Isn't it a basting stitch?

Embroidery garden has some free basing files.

Is it the Embroidery basting function?
OR
Embroidery border frame?

Basting stitch

Michelle at Needle little embroidery has basting stitches for free .!

hi Chris, on my Pfaff it's called "basting in the hoop". It has to be done before your embroidery design has begun. Then it ends and says it's finished and this is when you press 'ok' to start your design. hope all is well with you. We had much wind and pelting rain, but thankfully only some not-too-bad damage [a tree on a fence, and a grain silo blew to bits] Floods in Virginia are terrible, expecting our vegetables to be pricey! xx

Having all sorts of trouble - I've downloaded a basting stitch put it around the design and the damn USB where it is on won't let me see it on my sewing machine. So I put it back into the computer and sure enough there it is! I'm giving up for now as it's dinner time here in Australia - well for me anyway. Trev went to a ex BHP gent's luncheon today and isn't hungry. I made a beautiful Chicken Sate last night so I'll have that with some rice.

Tomorrow will be better I hope! Thanks for everyone's help. Love Chris

Don't have a Brother machine but would think the basting stitch would go first then the design.

If you change the colour to black you will most properly see it this has happened to me once I could not see it in the machine because the colour was white try it it might be the problem.

Glad you found a basting tack down to use...Hmmm, maybe it is the size again, Chris...perhaps when you add the basting stitch is just a bit too big for your machine hoop...

Reen has some basting files for Brother at Embroidery Garden. I have other places bookmarked, if these are not what you are looking for.
Jo

Hope you can work with it Chris, I have never used one, but I am gonna try it! I just use pins. Hugs, Judy...

I know it's a feature of the Designer (and the Ruby etc) which does not involve software.
My simple Brother 190D offers frames and a choice of stitches for them, one of them being a basting stitch. So a rectangle in the right size works well. Can't combine the frame with another design on the machine, have to do it in two steps. I would have expected your newer and more expensive machine to have the basting feature - by any other name.

It is called "basting frames" and often available for free download. However, cannot remember where I got my from. Wish you success - Maria

Check with Meg. She did up a bunch of them one time.

Do you have Embird? I just found a You Tube demo with how to add the basting stitch to a design.
Might help you.

I think it is called basting stitches . I do no use it as I don't like to pick it out. Kay

I have this possibility on my ruby of husqvarna.It is very easy to use the button FIX. You have just to press on it before beginning your embroidery.You press on the button FIX instead the button "Start Stop", and when, the basting stitches have ended, you begin your embroidert by pressing start-stop. I reduce the speed of the machine during the FIX to avoid crease

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Chris...I think your Quattro has the same icons that my BabyLock does...After you hit the "Sew" button and then the "Sewing" button, the basting frame icon is the one that has a flower in the middle with a basting stitch around it...that is the basting frame function to add the basting frame to your design in the machine...fingers crossed that you have the same icon I do... Sometimes, however, when you use this button, it may force you to use a larger hoop. So, when this happens you can do a couple of things.
1. Go to the notebook (icon with lines on it at bottom of screen) and forward to Page 7. Here you can adjust the basting distance from embroidery (less or more). By lowering the distance, it may reduce the overall design (including the basting frame) so you can use the hoop you wanted to start with. Be sure to leave enough distance between the basting frame and embroidery, the the embroidery doesn't catch in the basting stitches.
2. You can simply reduce the size of the design, to fit within the size parameters of the hoop.

Have been using basting designs for years, especially for holding the topping/washaway stabiliser down around any design being done on a towel or some fabric with loops. It's usually a fairly long stitch, making it easy to remove, which I normally do from the back. I have basting files for any hoops I use saved on my machine or storage devices so that I can add them to any design using the Edit function. I hope you got them sorted out, Chris, though the generic ones are fine (as long as it suits your hoop size), without the need to make your machine's individual quirks cooperate :)