Brother PE780-D: How to resize an image

You can adjust the size of your design in your machine approximately 20% bigger or smaller. Here are some screen shots to show you how to do this properly....

This is the home screen on the machine. The top 4 icons are all the built in designs that came with the machine. On the second rown, the icons stand for the following: access designs saved on a card, access designs saved to your machine, access designs saved to your USB stick, move your hoop.

Next, I choose a design from my USB stick. I chose a football truck purchased from Applique Market. This is the screen that you get after you choose a design. Up top it shows how many steps there are (18) and the different colors that were saved for each step of the design. Sometimes I show the color up at the top, sometimes I change that setting to show the stitch count. There were be a tutorial later on how to change that. Now choose the adjust button that I pointed to below.

The next screen shows your options in the Adjust screen. Choose "Layout" in order to resize your image.

Now choose the "Size" option that is bolded in the top right hand of the screen. The button under "Layout" that is all the way to the right of the screen will enlarge the image. The one under it will shrink the image. If I am working on a toddler shirt, I will usually enlarge the image enough to fill up my entire 5"x7" hoop.

Hope this helps you on how to resize a design in your Brother PE780-D!

Brother PE780-D

Whether you already have a machine or are looking to get one, the first question I usually get asked is what machine do I own?

Currently, I own the PE780D. In my opinion, this is an awesome starter machine. I have never sewed or appliqued before owning this machine so I did some research before going to my local dealer to purchase. First piece of advice I read was- Purchase a machine that has at least a 5"x7" hoop size. I couldn't agree more. I RARELY use my 4"x4" hoop to applique. Mainly I use that smaller hoop to embroider names, applique burp cloths or applique tiny newborn onesies.

If you happened to purchase your machine online, you probably need a little help to figure out how to use it. The user manual does have most of this information in it. Incase you need even more visuals, hopefully the series of blog posts I am working on will help! Stay tuned for some tutorials to be posted later this week on this machine! :)