Redwork Fill

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to fill an empty area with a Redwork fill pattern. It is also possible to fill color areas of a converted background image.

Note: See also Double-click to Fill Empty Area in Editor, Quilt Fill, Fractal Fill, Celtic Knots Fill and Surprise Me! - Create a new design with only a few clicks.

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

2 - Open a design using the "File > Open" menu; for example, open the free design "squirrel".

3 - Double-click an empty area to fill it with stitches (Picture No. 1).

1. Double-click an empty area to fill it with stitches

4 - Select the "Redwork" type of filling (Picture No. 2).

2. Select Redwork fill type

5 - A dialog with "Redwork" fill settings will appear (Picture No. 3). Select a pattern, change parameters, and click the "OK" button to fill the clicked empty area.

3. Redwork fill settings

Redwork Fill Settings

There are various parameters available, allowing you to create many combinations:

Type - Choose a Redwork fill pattern.

Offset - Specify the offset from the outside boundary (i.e., offset from hoop edges in this example) which is not filled.

Bounce - Specify the bounce from cavities (i.e., offset from the "squirrel" in this example, because this is a cavity in the filled area).

Distance - Specify the distance between Redwork elements.

Angle - Specify the angle of fill pattern rotation; 360 deg means a random angle.

Deflection - Specify the deflection for the waves fill pattern.

Period - Specify the period of the waves fill pattern.

Stitch Length - Specify the stitch length.

Layers - Specify the layers (strands of thread) for stitching.

Check the pictures below showing various fills:

Fill Pattern "Contours Outwards"

4. Redwork fill pattern "Contours Outwards", bounce 8 mm

Fill Pattern "Waves 1"

5. Redwork fill pattern "Waves 1", bounce 8 mm

Fill Pattern "Hexagons 1"

6. Redwork fill pattern "Hexagons 1", bounce 8 mm

Custom Patterns

6 - It is possible to add custom patterns for filling (valid per one session). Click the button "..." (no. 1 in Picture No. 7).

7. Custom patterns are available

7 - Select a fill pattern from the patterns available in the Cross Stitch plug-in (Picture No. 8). It is possible to create brand new fill patterns in the Cross Stitch plug-in.

8. Select fill pattern from patterns available in Cross Stitch plug-in

9. Redwork fill pattern based on Cross Stitch fill pattern

Image Converted to Stitches

8 - It is possible to convert color areas in a background image to stitches and fill them with Redwork patterns (Picture No. 10, 11 and 12).

Note: See also Surprise Me! - Create a new design with only a few clicks.

10. Convert background image to stitches

11. Image converted to stitches, filled with Redwork "Contours Inwards" (offset and bounce is 0 mm)

12. Image converted to stitches, filled with Redwork "Waves 1" (offset and bounce is 0 mm)

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