Inserting Aligning Stitches at a Chosen Point

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to insert aligning stitches into selected objects at a chosen point in the work area. Aligning stitches are used for precise alignment of split design parts during the sewing process.

Note: Several ways of splitting are explained in the following tutorials: Interactive Free-Hand Splitting, Split Before/After Color, Separate Color, Auto-Split, Auto-Split Along Hoop Boundaries and Saving and Sewing of Split Designs

1 - Run Embird and click the "Editor" menu to switch to the Editor window.

2 - Use the "File > Open" and "File > Merge" commands to open the designs that should be aligned (Picture No. 1).

1. Open designs to be aligned

3 - Use the "Edit > Select > Select All" menu to select all objects to which you are going to add alignment crosses (Picture No. 2).

2. Select designs

4 - Click the "Insert > Aligning Stitches on Chosen Point" menu (Picture No. 3).

3. Aligning Stitches on Chosen Point

5 - Move the mouse pointer to the chosen point in the work area and left-click to insert the alignment crosses there.

6 - A warning message will be shown, informing you that the alignment stitches will be saved as running stitches (Picture No. 4). If you prefer to save them as jumps, please make this choice in the "Options > Long Running Stitches" menu.

4. The way of saving aligning stitches

7 - The small blue and red crosses will be added to the end of part no. 1 and to the beginning of part no. 2 (Picture No. 5). When sewing out part no. 1, the blue cross will be the last color. Then the red cross of part no. 2 will be sewn out as the first color. This one should be placed exactly on the blue one to obtain a perfectly aligned design.

5. Aligning crosses added to selected objects

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