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How the work goes

Three ways lead to a finished embroidery file. Here you see each of them step by step, with pictures from the running program.

Four ice cream designs on the canvas, with groups and object thumbnails on the right. The image shows the light and dark interface on iPad.
Four ice cream designs on the canvas, with groups and object thumbnails on the right. The image shows the light and dark interface on iPad.

Three ways to a finished embroidery file

Option 1: Automatic digitizer

  1. Import your image or vector file and use the automatic digitizer
  2. Set the target size
  3. Choose how many colours you need
  4. Set the other parameters: minimum area, how much to simplify, how much to smooth
  5. Check the preview, adjust, then start the conversion
Importing an image, with the settings: original on the left, detected areas on the right.
Importing an image, with the settings: original on the left, detected areas on the right.

Fine-tuning the embroidery file

  1. Pick stitch type and density per area
  2. Add appliqué where you need it
  3. Adjust colours
  4. Set the sewing order
  5. Export the finished embroidery file
Properties of a fill object: thread colour, fill pattern, angle, row spacing and underlay.
Properties of a fill object: thread colour, fill pattern, angle, row spacing and underlay.

Option 2: Draw paths and shapes yourself

  1. Import an image as a reference if you need one
  2. Build the design with the vector tools
  3. Export the finished embroidery file
The vector tool tracing a reference image.
The vector tool tracing a reference image.

Draw freehand satin stitches

  1. Select satin as the freehand stitch mode
  2. Set the satin width with the vertical slider beside the canvas
  3. Draw with a pen, finger or mouse
Freehand lettering and a rainbow made of satin stitches. The satin-width slider sits at the right edge of the canvas.
Freehand lettering and a rainbow made of satin stitches. The satin-width slider sits at the right edge of the canvas.

Create a patch outline

  1. Select the objects the patch should surround
  2. Open the outline-around-selection tool
  3. Adjust the margin and corners with the preview around your design, then create the outline
A patch-outline preview around two ice cream designs. Adjust the margin and rounding while the design stays visible.
A patch-outline preview around two ice cream designs. Adjust the margin and rounding while the design stays visible.

Split a design across hoops

  1. Open re-hooping and choose a grid or free hoops
  2. Adjust the hoop overlap and split line
  3. Add registration marks and export the individual hoops
The name “Mona” is split across two hoops. The blue split line and registration marks help with alignment when re-hooping.
The name “Mona” is split across two hoops. The blue split line and registration marks help with alignment when re-hooping.

Check the stitching sequence

  1. Open and enlarge the preview
  2. Play the stitching sequence or select a stitch position
  3. Check jumps, colour changes, penetrations and density
The stitch preview shows stitches, jumps, the colour sequence and statistics.
The stitch preview shows stitches, jumps, the colour sequence and statistics.

Option 3: Embroidery-file editor

  1. Import a finished embroidery file and edit it directly
  2. Tidy it up: change colours, cut colour changes, reorder sewing
  3. Delete objects and replace them with your own, or remove individual stitches
A bought embroidery file as it arrives: 49 blocks, 48 colour changes, so 48 stops at the machine. Sample design from Creative Fabrica, used under a valid licence.
A bought embroidery file as it arrives: 49 blocks, 48 colour changes, so 48 stops at the machine. Sample design from Creative Fabrica, used under a valid licence.

Add your own objects

  1. Delete objects and replace them with your own
  2. Add your own shapes or lettering
The same file after reordering: 8 blocks, 7 colour changes, and a design of your own has been added. Sample design from Creative Fabrica, used under a valid licence.
The same file after reordering: 8 blocks, 7 colour changes, and a design of your own has been added. Sample design from Creative Fabrica, used under a valid licence.

When you get stuck

The manual lives in the program, not in a PDF you have to hunt for. It is searchable and built as a reference: a paragraph per control, chapters for both editors, plus appendices on file formats, keyboard shortcuts and gestures, a glossary, and what differs on iPad, Mac and Windows. If you are new, you read two chapters in one sitting. After that you only look things up.

The built-in manual: table of contents on the left, search at the top, text on the right.
The built-in manual: table of contents on the left, search at the top, text on the right.

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