How to Install Firmware on Designer Diamond Royale

I had been reading about the new Husqvarna Designer series and one day received an email asking me to review the Designer Diamond Royale sewing and embroidery auto.

The timing was perfect. Simply a few days later, I had a dandy time playing with several of the new sewing machines from Husqvrna/Viking.

At A Glance

The Designer Diamond Royal has a sleek blue and white motif, and comes equipped with a stylus on the right side, a full color touch screen, and a full complement of office buttons that command the presser foot up/down, needle upward/down, terminate, fix, start/terminate, tie off, thread snip, reverse stitch, and speed.

The detachable embroidery unit of measurement exposes the free arm and makes room the accessories tray which can be fastened behind the free arm.

Features

The top of the line Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale has so many standard features it’s hard to see how anyone would actually employ all of them.

• Sensor organization
• Sewing and embroidery advisors
• Full color bear upon screen 8” wide
• 1250 built in decorative, utility, quilting, monogram and embroidery stitches
• 233 embroidery designs
• 4 multi-sized embroidery fonts
• Loftier embroidery speed
• Oversized embroidery unit
• Changeable embroidery screen advent
• On screen appliqué creation
• Blueprint shaping and positioning
• Resize pattern/sew recalculation
• Thread cutter with automated jump sew characteristic
• Extra big sewing surface – nearly 10” right side of the needle
• Adjustable e-low-cal organisation [change low-cal brightness and colour]
• USB connectivity
• Downloadable updates

Working on the Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale

Most sewing machines beep when you turn them on or only don’t brand a sound. The Husqvrna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale, however, plays a whimsical melody when the switch is turned to the on position.

Winding the bobbin and threading the Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale is the easiest affair about operating this auto. In my opinion, the stitch pick process is far besides complicated for most beginners.

The first thing you must practice is bear on the sew together card push on the bear on screen. A series of different stitch options opens for you lot to cull from utility stitches, decorative stitches, embroidery stitches or quilting stitches.

Once the bill of fare opens upwardly, affect the run up pick you lot want and then touch on the button to lower the presser foot and press the outset/stop push button.

The stop button is a great feature for ending a series of pattern stitches at the starting point, making it possible for you to complete a serial of pattern stitches neatly.

For this review, although the Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale is a sewing and embroidery motorcar, I decided to test several different utility and decorative stitch options.

I was very impressed with the quality of the stitches made on the Designer Diamond Royale. The utility stitches are clean and well formed and the decorative stitches have keen definition.

Although I didn’t personally sample any of the embroidery options, Janet, the Husqvarna/Viking embroidery guru at Ace Sewing and Vacuum eagerly showed me the mask she made on the Designer Diamond Royale and a special embroidery projection she did for Chest Cancer Sensation Month. Both jobs were exquisite in detail and workmanship.

The clear bobbin encompass is a plus, just with the on lath sensor to tell you when it’s time to add thread, this feature isn’t really necessary.

I noticed that with all its features, there isn’t a drib feed. That’s considering the feed dogs automatically drop down when you select a darning stitch or another stitch that does not require the feed dogs to exist in the raised position.

The feature I like most of all is the fact that information technology is not necessary to remove the embroidery arm in order to stitch.

This gives yous an extra large workspace which comes in handy when working on those large sewing projects, like dresses, jackets, pants and coats.

When information technology’south time to utilise the free arm the embroidery unit of measurement slides off hands by pushing the lever on the underside and sliding it off the machine. It goes dorsum on just equally hands when you’re gear up to get back to work on larger pieces.

Fabrics

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• Natural fibers/cotton-linen-wool
• Fine fabrics/silk-satin-taffeta/velvet
• Knits(Medium to heavyweight only)
• Synthetic fabrics/blends-rayon-polyester
• Upholstery
• Leather/suede
• Fur
• Reptile skin
• Sheet/Twill
• Plastic/Rubber
• Extra thick fabrics or multiple layers

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Accessories

The Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale comes with all the accessories you could possibly desire or demand to have the most enjoyable sewing and machine embroidery experience possible.

• 13 Snap on presser feet
  • Utility
  • Decorative stitch
  • Buttonhole
  • Blind hem
  • Zipper
  • Non-stick glide
  • Edging
  • Quilter’due south
  • Embroidery/darning
  • Side motion
  • Clear decorative stitch
  • Sensor 1-footstep buttonhole
  • Interchangeable dual feed
• Embroidery unit
• Accessories tray
• 3 Embroidery hoops
• Big – Designer Imperial Hoop (360mm x 200mm)
• Medium – Designer Crown Hoop (260mm 10 200mm)
• Designer Excellent Square Hoop (120mm x 120mm)
• Stylus
• Thread cyberspace
• Quilt guide
• ane GB USB wink drive
• Screwdriver
• Seam ripper
• Lint castor
• 4 Spool caps (ii large/i medium/1 minor)
• Multipurpose tool/Push button reed
• 16 Embroidery hoop clips
• Pictogram pen
• xi bobbins
• Directly stitch plate
• Gratuitous downloadable software
• Carrying case
• Luggage style carrying bag
• Scissors
• USB cable
• Needles
• Designer Diamond Royale Sampler book
• Owner’s transmission
• Classic collection CD
• Microfiber cloth for cleaning the machine
• Pieces of fabric and stabilizer for sampling embroidery designs

Maintenance

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[feature-value aye no no no]Clean race hook and feed dogs[/characteristic-value]
[feature-value no no no yes]Wipe head with soft dry out material[/feature-value]
[feature-value no no no yes]Wipe caput with soft damp cloth[/feature-value]
[feature-value no no no no]Lubricate[/feature-value]
[feature-value no no yep no]Service by sewing machine repair professional person[/characteristic-value]
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[left]* more often if the machine is used for extended periods of time or if used oftentimes[/left]
[right]**more often if the automobile is used heavily or if it is not operating properly[/right]
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Tying Off The Loose Ends

The Husqvarana/Viking Designer Diamond Royale is an interesting sewing and embroidery machine. This is the first auto I’ve ever seen with an appliqué program that allows you to sew on pieces of fabric, creating your ain appliqués with ease.

It is also one of the few sewing and embroidery machines on the marketplace that allows y’all to perform regular sewing tasks with the embroidery unit of measurement in identify.

I besides like the fact that the e-lights can be adjusted non only for brightness, simply as well to change color, depending upon your particular needs and whim.

This is definitely not a motorcar for beginners. I am tempted to add that it should not be used by people with intermediate sewing skills – those who tin can follow a design, sew basic patterns and are exploring automobile embroidery.

A sewing and embroidery car similar the Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale is far too complicated for someone who has limited sewing skills.

I believe if you are going to spend the monetary equivalent of a good used car on a sewing car, you should exist able to apply information technology extensively in order to become your money’s worth.

If, on the other hand, you are already good at machine embroidery and want to step up to a top of the line sewing and embroidery machine with reckoner capability and upgradable software, so Husqvarna/Viking Designer Diamond Royale is definitely worth a close wait.

This is a perfect choice for the machine embroidery expert who is in the market for a fully computerized sewing and embroidery auto.