
The creative elevate™ 680 machine delivers exceptional sewing performance for makers of every level. With the embroidery unit, you can unlock a world of embroidery possibilities and expand your creative potential even further.
Creative elevate™ 680
CREATIVATE™ Enabled
Your all-in-one creative companion for sewing, embroidery, quilting, and craft cutting.The CREATIVATE™ App brings the entire world of maker tools and education straight to your fingertips. Learn more about CREATIVATE™ here.
The Original IDT™ System
Original since 1968. The Integrated Dual Feed (IDT) from PFAFF® precisely feeds all types of fabric from the top and bottom for perfect stitching every time without the need for any additional accessories.
Large Colour Capacitive Touch Screen
Get all the information you need directly on a large 7” (153 x 85 mm) colour capacitive touch screen. View your settings clearly and make all your edits on screen with confidence. The capacitive touch tablet-like screen allows you to easily navigate on-screen using touch gestures like swipe, pinch and spread.
Exclusive PFAFF® Stitch Techniques
Create unique finished projects with hundreds of sophisticated stitches, including exclusive and patented stitch techniques, such as, Floating Stitches, Radiant Stitches, Ribbon Stitches, Lace-Edge Stitches and Stacking Stitches.
Over 400 Built-In Stitches
Be astonished by the fascinating selection of PFAFF® high-quality stitches.
Built-In Learning Centre
Now you can learn how to sew, setup your machine and master new techniques right from your machine’s screen, no need to search for the perfect tutorial online or even leave your seat. There are a wide variety of built-in interactive tutorials for specialty techniques, zippers, hems, quilting and much more.
Built-In Quick Help
Not sure what something on screen means? With just the touch of a button, you can see a quick description of whatever you want to know more about on-screen. Spending time looking everything up in your manual is a thing of the past.
Large Embroidery Area
Embroider design sizes up to 360 x 200 mm without re-hooping.
Exact Position
Use the Exact Position feature to fine-tune the perfect placement. Easily match multiple hoopings to create embroideries at the ideal size.
Change Design Stitch Out Order
Manage overlapping design elements and minimize thread changes by arranging designs in your preferred order.
Create Shape
Create unlimited new embroideries using any stitch and/or embroidery. Choose your shape and adjust your selected designs or stitches on this shape line.
Step Through Embroidery by Color and Stitch-by-Stitch
Enables quick design tweaks—users can easily skip or repeat specific color blocks to personalize their project. If a thread breaks or a design stops mid-way, users can easily resume from the exact stitch where they left off instead of starting over.
Basting Options
Use basting to secure the fabric without hooping, great for premade garments or hard-to-hoop thick fabrics. Choose between baste around design or baste around hoop area.
Bobbin Winding
Wind your bobbin through the needle to save time threading your machine. Or wind a bobbin while sewing so you don’t have to worry about interrupting your sewing.
Personalized On-Screen Experience
Personalize your on-screen experience by naming your machine or changing the colour theme of your screen to have it reflect your personality so you feel right at home at your machine.
Presser Feet
0A Standard Presser Foot
1A Fancy Stitch Foot
2A Fancy Stitch Foot
3 Blind Hem Foot
4 Zipper Foot
5A Sensormatic Buttonhole Foot
5M Manual Buttonhole Foot
6A Sensormatic Embroidery Foot
¼” Quilting Foot
More Accessories
Bobbins
Bobbin Spool Pin
Edge/Quilting Guide
Thread Net
Seam Ripper
Brush
Screwdriver
Felt Pad
Multipurpose Tool
Spool Caps
Needles
Soft Cover for Machine
Soft Cover
Embroidery Accessories (if choosing the Embroidery Option)
creative™ Deluxe Hoop, 360 x 200 mm
creative™ Square Hoop, 120 x 120 mm
Hoop Clips
Optional Embroidery Unit You can start with sewing and upgrade to embroidery whenever you’re ready, without needing to replace your current machine.
# Stitches 400+ Max Stitch Width 9 mm The Original IDT System Yes # Sewing Fonts 4 Sewing Surface to the Right of the Needle 9.8" (250mm) Screen Size 7" Needle Threader Automatic Needle Up Down Yes Thread Cutter Auto Snip Speed Control Slider Max Sewing Speed 800 stitches/min Tapering Yes Instant Permanent Reverse Yes Mirror Stitch Yes Automatic Presser Foot Lift Yes Display Type Capacitive Color Touch Screen Extra Presser Foot Lift Yes Feed Teeth Drop Manual Thread Tension Automatic Precise Stitch Positioning Advanced Free-Motion Options 4 Buttonhole Styles 9 Sensormatic One-Step Buttonhole Yes # Built-In Embroidery Designs 330+ # Embroidery Fonts 8 Embroidery Unit Optional Accessory Needle Positions 37 CREATIVATE Enabled Yes
