QUILTsocial | Issue 08

Easy to embroider on the
Husqvarna Viking Designer EPIC
While the Designer EPIC is a fabulous
sewing machine, it’s embroidery
capabilities are spectacular. I remember
my first embroidery sewing machine.
The design work was done on a
computer and then transferred to the
sewing machine via a 3½” floppy disk.
Does everyone even remember floppy
disks? Probably not and you don’t want
to go there.
Let’s get started and see what the
Designer EPIC has to offer.
Husqvarna Viking Designer EPIC
The first thing you have to do is to
remove the accessory tray. That’s easy, it
just slides off leaving the machine in the
free arm position.
Designer EPIC with the embroidery unit attached
Wow – that looks exciting. That’s a LOT of
space to play with. Wait until you see the
size of the hoops.
You’re probably thinking that machine
embroidery is going to be complicated,
however, it’s much easier than you think.
Don’t forget that the Designer EPIC has
the JoyOS advisor and the User’s Guide
built in. There’s a lot of information right
at your finger tips and I’m going to show
you just how easy it is to learn.
Should I want to do a sewing technique
that I’m not sure of, I can choose from
one of the options shown above. If I
want to learn about an embroidery
technique, then I select Embroidery and
if I want to learn some other things
(which I’ll show you next), I’d choose the
Knowledge Center.
And the entire User’s Guide is right there
as well if I need to find out something
specific. No searching for misplaced
papers or manuals. I love this feature!
I started off by choosing the Embroidery
section of the JoyOS advisor so I can
learn a different embroidery technique.
I can change the background color in
the hoop area that will appear on the
screen. While this doesn’t seem like a big
deal, it’s a big deal. Depending on the
color of the stitches on the screen, you
may need to change the background
color so you can see the stitches
properly. A very useful feature indeed!
Then you have various embroidery
techniques that you can do. There’s
a selection menu and within each
menu, there are sub categories – each
explaining an embroidery technique.
Accessory tray is removed to allow free arm sewing
Now slide the embroidery unit onto the
Designer EPIC. The unit is very long so
you want to make sure that you have
plenty of space around the machine. The
hoop will need space to move as well
behind the sewing machine.
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The JoyOS advisor is the start-up screen when you
turn on the Designer EPIC
This screen may look intimidating when
you first turn on the Designer EPIC, but
in fact, it’s very easy considering all the
available options. If I’m going to sew, I hit
“Start New” to take me to the sewing mode.
If the embroidery unit is attached, when
I hit “Start New”, I’ll be taken to the screen
where I edit my embroidery design.
First page of the embroidery tab in the JoyOS advisor