HQ Pro-Stitcher User Manual - Handi Quilter

Step 5: Positioning the Pattern
After loading a pattern and manipulating the pattern
as desired, the next step is to position the pattern on
the quilt. Even though some of the previous steps
require that the pattern be sized to a specific area,
the pattern is not necessarily positioned within that
area. For this reason, the user should always position
the pattern prior to quilting it.
From the “Quilt” menu screen, select the “Reposition
Pattern” button. This will bring up the “Reposition
Pattern” screen (Figure 31).
Figure 31
There are three methods that can be used for positioning
a pattern on the quilt.
Find Center Point
1. The “Find Center Point” button will position the
pattern so that the center of the pattern is aligned
with the current needle position. If there is a point
on the quilt that should be the center of the pattern,
simply move the quilting machine so the needle is at
that center point and press the “Find Center Point”
button on the screen (Figure 31).
Figure 32
Find Start Point
2. Sometimes the user will want to match a point on
the quilt with the exact starting point of the current
pattern (the start point of the pattern is indicated by
a yellow dot on the HQ Pro-Stitcher screen).
To do so, move the quilting machine so the needle
matches up with the point on the quilt that you wish
to start the pattern from. Then press the “Find Start
Point” button on the screen (Figure 32).
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