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Designed for those who demand precision, performance, and creative freedom, this top-of-the-line machine brings advanced technology and intuitive features together–so you can create without limits.

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Experience the New PFAFF® creative icon™ 3 Today

Order by December 31, 2026 and receive an exclusive presale collection.

Valued at over $1,600!

Premium 11" 128GB iPad: Power your creative workflow. A16 chip for smooth CREATIVATE™ performance and design management.

CREATIVATE™ One-Year Elite Membership: Advance your skills through software and guided learning.

creative™ Free-Arm Hoop (100x150mm): Bring embroidery to sleeves, cuffs, and finished pieces.

$500 In-Store Shopping Spree: Make your machine your own with $500 to spend at pickup.

New Embroidery Unit

The new embroidery unit reduces noise and vibration and provides an industry leading embroidery size of 450 x 450 mm*. The redesigned hoop and embroidery unit attachments make setup quick and easy. *With optional Grand Turnable Hoop.

Free-Arm Embroidery

With free-arm embroidery it is easier than ever to personalize ready-made items. Embroider on tubular pieces, such as baby clothes, bags and pillowcases without having to take the seams apart.

Works with CREATIVATE™

Connect all CREATIVATE™ enabled devices to communicate wirelessly between them to transfer designs, get live embroidery updates, and gain access to a catalog of quality designs on your machine.

Quick Quilt Settings with Bobbin Pick-Up

Quilting in embroidery often requires multiple adjustments for a clean look on both sides. With this new feature, all settings are done for you. The machine will turn off ActivStitch Technology, increase thread tension, turn off automatic thread cut and activate the NEW bobbin pick-up feature.

Hoop Scanning

Easily align your design with what's already in the hoop--whether it's seams, fabric patterns, or previously stitched motifs. View a preview of the finished result on screen and adjust thread colors to complement the background for a perfectly balanced result.

Exact Position with Scaling

Adjust your design's position and rotation with stitch-point accuracy, reducing the time and effort spent on perfect hooping. If any elements extend beyond the hoop limits, with the enhanced Exact Position feature you can now easily scale the design to fit. Scaling also makes final design parts fit easily when multi-hooping.

Enhanced STITCH CREATOR™

Design unique stitches wider than 9 mm from scratch or edit the machine's built in stitches. Adjust stitch length and width, reshape stitch patterns, or create decorative stitches with complete control. Perfect for adding signature touches, creating embellishments, or bringing your ideas to life.

Projected Sewing & Design Guidance

See your stitch on fabric before stitching for perfect placement or project lines and grids to easily align stitching. Use Design Projection to view your embroidery projected on the actual fabric to preview the size and positioning, helping you make confident decisions before starting.

Fabric Selection

Set the type of fabric you are sewing and the machine automatically adjusts to the optimal settings for your chosen fabric, technique and stitch.

Machine Features Comparison

Feature	creative icon™ 3	creative icon™ 2	creative performance™950	creative expression™750	creative elevate™ 680
CREATIVATE™ (mySewnet™)Connectivity	•	•	•	•	•
Embroidery Unit	Free-arm Capability	•	-	-	-
Largest Hoop Size Available	450 x 450 mm	360 x 350 mm	360 x 350 mm	360 x 350 mm	360 x 200 mm
Exact Position	Enhanced with Scaling	•	•	•	•
Design Projection	•	•	-	-	-
Hoop Scanning	•	•	-	•	-
STITCH CREATOR™	Enhanced	•	•	•	-
Quick Quilt Settings	•	-	-	-	-
Fabric Selection	•	-	-	-	-
Projected Sewing Guidance	Projector	Projector	-	Laser	-
Special Techniques Hoop Capability	•	-	-	-	-
creative™ Embellishment Attachment Capability	•	•	•	-	-

Frequently Asked Questions – creative icon™ 3 Sewing and Embroidery Machine

There are many new features compared to creative icon™ 2, the most significant being a larger embroidery area, Free-Arm embroidery capability, Quilt settings in Embroidery, and an enhanced stitch creator.

Yes! There will be new larger sized hoops included with the machine and also new optional hoops, like the free-arm hoop and new magnetic hoop.

Yes! It is fully integrated into the CREATIVATE™ Ecosystem. You can download the free CREATIVATE™ App to digitize photos on the go, get live machine updates on your phone, and sync designs between devices.

The creative icon™ 3 is available now! Contact your local PFAFF retailer to place your order or experience the machine in person.

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