Fill Closed Contours

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to fill closed contours with stitches in Editor. These stitches might be helpful if it is necessary to flatten the fabric before the selected color is stitched. The closed contour is either already contained in the design—in the case of appliqué designs, etc.—or you can create it easily using Freehand Select Mode as shown in the tutorial Creating Closed Contour.

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

2 - Select the "File > Open" menu to open a file with an appliqué.

3 - Move the mouse pointer to the color box which contains the appliqué piece outline and click the right mouse button for the pop-up menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Appliqué design in Editor

4 - A pop-up menu will appear on the screen. Select "Fill Closed Contours" (Picture No. 2).

2. Pop-up menu for selected color

5 - Select the fill type and pattern in the dialog box which appears on the screen (Picture No. 3).

3. Select fill type and pattern

6 - A new object will appear in Editor with the fill of the selected contour (Picture No. 4).

4. Fill of the selected contours

7 - Alternatively, it is possible to fill the contours in the Cross Stitch plug-in. Select "Open Closed Contours in Cross Stitch" from the color pop-up menu (Picture No. 5).

5. Open Closed Contours in Cross Stitch plug-in

8 - The Embird Cross Stitch plug-in is launched with contours on the work area (Picture No. 6).

6. Contours on work area in Cross Stitch

9 - Fill contours using the fill tools of the Cross Stitch plug-in (Picture No. 7). Click the "Compile and put into Embird Editor" button when finished.

7. Fill contours in Cross Stitch plug-in

10 - A new object will appear in Editor with the cross stitch fill of the selected contours (Picture No. 8).

8. Cross stitch fill of selected contours

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