Not sure what format to choose for your embroidery file? Check out my recent post on determining and converting embroidery file formats. So you can just leave it checked when you save your embroidery file. I was concerned about leaving this checked because I thought it might remove the stops between the placement, tack down and final satin stitching, but it turns out it doesn’t affect the creation of these three stops. You will notice that there is an option to check “Join Adjacent Same-Colored Threads” which is checked. Just give the file a different name than your original artwork if you want to preserve the original version. TIF is not a very compressed format, so I might choose JPG instead. Since you are manipulating graphics from which you are basing your embroidery, you may want to save the modified image.īy default, SewArt chooses the TIF format for your modified image to save. SewArt will first prompt you to save the file as an image. Because we have selected “Appliqué” as the stitch type, SewArt will create three rounds of stitching as previously described: the placement stitching, the tack down stitching and the final satin stitching. Even though it appears that there is only one round of stitching, SewArt will actually create three.
You may notice that on the right hand side, the color stops are displayed. The lower the number for the length, the tighter the stitching will be. For the density, which is labeled “Length,” I chose 2. I chose 30 for my stitch width which is 30 *. The setting: Height, controls the width of the stitches. Then you need to select the width and density of your stitches. In the top bar, select “Appliqué (Border)” then make sure that in the drop down box, select “5 Satin” for the stitch type. In order to create the appliqué design, we first need to select the appropriate settings. Click on the sewing machine icon to start creating some stitches. Now the circle is ready to use as a basis for an appliqué design.
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Because I wanted a solid circle, I used the paint bucket tool to apply the same purple color to the stroke and the fill so that the software would interpret the circle to be one solid color.
Since we are going to build the file from one of SewArt shapes, there is no need to open any other file.įrom the View menu, I turned on the grid to be able to clearly see the size of the appliqué design I was creating.įrom the shapes menu, I selected a circle and resized it to be about 3 inches in diameter.īy default the shapes in SewArt have a stroke and a fill that are different colors. When you start SewArt, you will see a blank canvas.
Of course you can make an appliqué file from any shape, but to keep it simple, I decided to make a simple circle appliqué using the built-in circle shape in SewArt. But what about creating one? SewArt makes it super easy. It’s one thing to stitch out an appliqué design on your embroidery machine.
Satin stitch settings for sew art how to#
How to digitize an appliqué design using SewArt Already familiar with appliqué on your embroidery machine, but looking for some pointers? Check out my top 10 tips for machine appliqué. Not sure how to stitch out an appliqué design? Check out my post about how to appliqué with an embroidery machine. This stitching should cover the raw edge of the appliqué fabric. The final round of stitching is the finished satin stitching around the outside edge. The intention is to hold the appliqué fabric in place so that you can trim the outside edge of the fabric, always using appliqué scissors. The next round of stitching is the tack down stitching. You want to make sure that the appliqué fabric covers the placement line. The placement line is intended to show you where the appliqué fabric should be placed. The design file is programmed to stop at certain points to accommodate the inclusion of the fabric.Īppliqué designs almost aways start by stitching out a placement line. Instead of the stitching filling in the shapes of the design, the appliqué fabric fills in the shape. 7 RELATED POSTS What makes appliqué designs different from regular machine embroidery designs?Īppliqué designs differ from regular embroidery designs because they are created to incorporate appliqué fabric.
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