Making Stippling Around an Existing Embroidery File

We all have a boat load of designs on our computers that we would love to make in a quilt or pillow.  Wouldn't it be nice to be able to add stippling around those designs using digitizing.

I use Stitch Artist by Embrilliance for digitizing embroidery. Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many Stitch Artist Videos to help you get started.  The online PDF manual is full of great instruction.

I am using a 8 x 8 hoop on my Brother Embroidery Machine.  Here is my existing design from Amazing Embroidery.  I open the object pane.

I am using Stitch Artist 3.  I will explain using Stitch Artist 1 below.  

Select the outline of the design.

I then select Create an outline from stitches on the page icon:

With the object still selected click the next icon - Inflate outline.  Make sure you click Remove Holes. I used 4mm for my inflation.  

IF YOU HAVE STITCH ARTIST 1, you must draw your own outline using draw with points. Obviously, you will want to move the nodes til you get the shape around your object the way you want it to be:

For all levels of Stitch Artist you then go to the shapes library and add a box.  

My box is 7.25" x 7.25"

I then select the outline and the box I have created.  I go up to Create and I select Outline and then select COMBINE HOLE.

With the new design still selected I click the stipple icon

Then you can adjust the stippling as you would like:

If you just want to create an outline of your existing embroidery design, you can also use Enthusiast by Embrillance.  With the use of knockdown stitches, you can make the outline of existing embroidery.  Here is my existing design from Amazing Embroidery.  I open the object pane and select the design.

With the object selected in the object pane go up to Utility and select Add Knockdown Stitching:

And this is what it will look like:

With the knockdown stitches selected in the object pane, open Stitch Artist by selecting Create.  Then select run stitch from the stitch selection.  The knockdown stitches will change to a run stitch around your embroidery design.

Have a good day!

Stitch Artist - Creating an Outline using Two Objects

Sometimes you want your object to have an outline maybe wider than a regular satin stitch or maybe you want that object to have smoother 0r sharper points.  I tried to figure this out....but Harper and Brian at Embrilliance came to the rescue and showed me a very good method.

I use Stitch Artist by Embrilliance for digitizing embroidery.  Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many Stitch Artist Videos to help you get started.  The online PDF manual is full of great instruction.

I used a star for my example.  I open Stitch Artist (Create) and select the Design Icon.  I selected the 5 point star (First one).  I copied the star so now I have 2 stars in my object pane. I reduced the size of second star.

I then centered both stars.

I then select both stars and right click on the objects on the screen.  When you right click on objects, a popup menu appears.  Select Combine With Hole.

Once you do this your object pane will show one object:

Select a node from each star....I did mine on the bottom:

Right click on one of the nodes and a pop up menu appears.  Select Connect to Hole.

Now they are connected.  The photo below, I have pulled them apart just temporarily so you can see where they are connected.  

Now you can add your stitching.  I selected satin column and then added inclinations to sharpen the stitches at the points.  

You can move the nodes to widen the satin stitch....

Works with rectangles, circles....  Again, a big thank you to Harper and Brian at Embrilliance for helping me with this.

FINDING LINE ART DRAWINGS FOR DIGITIZING

I made a great discovery and thought I would share it with you. I have been learning Inkscape in order to make SVG files (Vector images) to use in Stitch Artist. I use Stitch Artist by Embrilliance for digitizing embroidery.  Its one of the most user friendly programs and there are many many Stitch Artist Videos to help you get started.  The online PDF manual is full of great instruction.

Inkscape is a vector graphics editor for Windows and Mac which is free to download.

While doing an Inkscape tutorial by Chevee Todd, the instructor showed how to find Line Art Drawings with a Google Search. Line Art Drawings would be perfect for digitizing.

Remember , many of these images are not FREE...and must be purchased from the author of the image. Also, many images are for personal use ONLY and not for resale. Make sure to read licensing agreements.

This is the one that I found.....and will explain how I found it.

To search for the image, I went to my Google search engine and typed in what I was looking for.  In this case, Labrador.  Once the search came up, I then clicked Images:

As you ca see, it comes up with loads of Labradors...but no Line Art Drawings....but they are cute, aren't they? 😍  To get the Line Art Drawings, but must click Tools. 

Once you click Tools, another row of options appears.  Click Type and then Click Line Drawing.  

And pages and pages of line art drawings appear.  And there is my image. Remember....check the licensing agreement of these images.  This has been a great discovery for me. 

Happy digitizing and embroidering! 💗💖💕