HQ Pro-Stitcher User Manual - Handi Quilter

The Refresh button re-sets the zoom and pan back
to their original settings so the entire pattern can be
viewed in the pattern window.
The Half Stitch button will cycle the quilting machine
needle one half stitch.
Pressing the reset home button will shift the pattern
so that the current crosshair location will become
the new “Home” position. Home position is defined
as the X=0, Y=0 point of the pattern. Depending
upon how a pattern is created, the 0,0 (or “Home”)
position could be anywhere in the pattern. Because
of this, the use of “Reset Home” as a positioning tool
is discouraged. It may be used to put the pattern
within view of the crosshairs, but should not normally
be used for accurate positioning of a pattern.
“Reset Home” will be used later in re-sizing and
repeating patterns.
The Full Stitch button will cycle the needle one full
stitch if the needle is currently in the “up” position.
If the needle is in the “down” position, it will just
move the needle into the “up” position.
The Pan button toggles between “Pan” and “Zoom.”
If the button says “Zoom,” then dragging a stylus
or finger upward from the lower part of the pattern
window to the upper part of the pattern window will
zoom in on the pattern and dragging from the top to
the bottom will zoom out. If the button says “Pan,”
then the pattern will be dragged in the direction a
stylus or finger is dragged on the pattern window.
Using “Reset Home” as a Measuring Tool
Pressing “Reset Home” sets the current X and
Y positions to zero. The distance traveled
in the X (left/right) or the Y (forward/back)
directions can be measured by watching the
X and Y values at the top of the screen to see
how far the quilting machine has moved.
Measure the width of a block by moving
the machine to line up the needle with the
left-hand side of a block and pressing “Reset
Home.” Then move the machine to line up
the needle with the right-hand side of the
block and look at the “X” measurement at
the top of the screen. This is the width of the
block in inches. To measure the height, do
the same thing, but go from the bottom to the
top of the block and watch the “Y” measurement
instead. Or do both at once by moving
the needle to the lower left-hand corner of the
block, pressing “Rest Home,” then moving
to the upper right-hand corner of the block.
At the top of the screen, “X” is the measured
width and “Y” is the height.
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