Embroidery Gatherings

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1 Planning Machine Embroidery Digitizing and Designs Floriani FTCU Digitizing Fill stitches with a hole Or Add a hole to a Filled stitch object Create a digitizing plan It may be helpful to print a photocopy of the image that you will be digitizing Decide the order in which the parts of the image will be stitched - back to front - to plan the pathing Number each part of the image Decide colors for each part of the image Determine stitch type for each part of the image Note: There are two different ways of adding a hole to a Fill stitch. Your choice depends upon whether the object already has a Fill Stitch applied or not. Method One trace the hole as you are tracing the object (before the FILL is applied) Method Two use this method if the object already has a FILL stitch applied. Stitches OPEN THE IMAGE: This tutorial will be using an image from the Backdrop Library in Floriani FTCU. 1. Click on NEW page icon on the top tool bar (under the word FILE). 2. Click on the Backdrop Library tool (on the second row of toolbars at the top) 1

2 Backdrop Library tool 3. Scroll to image FBD097. Click on the image and OPEN. METHOD ONE: Creating the Hole as you trace the object before the FILL is applied 1. Select FILL stitch tool (on toolbar in top row) 2. In properties box, leave FILL TYPE as STANDARD 3. Stitch length is default is 3.5mm leave as is for now 4. Left click on choice of thread COLOR in color bar at bottom 5. Trace around the OUTSIDE of the flower DO NOT CLOSE the line when you return to your starting node leave a small eight inch opening. Tip: Hold down the CONTROL key on your keyboard as you are tracing the curves. Don t worry about your tracing lines being exactly accurate. You can edit those later. End here Start here 6. On your keyboard, hit the letter H. 2

3 7. Finish tracing the INSIDE circle and CLOSE the line by placing the finishing node on top of the starting node of the inside circle 8. RIGHT click when finished tracing. Start and End here 9. Set the ANGLE of the Fill stitch: a. Drag the node on the end of the angle line to create the angle for the fill stitch. b. RIGHT click when finished setting the angle line TIPS: To make your digitized design more interesting: adjust the angle line to a slant and not a vertical or horizontal line. Angle line 10. Set the START and STOP: a. Left click on the starting node to set the GREEN start command. 3

4 b. Left click on the end node to set the RED stop command on the opposite side of the where the GREEN start command is located. c. RIGHT click. Start Stop Edit the Angle Line, as needed: Sometimes you will need to adjust the angle line to get a better quality stitch effect. Notice the ridges in the flower below. Angle needs adjusted neeneeds To adjust the angle line: 1. In the sequence view, click on the stitch segment to edit or - click on the segment in the workspace ( a selection box will be placed around the shape on the workspace). 4

5 or TIPS: If you cannot get a selection box around your design when you click on it, then check to make sure the SELECT tool the left tool bar) is engaged (top tool on 2. Click on the EDIT SHAPE icon on left toolbar. This will make the angle line visible. 3. Drag the BLACK angle node to adjust. (Sometimes it may only need a slight nudge) 4. RIGHT click to see the change. Adjust angle line neeneeds 5

6 TIP: Sometimes adjusting the GREEN and RED (start and stop commands) to opposite sides of each other will help the fill pattern. It usually will take several adjustments (trials) to get a fill stitch that is to your satisfaction. I just keep adjusting until I am happy with the results. Adjusted ANGLE line and adjusted START and STOP. FILL stitch finished. METHOD TWO: Creating the Hole AFTER the object has a Fill stitch applied 1. Select FILL stitch tool (on toolbar in top row) 2. In properties box, leave FILL TYPE as STANDARD 3. Stitch length is default is 3.5mm leave as is for now 4. Left click on choice of thread COLOR in color bar at bottom 5. Trace around the OUTSIDE of the flower, closing the trace line by placing the end node on top of the first node. 6. RIGHT click when finished. 7. See steps 9 and 10 above to set the angle line and the start and stop commands. Flower is completely FILLED. 6

7 Edit the Angle Line, as needed: Follow steps from above to adjust the angle line as needed reduce any ridges in the Fill stitches. Adding the hole to the Fill stitch object: 1. Click on the object to place a selection box around the object that you want to add the hole to. a. NOTE: Make sure that you have the 3D mode (on the left tool bar) turned OFF so that you can see the artwork and the inner circle on the flower. 2. On the tool bar on the LEFT side of the workspace, click on the small arrow under the EDIT icon. There will be a pop out of three icons. Click on the ADD HOLE tool. The cursor will change to a crosshair + 3. LEFT click inside the flower and trace around the center, stopping about a fourth of an inch before you get to the beginning node. end Beginning node 7

8 4. On the left tool bar, (near the bottom), click on the CLOSE SHAPE tool. This will close the hole. 5. RIGHT click and the hole will be added to your object. 6. Adjust Angle line and Start and Stop command again, if needed. Close shape tool TIPS: Use BACKSPACE key to delete points Hit ENTER at end of each segment to generate stitches Hold down CONTROL key to make curves (CTRL) Deleting a Hole: You can easily delete a hole within an object. 1. Click on the object to place a selection box around the object. 2. On the left tool bar, click on the EDIT tool. 3. RIGHT click on any of the holes blue nodes and a menu will appear. 4. Click on DELETE HOLE. Right click on node Choose Delete hole 8

9 Editing EDIT THE OUTLINES OF SHAPES 1. In the sequence view, click on the stitch segment to edit or click on the segment in the main screen ( a box will be placed around the shape on the main screen) or 2. Click on the SHAPE icon on left toolbar. 1. Click and drag blue nodes to edit the shape to correct details in the outline curves and corners o TIP: Magnify the screen setting to at least 200% or more to see details. 2. RIGHT click on the outline to ADD A POINT to help with shaping the outline 3. RIGHT click on a blue node and choose SMOOTH to add smooth angle to outline 4. Continue to click on each segment, in sequence view, and click on SHAPE icon and adjust outlines as needed 9

10 REVIEW DESIGN WITH STITCH PLAYER 1. Turn off background a. Click on the Backdrop tool (on left side bar), a box will show around the design b. RIGHT click on the design and choose SHOW BACKDROP, this will hide the backdrop but does not delete it 2. Click on the STITCH PLAYER button on the top menu of your screen a. If your stitch player is not showing, then click on TOOLS > SLOW DRAW on the top menu. This will open your Stitch Player b. Adjust the speed so that you can review the stitches 3. Make note of the following items while watching the stitch player: a. Correct stitching order of all segments b. Correct color order c. Correct starts and stops d. Correct tie ins and tie offs for color changes and jump stitches 4. Make necessary adjustments by using the following steps. STITCHING ORDER 1. In the sequence view, open each color + sign and adjust the stitching order of segments 2. Click on a segment and drag it to a new location as needed COLOR ORDER 1. In the sequence view, you can move individual segments or close the + sign and move the whole color to reorder 2. Refer to the above Planning Section and drag identical colors together in the sequence view to avoid numerous color changes 3. NOTE: sometimes it may be necessary to keep colors in multiple locations based on the needed stitching order TIP: Use caution when using the COLOR SORT feature of the software. Sometimes it will add colors together when they really needed to be stitched separately. 10

11 START and STOP To check locations: 1. In the sequence view, click on a stitch segment to highlight. 2. Click on the SHAPE icon on left toolbar. 3. Adjust the green start dot and red stop dot as needed 4. In the sequence view, review stitch segments one by one to adjust start and stops so that design runs smoothly and there are no unnecessary gaps between stitch segments TIE-INS AND TIE-OFFS for color changes and jump stitches 1. In the sequence view, open each color + sign, click on first stitch segment to highlight. 2. In the properties box, click on COMMANDS tab 3. Set tie-in for the first segment of each color 4. Set tie-off for the last segment of each color 5. This will assure that there will be tie-in and tie-off for each color change when your design is stitching 6. Also, review stitch segments for jump stitch locations and set tie-in and tie-offs Final Review REVIEW DESIGN WITH STITCH PLAYER FINAL TIME 1. Turn off background to review the design stitching a final time a. Click on the Backdrop tool (on left side bar), a box will show around the design b. RIGHT click on the design and choose SHOW BACKDROP, this will hide the backdrop but does not delete it 2. Click on the STITCH PLAYER button on the top menu of your screen CHOOSE HOOP SIZE 1. Click on the SELECT HOOP icon (on left side bar) 2. Choose machine format and desired hoop size for your design. Click OK. 11

12 3. The design will automatically center itself inside the hoop a. This will be important for the design to begin stitching in center alignment since you will most likely be hooping your fabric to be center aligned SAVING A DESIGN FILE 1. Save design in WAF format a. Click on FILE > SAVE AS > navigate to folder to save design b. NOTE: It is recommended to save in a WAF file format to be able to edit the design later 2. Save design in your machine format a. Delete background before saving to machine format - recommended b. Click on the Backdrop tool (on left side bar), a box will show around the design c. Click the DELETE key on your keyboard and the backdrop will be deleted d. Click on FILE > SAVE AS > navigate to folder to save design e. Name the design file f. Choose the file format, in the dropdown box, that is needed for your brand of embroidery machine g. Click SAVE 12

13 TIP: To save on a USB stick Click on FILE > SAVE AS > navigate to your USB drive STITCH TEST SAMPLE It is recommended that you stitch a test sample of the digitized design. Use the same fabric, stabilizer and thread as you will be using in your project If there are any problems with your test sample: OPEN the WAF file and review the above EDIT steps to correct the design. SAVE both WAF file and machine embroidery file format again. I hope this tutorial has been helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at embroiderygatherings@gmail.com. Please visit my web site at for additional free videos, tutorials and patterns. Thank you and Happy Stitching! Paula Copyright 2016 by. All rights reserved. You are welcome to print a copy of this document for your personal use only. Other than that, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise,except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the author. Requests to the author and publisher for permission should be addressed to the following embroiderygatherings@gmail.com Limitation of liability/disclaimer of warranty: 13

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