Personal Beach Towel

Ready for the Beach?

Learn how to place your design perfectly and create a fully new design when using the Group / Ungroup function.

You will need:

• Any microfiber towel

• Embroidery thread in red, black, white
• Water soluble stabilizer
• OESD embroidery design WO763
• Bobbinthread

• BERNINA 590 (or B 880 PLUS / B 790 PLUS / B 700 / B 500)
• Midi Hoop (alternatively: large oval hoop)
• Embroidery Foot #26
• Straight Stitch Plate

Setup the machine

• Prepare the machine for embroidery (incl. Straight stitch plate)
• Program in Setup length for thread cut of connecting stitches to 1 mm
• Draw a line 13 cm (5.1”) underneath the upper edge in the left part of the towel
• Mark a point on this line 13 cm (5.1”) from the left edge

• Hoop the towel with wash away stabilizer (use adhesive spray) in the Midi Hoop
• Ensure that the fabric is hooped tightly, press the inner frame 1mm downwards
• You do not need to hoop it straight, but ensure, that the marking is approximately in the middle of the hoop
• Do not attach the hoop yet
• Select icon USB Stick and design WO763

Prepare the design with Group/ Ungroup

• Select “i” and go to “Group” (NEW)
• Select “Ungroup”
• The design is ungrouped
• Select the first two layers and delete them by swiping
• TIP: Use “Undo” if you make a mistake

• Keep only the layer with the frame and the underwater scene
• Select “Group” and “Ungroup” again
• Delete the dolphin and the small fishes (layer 2 and 3)
• Fill the sachets with chocolates, cookies or other gifts, close them with a nice paper or clothespin and give them to someone special.   
• Select “Add Motif”, go to the machine icon and select “Alphabets”

• Select alphabet 7 «Curly», type in two initials and confirm
• Reduce the size of the Monogram to 80 %
• Select “Ungroup”
• Positioning of the single characters is possible
• Shift the characters so that it looks nice and fits in the frame
• Use the “Zoom function” for a better overview

• Select the first layer of the characters (= layer 2)
• Group the two character layers
• Lower layer combines with upper layer when “Group” is selected
• Go back to “i” with breadcrumbs
• Select “All layers”

Pinpoint Placement

• Select “Pinpoint Placement” in “i”
• Follow the animation, select “Pinpoint Placement” a second time and attach the hoop
• Select “Grid”
• TIP: Points selected or changes made can be deleted with "Reset Pinpoint Placement”
• Select the central point in the grid

• Position the needle on the fabric at the marked point using the Multifunctional knobs
• Lower the needle with the handwheel to check positioning (raise needle to its highest position)
• Confirm with “Set” (Point changes its color)

• Select left point on center line and proceed as before (do not forget to confirm with Set)
• Only use the lower Multifunctional knob to align the design along the marked line in the fabric

Embroidery

• Press the needle icon
• Scroll down to “Color Resequence” in order to stitch out identical colors in one step
• Start the embroidery
• Maybe adjust the thread tension
• Change the color for the Monogram to white
• At the end confirm with the flag
• Remove the hoop and unhoop the fabric
• Remove the wash away stabilizer

Done!

We wish you a lot of fun with embroidering and hope you will have numerous nice beach days !