Brother PE-DESIGN 8 - Manual (Page 31)

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3. Drawing Shapes to Create an
Embroidery Design
This section will describe how to draw various shapes and combine them to create an embroidery design.
The Shape tools in Layout & Editing allow you to draw various shapes. Using these tools, we will draw the
stem, leaves, flower and flower pot.
Step 1 Drawing and moving shapes
We will follow the procedure described below to
draw shapes.
1 Select the Shape tool.
2 Specify the thread color and sew type for the
lines.
3 Specify the thread color and sew type for the
regions.
4 Drag the pointer in the Design Page to draw the
shape.
Draw the stem.
(1) Click , then .
(2) Click to display the color palette.
(3) Click LIME GREEN.
If the desired color is not displayed, move
the scroll bar until it appears.
Step 1 Drawing and moving shapes
Step 2 Duplicating, flipping and moving shapes
Step 3 Specifying hole sewing
Step 4 Applying a pattern to stitching
Step 5 Editing points and modifying shapes
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Line color button
Line sew type selector
Region color button
Region sew type selector
Shape tools Thread color palette
Selected thread color and color name
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