Digital Stitch

Digital stitch

The workshop lessons that I have had on digital stitch have just been refreshers on how to use the software and looking over different tools with in it. I have really enjoyed learning the software in detail and experimenting with lots of new techniques. The outcomes you get from digital stitch are so slick and consistent which i love.

Digital Appliqué

This workshop was full of little steps that you need to get in the correct order for this to work. To digitally applique you first must stitch out the shapes that you are going to applique on. Then you stitch out on to the final sample a single run line where you want to the appliqué to be. You the iron it into place using bonda web. After that the final stitches are made around the shape to attach it and then the detailing.

Here is the finished piece that I made.

Turning Angle

We refreshed on how to use the turning angle which allows you to define a shape that has a curve of a bend within it. As you can see from the picture all the stitches run smoothly and in the correct direction.

The second picture is showing where I haven’t quite got the points in the correct place so you can see that the stitching doesn’t quite flow or run smoothly

Repeat Motif Tool

This tool is so useful when you have a space that you want to fill with identcal motifs. It is simple and quick to do and the results are amazing.

All you have to do once you have a simple single colour motif is to click on the repeat tool and follow the simple steps. you can change how the repeat is formed whether you want it on a brick repeat or straight repeat. Before you stitch out you design make sure the base stitch is turned off as sometimes it will stitch these base stitches on top of the motif which creates a strange outcome.

This is a technique that allows you to repeat a motif that you have create. You can only single colour motifs for this to work.

Firstly, you create your motif like normal.

Then you group it as one

Go to image and click create motif

Save in a folder

Then click from left to right across your motif and it will be created

Open a new document and in the parallel weave options go to the fourth one across and it is called motif fill.

Draw a box or a shape that you want to fill and double click

There is an option for you to find your file, click on your file and then okay

Now your shape will be filled with the motif you have created.

Here is one of my repeat motif samples