Tablet Cover On V7 - Brother Sewing Machines Europe

Tablet Cover on V7
What you will need...
• V7 Sewing and Embroidery Machine!
• Squared Fabric
• Plain cotton fabric for backing
• Satin for lining
• Wadding
• Embroidery Thread, to match fabric colour
• Sewing thread
• Embroidery Backing
• Bias Binding
Front Cover – Embroidery Positioning
• Measure your tablet and add 1.5cm around each side for your seam allowance
- do not cut your fabric to this size yet as you may have to use a big
embroidery hoop for your chosen front design. Mark the measurments with
chalk/wash away pen
• On your squared fabric, select where to make the centre of your cover front
and back. I chose the centre of the darker square on my fabric. Mark the centre
using chalk/wash away pen
• Attach your Embroidery Laser Pointer
foot and plug in at the back
Front Cover – Embroidery Positioning
• Hoop up your fabric and embroidery backing with your central point in the
hoop
• Choose your embroidery design, I chose a beautiful new Zundt design and
changed the colours to match my fabric
• Use the colour pallet button and scroll through the colours in the design,
change each colour and see the results on screen!
Colour Pallet
Front Cover – Embroidery Positioning
• When you’re happy with your design, go into ‘Embroidery’ mode and select the
Laser Embroidery Foot button
• You will now see the laser appear on the fabric! This marks the centre of the
design
• Using the arrows on the screen, move the laser to the central point we marked
earlier
Front Cover – Embroidery Positioning
• Stitch your design out. I used Brother metalic gold thread for one of my
colours for a hint of luxury
Back Cover – Laser Line Guide and Direct Dual Feed
• Now to the back cover. Go to normal sewing mode – note you can sew with the
embroidery unit still attached!
• Attach your Direct Dual Feed Foot and plug in at the back
• Select a central straight stitch and select the Laser Line – the laser now
appears on the machine and on the screen
• Using the Plus and Minus on screen, move the laser to 3.5mm which is in line
with the straight stitch selected
Back Cover – Laser Line Guide and Direct Dual Feed
• Layer up your squared fabric, wadding and cotton backing and pin together
• Starting with the central square, use the laser line to help guide a diagonal
sewing line from one corner of the square to the opposite corner
• Next, move the laser line to -1mm using the Plus and Minus on screen. Reposition the fabric to the left so the laser is now lined up with the first sewn
line. Sew another line to the right of the first
• Repeat this process until you reach the edge of the square, not going over the
sides of the square
Back Cover – Laser Line Guide and Direct Dual Feed
• When one half has been completed, turn the fabric 180˚ and begin the same
process the other side of the first central line, to fill the square with lines
• Once completed, turn the fabric 90˚ and do the same across the other way
• For the first line set the laser to 3.5mm again
STAR TIP – for neat finishes and to save time, highlight the scissors, lock
and foot buttons on the screen. When the stop button is
pressed on the machine, it will lock stitch, cut your threads
and lift the foot all in one go!
Foot
Lock
Scissors
Stop
Button
Back Cover – Laser Line Guide and Direct Dual Feed
• Next is the four squares touching the corners of the first
• Sew the first line as normal, down the middle, corner to corner using the laser
on 3.5mm setting. Stitch your lines coming away from the central square
• Now set the laser to -3.5mm and sew more lines to the right of the first etc...
• Only sew lines one way this time. Repeat this for the other 3 squares
Ultrasonic Pen
• The Ultrasonic Pen has many functions, selecting your needle position, laser
line position and embroidery positioning to name a few!
• For this project we’ll use it to make a perfect width zig-zag for satin stitching
around the squares. Plug your pen in on the right side of the machine
• First job is to collaborate your pen if you’re using for the first time. Go to page
6 in your settings and press ‘Sensor Function Calibration’
• Follow instructions on screen and, when prompted, touch pen on two green
points on the machine bed
Settings
Ultrasonic Pen
• Select a zig-zag stitch and select the Pen button
• Select the zig-zag option and follow the on screen instructions - placing the
fabric under the foot and select two points with the pen on the fabric. This will
determine the width of the zig-zag
• My zig-zag was about 2.5mm wide to cover the edging of the squares
• Shorten the zig-zag on screen to 0.3/0.2mm
• Notice how the stitch image is shown on screen
Zig-zag Option
Pen
Button
Ultrasonic Pen
• Sew your satin stitch zig-zag along each of the squared edges on the back and
then do the same on the front with wadding and cotton backing underneath,
working around the embroidery design
• Again, I used Brother metallic gold thread for this
Construction
• When you are happy and ready to construct your cover, trim the front and back
to your original measurements – your tablet size plus 1.5cm around all edges
• Cut the satin fabric to the same measurements for the lining
• Layer and pin the cover – front and back cover (right sides together) then the
lining front and back (right sides together). Lay the lining on top of the cover.
So you should have four layers on top of each other
• Starting at a top corner, sew a 1cm seam down the long side of the cover,
around and back up the other side. Don’t sew across the top
• Now you can trim the seams down to help reduce the bulk and bag out the
cover so the lining is now inside
• Finish the top edge with some bias binding
catching in all the layers