Decorative stitch is used to repeat a digitized design along a walk input line.
Decorative stitches can consist of walks, columns, fills, and lettering or a combination of elements.
You can choose from several decorative stitches included with EDS IV or create your own using "Create Decorative Stitch".
To use the standard decorative stitches
Left click on the decorative stitch tool on the Input toolbar.
Choose the stitch that you want to use, click OK.
Digitize the same as a normal walk stitch using straight and/or curved input points.
Click here for more information on digitizing Walk stitches.
Creating Decorative Stitches
To create a decorative stitch, go to the Custom Menu and select "Create Decorative Stitch". A screen will pop up where you will create your decorative stitch.
It is very useful to load a graphic into the EDS IV View Window before beginning this procedure, so that you have a graphic to digitize more precisely.
Zoom in if needed and turn on the grid to be more exact.
Select, the element (Manual or Walk stitch, a Column element, or Complex Fill) that you would like to digitize with. Follow the basic digitizing rules.
It is very important that you start and end your element on the "Stitch Line." If you end somewhere above or below the line, another stitch will be automatically generated for you to the stitch line and you may not get the desired decorative stitch. It is also very important to remember that you cannot begin and end your stitch in the same place.
In the "Diamond" decorative stitch for example, the steps are labeled below in red letters.
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1. Start on the "Stitch Line". 2- 5. Input points. 6. Input last point on the "Stitch Line" and not on the same point as the first input point.
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When creating decorative stitches, start and stop on the "Stitch Line". Do not end in the same place that you began the stitch. The actual "Created Stitch Length" is determined by the width between the first and last input points. Where your last input point is, the next stitch will begin.
Once you are finished creating your decorative stitch, you can name it and save it. If saved, it will be added to the decorative stitch list that you can choose from within the Walk Stitch property page.
Test Settings
Walk Direction will give you a graphical example of how the decorative stitch will look in different directions.
Stitch Length will modify the decorative stitch proportionally.
Width will change the horizontal width of the decorative stitch.
Height will change the vertical height of the decorative stitch.
Editing Decorative Stitches
To edit decorative stitches go to the Custom Menu, "Edit Decorative Stitches". A pop-up dialog will appear and you can select the name of the stitch and then click Edit.
To select the stitch by viewing an image of it click the "Stitch View/Select" button. You will get a pop-up screen with an image of all your decorative stitches along with the name of each and the date and time created. Select the one that you would like to edit by clicking on it and then click "OK".
Press OK. You will now see the name of the fill that you just selected in the "Edit Decorative Stitches" pop-up dialog. Press the Edit button.
While editing a decorative stitch, always keep in mind that the Created Stitch Length is proportional size that you first saved.