt, using one large letter per block. Of course, with so many QuiltBroidery features, the Brother Luminaire 2 Innov-ìs XP2 didn’t let me down. The Brother Luminaire 2 Innov-ìs XP2 Using the Brother Magnetic Sash Frame, I hooped a quilt sandwich. Brother Magnetic Sash Frame 2. On the touchscreen, select Embroidery, Category 3 (large alpha) and Font #3. Select A (for Amy), and touch Set. 3. Touch Edit and touch the Flower icon. I want to add QuiltBroidery on the outside and the inside of the letter, so I select Inside On. Adding QuiltBroidery stitches around the design 4. Touch Memory. This saves the design and allows access to the design from My Design Center. Touch OK. 5. Touch Home to exit from the Embroidery screen. 6. From the Home screen, select My Design Center. 7. Recall the letter A saved in Step 4 by touching the Circle/Square icon, the Flower icon, then the A image, and OK. 8. I selected a 5″ x 7″ hoop, since that’s the size I’m making my quilt blocks. 9. Touch the Decorative Fill icon and select the decorative fill you want to stitch around the outside of the letter and in the hole in the inside of the letter. 10. I selected design 038. Selecting a decorative fill stitch for QuiltBroidery 11. Touch the Paint Bucket, then the area outside the letter and the hole inside the letter. Watch the decorative fill flood both areas of your design. 12. Touch the design fill again to select the decorative fill you want stitched inside the letter itself. This time I selected design 010. Touch OK. 13. Touch the letter area. Touch Next, then Set. 14. You’re now ready to QuiltBroider the first letter block. QuiltBroidered quilt block TIP When adding decorative fill, select a color that will show up well on your screen. You can use whatever color thread you wish during stitch-out. Join me tomorrow to see how to use the Brother Luminaire 2 Innov-ìs XP2 Color Shuffle feature to audition different colors before stitching out a design. This is part 3 of 5 in this series Go back to part 2: How QuiltBroidery adds stipple quilting around an embroidery design Go to part 4: Get help with thread color selection on the Brother Luminaire XP2 Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs334brotherMagnetic Sash FrameQuiltBroiderysewing machine reviewsThe Luminaire XP2tutorials FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Lynn Swanson Lynn is a quilter, embroiderer, sewer and an overall ‘maker of things’…. she has been having fun with fabric and fibres for most of her life. Ten years ago after a career as a Corporate Trainer and Instructional Designer Lynn joined Brother Canada and has been training Brother Dealers and customers on Brother Sewing and Embroidery machines, digital cutters and software since that time. “I get really excited helping people discover what they can create with our machines, and how much fun they will have at the same time”. says Lynn. You can be sure her classes are FUN, informative and entertaining. Lynn is a regular contributor to ‘A Needle Pulling Thread Magazine’, ‘Brother blog’ and is member of the Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild. She is also a quilter, knitter, an avid golfer, curler and yogi. previous post Spectrum QAL 2020 Block 3 next post Get help with thread color selection on the Brother Luminaire XP2 YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... Completing the Growth Chart on the Brother Luminaire... How to add letters to an applique with... Quilting in the hoop with the Brother Luminaire... Sewing a growth chart panel on Brother Luminaire... Creating a Disney gang growth chart with the... Setting up for embroidery on the Brother Luminaire... How to add color fill to an embroidery... Changing the outline of a design on the... How to create an applique on the Brother... Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
