Brother Innov-IS 4000D User Manual

Border Design Picture Frame

This project is for Brother’s Innov-is 4000D machine.

Material and Supplies:

• Brother Innov-is 4000D

• 5” x 7” hoop

• Brother Memory Card 67 (Design #23)

• Brother Satin Embroidery Thread - emerald

green (507), lilac (612), deep rose (086),
lavender (804) and government gold Metallic
(999) (used on sample)

• Bobbin thread

• 1 piece 12” x 12” starched linen-type fabric

• 1 piece iron-on tear-away stabilizer to cover

12” x 12” linen (Sulky Totally Stable was used
on sample)

• 2 pieces 7 ¼” x 7 ¼” pieces of linen fabric for

backing

• 2 pieces 7 ¼” x 7 ¼” stiff stabilizer * (Better Bowl Stuff was used for sample.

Timtex or several layers of canvas could be substituted) and 1 piece 3” x 5”

for easel

• 3 ½” piece ribbon to hold easel

• 3 pieces 7 ¼” x 7 ¼” lightweight fusible web and 2 pieces 3” x 5” for easel

• Seam Sealant

• W foot and open toe (SA147)

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*Border settings can be used with all NV4000D hoops, the 5” x 7” was chosen to
match the companion ULT project using the border/frame hoop

Preparation for Embroidery:

1. Press iron on tear away stabilizer to back of 12” square linen. With

washable pen or chalk, draw a horizontal line 2 3/8” from top edge. Draw
a vertical line 4 ¼” from the right edge. Draw another vertical line 7 ¾”
from the right edge. These will be used to line up the design in the hoop.

2. Attach embroidery unit. Turn on machine.

3. Select Embroidery Edit and insert card or USB media, which contains

design 23 from Brother Memory Card 67.

4. Rotate the design 45 degrees; save to memory.

5. Repeat process and save design 23 rotated to 315 degrees, another at

225 degrees and the final one at 135 degrees. These will be used to form
the completed design.

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Border Design Picture Frame

Embroidery:

1. Hoop fabric/stabilizer, lining up with the right vertical line (use template

to ensure correct placement). Position so the horizontal line will be the
top of the template.

2. Bring in the design saved at 45 degrees. Use the arrows to position the

design at 0.0 cm width, +4.40 cm length.

3. Bring in the design saved at 135 degrees. Use the arrows to move the

design to 0.0 cm width, -4.40 cm length. These settings will make half a
frame like the one using the ULT border frame kit.

4. Select the Border key and then the Thread Mark icon. Click the four

corners and the left center mark. Stitch the design with green leaves,
lilac and deep rose flowers and metallic gold for centers and thread
marks.

5. Rehoop using the 7 ¾” vertical line

and the top horizontal (use
template to ensure correct
placement). Bring in design rotated
at 315 degrees and position at 0.0
cm width, +4.40 cm length. Bring
in design rotated at 225 degrees
and move to 0.0 cm width, -4.40
cm length. Select the Border key
and then the Thread Mark icon.
Click the four corners and the
right center mark. In SEWING, use
arrows to move the needle to enter
the corner point of the left thread
mark from the previous stitching.
Stitch design as before. See Photo

2 to see how thread marks look on
completed diamond (two
rectangles).

6. Remove the stabilizer. If a washable pen was used to mark the fabric, use

a Q-tip to remove the lines before pressing.

7. Use the template to cut the embroidered front to 7 ¼” square. Press on a

layer of fusible web.

Photo 2

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8. Draw lines on the stiff stabilizer 2 ¼” away from each side as a guide for

the center hole placement. Cut the hole in the stiff stabilizer about 2 ½”
square.

9. Peal off the fusible web paper backing and press to 7 ¼” square stiff

stabilizer (with hole cut). Use backing paper to keep fusible web off your
ironing surface. Use press cloth to cover embroidery while bonding to
stabilizer. Trim to 7” square.

10. Cut small hole in the center fabric and then clip to fold back on the stiff

stabilizer. Press into place.

11. Press fusible web to wrong side of the two pieces of fabric, which will

cover the frame back. Remove paper backing and press to other piece of
stiff stabilizer. Trim to 7” square.

12. Repeat process for frame easel. Draw a slanted line to shape each long

side of easel. The sample is slanted in ½” on each side.

Assembly:

1. Set up for sewing with open toe foot (SA147). With Brother polyester

lavender thread (804), sew with stitch 1-10 at 4.5 mm width and .3 mm

length. Stitch along the long sides of the easel and then lower edge,
catching one end of the ribbon in the stitching.

2. Stitch along the lower edge of the embroidered front with the same

settings. Trim any stray threads and repeat at 5 mm wide along these
areas if your coverage needs filling in.

3. Sew down end of ribbon as you work the 4.5 mm satin stitch to the lower

edge of the back. Position the easel to line up placement on back and
then attach top of easel with the 4.5 mm satin stitch. (See Photo 3 to see
final frame.)

4. Trim any stray threads and repeat at 5 mm wide along these areas if

your coverage needs filling in.

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