6D™ Software Newsletter - May 2015

Module Mystique

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Module Mystique

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Last month we looked at how to use a Motif as a fill in Design Creator. Now, let's see how to create your own Motif for Motif Fills and Motif Lines. This feature is available in both the 6D™ and 5D™ Design Creator modules.

When the module starts up, choose the option Load a Background Picture into the Draw Window, then select the Picture, or if you want to draw your Motif without a reference, choose Start a New Design with No Picture, then choose the Draw Window. Select Freehand Draw or Polygon Draw , then trace around the background picture or draw your motif. Once you have the motif drawn, click Export to MyMotifs .

If the start and end nodes are not on the same horizontal line, you will see the following message. Cancel to edit the design or accept adding a stitch or rotating the design.

Technique Tune-Up

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Technique Tune-Up

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The Border/Appliqué tools make a new embroidery by adding a satin border, with or without stitches for appliqué. They are found on the Modify tab in 6D™ Stitch Editor Plus, and in both 5D™ Stitch Editor and 5D™ Stitch Editor Plus.

The border and Appliqué tools work the same way. The Appliqué tool adds the placement and tack-down lines in addition to the satin border. So how do you use these tools?

Draw the desired border/appliqué shape. Use either a preset shape with Draw Border/Appliqué Shape or draw your own shape with Freehand Tablet or Freehand Point Border/Appliqué. Move, scale, rotate and mirror the border/appliqué shape as desired. Use the desired Create Border/Appliqué function to create the new embroidery. The new embroidery is shown in a new window on the screen and has '_b' added to the name of the original embroidery. The original embroidery is not affected.

Use the Create Border/Appliqué options to create a new embroidery with a satin border in the shape you have drawn and placed. There are three Create Border/Appliqué functions: External, Internal and Overlay. Create External Border/Appliqué removes all stitches outside the border.

Create Internal Border/Appliqué removes all stitches inside the border, while Create Overlay Border/Appliqué, shown together with an internal border at the start of the section, places a border on top of the design's original stitches.

A Color Change is placed at the beginning of the satin border, using the Border Stitch Color in Border Options. The border also uses the Width and Density set in Border Options.

When appliqué is created from a border shape, additional stitches are added at the beginning of the embroidery for placing appliqué fabric. Use these options to determine how these stitches are added. The satin border used to finish the appliqué uses the Satin Border options.

QuiltDesign Creator

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QuiltDesign Creator

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Use the Knife tool in QuiltDesign Creator to cut designs apart, either to create separate objects or to insert an object into your quilting design. Let's take a closer look at how to use the Knife.

The Knife tool cuts the currently selected object, whether it is a line, shape or group, into two parts. One part is automatically selected. The Knife is deselected automatically after use.

Any filled shapes will be converted into lines when they are cut with the Knife. As the cut lines will still have a fill type assigned to them, the fill will be displayed again if those lines are joined to make another shape, or a different shape.

In this example, the stipple design was loaded from the MiniPic library. Click Object Select , then click the object to ensure it is selected. The design is now surrounded by a box. Click the Knife Tool icon . Click to one side of the object where you want to cut, then click again on the other side of the object. A straight line representing the path of the cut is displayed. Right-click to cut diagonally across the line with the Knife. The line is divided in two, and one section is selected. Then delete the part of the design where the cut was made with the Knife tool.

Finally, you can add the heart shape and connect the start and end of the heart to the stipple design, as pictured above. It's that easy to modify a simple stipple pattern fit the theme of your quilt!