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3. Drawing Shapes to Create an

Embroidery Design

This section will describe how to draw various shapes and combine them to create an embroidery design.

The Shape tools in Layout & Editing allow you to draw various shapes. Using these tools, we will draw the

stem, leaves, flower and flower pot.

Step 1

Drawing and moving shapes

We will follow the procedure described below to

draw shapes.

1 Select the Shape tool.

2 Specify the thread color and sew type for the

lines.

3 Specify the thread color and sew type for the

regions.

4 Drag the pointer in the Design Page to draw the

shape.

Draw the stem.

(1) Click , then .

(2) Click to display the color palette.

(3) Click LIME GREEN.

If the desired color is not displayed, move

the scroll bar until it appears.

Step 1 Drawing and moving shapes

Step 2 Duplicating, flipping and moving shapes

Step 3 Specifying hole sewing

Step 4 Applying a pattern to stitching

Step 5 Editing points and modifying shapes

Line color button

Line sew type selector

Region color button

Region sew type selector

Shape tools

Thread color palette

Selected thread color and color name

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