Husqvarna Viking Designer Ruby Deluxe User manual

DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™
A Step-by-Step Handbook
Step-by-step handbook

Table of Contents
#1 -Vintage Stitches .............................4
To Program Vintage Stitches...................... 5
#2 -Special Sewing Techniques .......... 6
#3 -Stitch Positioning...........................8
#4 - Design Positioning .......................9
#5 -Exclusive EMBROIDERY
ADVISOR™ ........................................................................11
#6 -Designer Tools .............................13
Design Selection .......................................... 13
Design Selection .......................................... 13
Design Selection .......................................... 13
Thread Color Change .................................. 14
Zoom ............................................................ 14
Begin to Embroider ..................................... 15
#7 -Stitch Selection ............................16
#8 -Personalize your
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™................18
Language ...................................................... 18
Owner’s Name ............................................. 18
Timer ............................................................ 18
Hoop Selection ............................................ 19
Auto Smart Save ........................................... 19
Thread Manufacturer ................................... 19
Tension/Portioning Compensations............ 19
Sensor Q-foot for embroidery..................... 20
deLuxe™Stitch System ................................. 20
Select Sound Settings................................... 20
Audio repeat ................................................ 20
Volume ......................................................... 20
Select Screen Settings:
Touch screen adjust ..................................... 21
Lock screen .................................................. 21
Screen saver ................................................. 21
Select Information and Index Help menu...22
Index ............................................................ 22
Category ...................................................... 22
My info ........................................................ 22
Text............................................................... 22
#9 -Decorative Tapering Stitches.......26
#10 -Buttonholes - Perfectly Balanced
Sensor One-Step Buttonhole .............27
Exclusive SEWING ADVISOR®
Buttonholes .................................................. 27
Step-by-step handbook

#11 -Quilting in Sewing Mode...........31
Piecing with a 1/4” (6mm)
Seam allowance ........................................ ...31
Stippling Stitches.......................................... 32
Handlook Quilting Stitch............................. 33
Handlook Applique ..................................... 34
#12 -Quilting in the hoop..................36
#13 -Designer Smocking....................39
Smocking in Sewing Mode.......................... 39
Smocking in Embroidery Mode .................. 40
Embroider..................................................... 43
#14- Free Motion Stitching ................45
The following feet require
Free Motion Floating ................................... 45
The following feet require
Free Motion Spring Action .......................... 46
To set your DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™
for Free Motion ............................................ 46
Free Motion Floating ................................... 46
Free Motion Spring Action .......................... 47
Which to Use? .............................................. 47
#15 -Designer Cutwork......................49
Traditional Cutwork..................................... 49
Cutwork Using the Cutwork Needles ......... 50
Fabrics .......................................................... 51
Fabric Preparation for stretch fabric ........... 51
Hooping ....................................................... 52
Stitching........................................................ 52
Symbols ........................................................ 52
Embroider..................................................... 53
#16 -Omnimotion Stitches .................56
Omnimotion Stitches
in Sewing Mode ........................................... 56
Omnimotion Stitches
in Embroidery Mode.................................... 58
#17 -F Menu Appliqué Stitches..........61
Satin Stitch Appliqué: .................................. 61
Hand Look Applique ................................... 63
#18 -H Menu Scallop Stitches............68
Side motion Scallop Stitches ....................... 68
Smaller Satin Stitch Scallop Stitches:........... 69
Straight Stitch Scallops:................................ 69
#19 - Tapering in the hoop................70
Step-by-step handbook

#1 - Vintage Stitches 4
1Select Sewing Mode.
2Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar. The Stitch
Menu opens automatically.
3Select Menu J – Vintage Stitches.
4Select stitch #1.
5
Select Woven Medium on your Exclusive Sewing
Advisor®on the lower tool bar.
Foot: Indicates which foot to use
Needle: Indicates what needle to use - Universal 80
Stabilizer: Indicates that stabilizer is needed
6Touch the Quick Help.
7Touch Stabilizer. A pop-up message will appear.
“Stabilizer recommendation. Recommends using
stabilizer under fabric.”
8Touch OK.
9Snap on the B foot.
10 Thread with 40 wt. rayon embroidery thread on top and
bobbin thread in the bobbin.
11 Stitch the selected stitch.
#1 -Vintage Stitches - A selection of stitches for quilting and decorative sewing.
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#1 - Vintage Stitches 5
12 Try some of the other stitches or create a new stitch
pattern using Programming.
To Program Vintage Stitches
13 Select Program.
14 Select a few Vintage stitches to create a stitch program.
15
Press Selective Thread Cutter Function Button on the
front of the machine. The DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™will
stitch one of each of the stitches programmed, cut the
threads, and stop.
16 Step on the foot control and sew out the stitch program.
17 Touch the Save to My Stitches icon.
18 Touch an empty memory space to save your stitch
program to My Stitches.

#2 - Special Sewing techniques 6
1Select Sewing Mode.
2Select Woven Medium on the Exclusive SEWING
ADVISOR®on the lower toolbar.
3Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.
4Select the X Menu, Specialty Technique Stitches.
5
Select stitch X1:4 (Candlewicking stitch). Your Large
Interactive Screen shows you all the information you
need to sew:
Needle: Universal
Needle size: 80
Stitch: X1:4
Note: A 90 Topstitch needle can be used for 30 wt. or 12
wt. thread
This symbol means that an optional foot is required.
6
Touch the Quick Help then touch the stitch in the Stitch
Selection Area.
A pop-up message will appear suggesting which
optional presser foot should be used with this stitch.
For stitch X1:4, the pop-up message says:
“Candlewicking stitch - Requires optional Specialty
Candlewicking Foot part number 413 16 23-45”.
7Touch OK to close the pop-up.
8Snap on your Specialty Candlewicking Foot
413 16 23-45.
#2 -Special Sewing techniques- Stitches for specialty sewing techniques such as
candlewicking and edge stitching. Requires an optional accessory.
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#2 - Special Sewing techniques 7
9Thread with 40 wt. rayon thread on top and bobbin
thread in the bobbin.
10 The stabilizer recommendation tells you that you need
to use stabilizer. Place Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath
your fabric.
11
Stitch the Candlewicking Stitch. The black dot shows
where the stitch will start. Try some other vintage
stitches. Stitches X1:1 through X1:10 are all
Candlewicking stitches. Experiment with candlewicking
stitches using different thread weights.
Suggestions for different thread weights:
40 wt. rayon on top, matching color sewing thread or
bobbin thread in the bobbin.
30 wt. cotton on top matching color sewing thread or
bobbin thread. Use 90 Topstitch needle.
12 wt. cotton on top, matching color sewing thread or
bobbin thread. Use 90 Topstitch needle.
12
Edging Stitches:
X1:11 through X1:15 are stitches designed to be used
with the Left Edge Topstitch Foot #412 78 42-45.
Touch the Quick Help.
13
Touch X1:11 in the Stitch Selection Area. A pop-up
message appears that says:
“Edging Stitch. Requires optional Left Edge Topstitch
Foot (Part number 412 78 42 45).
14 Touch OK to close the pop-up.
15 Snap on the Left Edge Topstitch Foot.
16 Fold a double 1/2” (12 mm) hem to the right side and
press.
17 Place the fabric under the foot with the bulk of the
fabric to the left. Align the fold edge with the red mark
on the foot.
18 Stitch a hem. The stitch will form a decorative picot trim
that extends over the edge of the folded fabric.

#3 - Stitch Positioning 8
1Select Sewing Mode.
2Select Woven Medium on the Exclusive SEWING
ADVISOR®on the lower toolbar.
3Touch Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar.
4Touch Stich Menu F, Appliqué Stitches.
5Select stich #8.
6
Touch Stitch Width + to 6.0. The stitch width number
changes to red. Watch the stitch change on the
Large Interactive Screen. The sideways stitches of the
appliqué stitch get wider.
7Touch – to reduce the stitch width to the default 2.0.
The default number is displayed in black.
8
The ALT button appears on the screen next to Stitch
Width icon on most of the built-in stitches.
It lets you adjust the position of the stitch from left to
right. for accurate stitch placement.
Note: The stitch must be less than 7.0 mm wide to use
the stitch positioning feature. Reduce stitch width if
needed to activate the ALT icon.
Touch ALT.
9Touch the Stitch Positioning +. The sideways stitches of
the stitch remain the same as the stitch position moves
to the right.
10 Place Tear-A-Way Stabilizer underneath your fabric and
try it.
#3 -Stitch Positioning
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#4 - Design Positioning 9
1Select Embroidery Mode.
2Slide on the embroidery unit.
3Touch OK to Calibrate.
4Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Tool Bar. The
Design Menu opens.
5Scroll down and touch design shown, DRL_069.vp3.
6Touch My Hoops and select DESIGNER™Crown Hoop size
260 x 200.
7Use the stylus on the Large Interactive Screen to drag the
design to the upper left corner of the hoop area on the screen.
8Slide on the DESIGNER™Crown hoop 260 x 200 with fabric
and Tear-A-way stablizer.
9Touch GO! to go to Embroidery Stitch Out.
10 Touch Start/Stop on the front panel to embroider the first
design.
11 When the design is finished, a pop-up message will appear
“Embroidery is finished.”
Touch OK to retain the design on the screen.
12 Touch Design Positioning.
#4 - Design Positioning
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#4 - Design Positioning 10
13 Touch Step 1 (the flower icon indicates you are watching your
screen, not the hoop).
14 Touch Corner Check - upper left, to position the first locked
point.
15 Touch Step 2, the cursor is now locked (the hoop icon tells
you to look at your fabric, not the screen).
16
Move the locked point on the screen by using the stylus or
the Control arrows. The hoop moves. Watch the hoop move
and continue to move the locked point on the screen until the
needle is over the lower left hand corner of the embroidered
design on the hooped fabric. This is the second locked point.
17
Use the arrows to fine tune the placement. Lower the needle
into the lower left corner of the first design to check
placement.
Raise the needle back to the highest position.
18 Touch Step 3.
19 Touch Corner Check - upper right, to position the second
locked point.
20 Lower the needle into the lower right corner of the first design
to check placement.
21 If the needle is in the correct point in the design, touch OK to
begin embroidering.
22 If more adjustment is needed, touch Step 4 to rotate design
into position.
23 Watch the hoop move and rotate if needed until the needle is
above the fabric exactly where you want it. Use the stylus or
Control arrows to rotate design into the exact position.
24 Touch OK to go to Embroidery Stitch Out.
25 Touch Start/Stop and embroider the second design.

#5 - Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR™11
1Slide on the embroidery unit.
2
A popup message appears:
“Remove hoop. Clear embroidery arm for calibration.
Calibrate embroidery unit. Attach Sensor Q-foot.”
Touch OK and the embroidery unit will calibrate.
3Select Embroidery Mode to enter Embroidery Edit.
4Touch Select hoop.
Select DESIGNER™Crown Hoop 260 x 200.
5Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar.
6The Design Menu opens automatically.
7Touch design DRL_026.vp3.
8Touch Start Menu to open Extended Tool Bar.
9Touch Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR™
10
Touch the Fabric you want to embroider.
Choose Woven Medium.
Foot: Indicates which foot to use - Sensor Q-foot
Needle: Indicates what needle to use - Universal 80
Stabilizer: Indicates what stabilizer to use - Tear-A-Way
hooped with fabric
Embroidery Thread: Indicates what kind of thread to use
– 40 wt.
Bobbin Thread: Indicates what kind of bobbin thread to
use – 60 wt./70 wt.
#5 -Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR™
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#5 - Exclusive EMBROIDERY ADVISOR™12
11
Touch OK to close the Exclusive EMBROIDERY
ADVISOR™. Be sure the area around your DESIGNER
RUBY deLuxe™is clear so the hoop will not hit the wall
(or you!) while embroidering
12 Hoop fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer in the
DESIGNER™ Crown Hoop.
13 Slide on the DESIGNER™Crown Hoop.
14 Touch GO! to go to Embroidery Stitch Out.
15 Touch the Start/Stop on the front panel on the machine
to begin embroidering

#6 - Designer Tools 13
1Slide on the embroidery unit.
2Select Embroidery Mode to enter Embroidery Edit.
3
A popup message appears:
“Remove hoop. Clear embroidery arm for calibration.
Calibrate embroidery unit. Attach Sensor Q-foot.”
Touch OK and the embroidery unit will calibrate.
4Touch the My Hoops Icon.
5Select the DESIGNER™Royal Hoop 360 x 200.
6Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Toolbar. The
Design Menu will open.
7Design Selection
Scroll down and select the daffodils; DRL_125.vp3
8Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Toolbar. The
Design Menu will open.
9Design Selection
Select the birdhouse; DRL_059.vp3
10 Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended Toolbar. The
Design Menu will open.
11 Design Selection
Select the tree; DRL_061.vp3
12
When loading designs into Embroidery Edit, the last design
loaded is selected by default.
Touch the embroidery field outside all designs to de-select
them. To select one of the designs, you can use the stylus
and touch it on the screen or touch Step Through Designs.
The selected design has a red line around it.
#6 -Designer Tools
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#6 - Designer Tools 14
13 Touch Step Through Designs until the tree is selected.
14 Thread Color Change
Select Color Edit.
15 On the Color Block List, scroll down and touch Color
block 3:8. (light blue)
16 Touch Thread Color Edit.
17 The Quick Color pop-up appears with 64 different colors.
Choose the color you want for your birdhouse.
18 Touch OK to close the Quick Color Pop-up.
19 Touch OK to close Color Edit.
20
Touch Step Through designs until the single birdhouse is
selected.
It is shown in the bottom down red bar which design is
selected; design # 2(3)
21 With your stylus, drag the birdhouse into position so it is
hanging from the hook on the tree.
22
Zoom
To see exactly where the house is connecting to the tree,
touch Zoom to Box and with your stylus drag a square
around the bird house hanger in the tree.
23 Fine tune the position using the Control arrows.
24 After you are satisfied with the placement, touch Zoom to
Hoop to return to normal view.

#6 - Designer Tools 15
25
Touch Step Through designs until the daffodils are
selected.
It is shown in the bottom down red bar which design is
selected; design # 1(3)
26 Place the daffodils near the trunk of the tree.
27 Touch Select All.
28 Touch Control Center to Center all designs in the hoop.
29 Save to My Designs.
30 Touch Rename.
31 Touch and Hold Delete.
32 Enter Birdhouse.
33 Touch OK.
34 Touch OK.
35 A pop-up will be shown for a few seconds, telling you that
the file was successfully saved.
36 Hoop your fabric with Tear-A-Way Stabilizer and slide on
the hoop.
37 Begin to Embroider
You are ready to embroider your design.
38 Touch Start/Stop to begin embroidery.

#7 - Stitch Selection 16
1Touch Sewing.
2Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended
Tool Bar. The Stitch Menus automatically
opens.
3
Menu A1 Utility Stitches is the default menu
when you turn on your DESIGNER RUBY
deLuxe™.
For most stitch menus, there are one or more
sub menus. When a menu is highlighted, sub
menus are shown.
To scroll to the next menu, touch the right
arrow located at the bottom of the stitch
panel.
Touch the Start Menu to open the Extended
Tool Bar.
4The stitch menus will appear.
Touch Menu G, Children Stitches.
5Select stitch G2:27.
6Touch the STOP Function Button on the front
panel of the machine to stitch only one of the
stitches.
7Sew the stitch.
#7 -Stitch Selection- You have 18 menu’s plus alphabets on your
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™.
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

#7 - Stitch Selection 17
8Touch Mirror End-to-End to mirror the stitch
upside down.
9Sew the stitch.
10 Touch Mirror Side-to-Side to mirror the stitch
left to right.
11 Sew the stitch.
12 The default length 24.0 is shown in black.
Touch Stitch Length + to lengthen the stitch to
30.0.
13 Sew the stitch.
14 Touch Stitch Length – to reduce the stitch
length to 12.0.
15 Sew the stitch.
16 Touch Stitch Width. The + is greyed out
because the stitch width is already at the
widest setting. Decrease the stitch width to 8.0
17 Sew the stitch.

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#8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™
1Touch Start Menu to open Extended Toolbar.
2Touch SET Menu.
3Select Machine Settings.
4
Language
Touch the Language icon to view the
languages. Select your desired Language by
touching it.
5
Owner’s Name
Touch Owner’s Name to open the Font Edit
window.
6Touch & Hold Delete to erase any text in the
box.
7Enter your name, using upper and lower case
letters.
8Touch OK. Your name appears in the Owner’s
Name box.
9
Timer
The Timer displays your DESIGNER RUBY
deLuxe™’s total sewing and embroidery time.
Select Timer. A pop-up message asks if you
want to reset the Timer.
10 Select OK to reset the timer.
11 Select Cancel to retain current timer setting.
#8 -Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™Techniques

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#8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™
12
Hoop Selection
Touch Hoop Selection. Select the hoops you
own from the list provided. When you load a
design, the machine will select the most
suitable hoop among the hoops you have
entered in the hoop selection. Only the hoops
you select will be available to be selected.
13
Auto Smart Save
When Auto Smart Save is selected, the machine
will save the embroidery design periodically as
it stitches out and when you stop the
embroidery.
Note: When the Auto Smart Save is activated it
will take longer to enter Embroidery Stitch-Out.
14
Thread Manufacturer
Touch to select preferred thread manufacturer.
You can select between Gütermann Sulky and
Robison-Anton. Color codes from the selected
manufacturer will be used when changing
colors in a design, or when creating a new
design from stitches or fonts in your machine.
Note: Changing thread manufacturer setting will
not automatically convert the colors in existing
designs from one thread manufacturer to the
other.
15
Tension/Portioning Compensations
If you find that the Thread Tension/Thread
Portioning needs to be increased or decreased
for most stitches or embroideries, you can
change the general setting for embroidering
and/or sewing. You may need to adjust the
Thread Tension/Thread Portioning controls
when you regularly sew or embroider on a
special fabric or use a specialty thread.

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#8 - Personalize your DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™
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Sensor Q-foot for embroidery
The Sensor Q-foot is always recommended for
embroidery. When using another type of foot,
e.g., the R-foot, deactivate Sensor Q-foot for
embroidery. The deLuxe™Stitch System will
then use Thread Tension instead of Thread
Portioning.
17
deLuxe™Stitch System
The deLuxe™Stitch System has two ways to
control the needle thread: Thread Tension and
Thread Portioning. When activated, the
machine will automatically use Thread
Portioning if possible. Depending on your
other settings, the machine will automatically
use Thread Tension in some cases, e.g., when
Free Motion is active.
18
Select Sound Settings
You can select specific sounds for your
DESIGNER RUBY deLuxe™start-up and to alert
you at a variety of sewing and embroidery
situations.
Select the first function sound you want to
change. A pop-up message appears listing the
sound options for that function.
Select the sound you want to play. A check
mark appears in the box. You will hear a
preview of the sound. Each function can have a
different sound.
19 Close the pop-up message by touching OK.
20
Audio repeat
When active, the signal for some warning alerts
is repeated in intervals until it is cancelled.
21
Volume
You can change the volume using the slider
bar. All sounds settings will be affected if the
volume setting is changed.