Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Creating a New Pattern, Fill/Stamp mode

Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)

Creating a New Pattern

You can begin with a blank work area in order to design a new stitch pattern.

Toolbar button:

1.Click , or click File, then New.

→If the current work area has already been saved or has not been edited, a new work area appears immediately.

→If the current work area has not been saved, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

b Memo:

•To save the work area, click Yes.

•To abandon the work area, click No.

•To return to the work area, for example, to modify it or save it with another file name, click Cancel.

c “Opening a Pattern File” on page 256, “Overwriting” on page 272 and “Saving with a new name” on page 272

Selecting the Type of Stitch Pattern To Be Created

You can use Programmable Stitch Creator to create patterns for programmable fill stitches, stamps, motif fill stitches, motif line stitches. The method and work area are slightly different for each. Use the commands on the Mode menu to select the type of pattern that you want to create.

1.To enter Fill/Stamp mode, click Mode, then Fill/Stamp.

To enter Motif mode, click Mode, then Motif.

→If the current work area has already been saved or has not been edited, a blank work area immediately appears in the selected mode.

→If the current work area has not been saved, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

b Memo:

•To save the work area, click Yes.

•To abandon the work area, click No.

•To return to the work area, for example, to modify it or save it with another file name, click Cancel.

■Fill/Stamp mode

In Fill/Stamp mode, you can make a stitch pattern out of a single line or sets of lines, and you can then choose to fill the areas enclosed by the lines to create an embossing/engraving effect. Both types of stitch patterns can be set as a programmable fill stitch in addition to being applied as individual stamps to regions of patterns in Design Center as well as Layout & Editing.

The Line tool in the Tool Box allows you to draw the lines of a fill stitch pattern or a stamp, and the Region (engrave), the Region (emboss) and the Region (reset) tools allow you to fill and edit the enclosed areas of the stitch or stamp that you draw.

The sewing method for a programmable fill stitch is different from the regular fill stitch, where the thread is constantly sewn in a set direction. Instead, the pattern will be sewn in such a way that the needle drops directly over the created pattern.

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