Don’t you hate it when you feel frustrated with a design? It’s not tall enough, or curved enough or skinny enough to fit in a certain shape? (Yikes, sounds like we’re shopping for bathing suits!) Back to the subject at hand. When you have a design that won’t fit into the space you need to fill, that’s where software comes in. Even if you don’t digitize, you can most certainly manipulate designs to get the look you need. All you need is embroidery software with robust editing features.
I use Inspirations Perfect Embroidery Pro for 90% of the embroidery digitizing and editing I do every day. Recently, I wanted to place a delicate design along the neckline of a onesie. That’s a small area and because it’s so small, its curve is quite defined. I selected a design from Perfect Embroidery Pro’s Monogram catalog. If you’d like to follow along, here’s how to do it. Click on the Monogram catalog.
Click on the Monogram catalog icon and select Mon10683.
Select and Ungroup the design (right mouse click or use the Ungroup icon on the tool bar). Select the branch on the right.
Copy and paste the branch. Move it to the upper right, connecting the bottom scroll to the original branch.
Let’s close the space at the top between the original branch and the new one. Zoom in to get a magnified view. Select the Shape Tool and move the last two black dots to expose the blue squares underneath (the points).
Select and pull the blue squares down to the original branch.
Position the black dots back on top of the blue squares, this sets the direction of the satin stitches.
Hit Enter on the keyboard to extend the satin stitches.
Select the new branch, copy, paste and mirror image the section. Move it to the opposite side.
Voila! A perfectly shaped design for a child’s neckline.
Isn’t that fun? With a bit of experimentation, you can transform any design into a new shape. You can double or triple your stash with just a few clicks.
7 COMMENTS
Marti Morgan
7 years agoSo many wonderful lessons – thank you
eileenroche
7 years ago AUTHORThank you, Marti.
Kati
7 years agoYou make it look so simple!
Rebecca rose
7 years agoThanks for this useful post I love it!
Megridigitizing
6 years agoVery useful post. I like it!
Thanks for sharing with us .
Sondra Farr
6 years agoGeorgeous. I’m too timid to try new embroidery, well any embroidery.
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