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Prostitcher 06_art&stitch print 08-14-2012, Art & stitch – Baby Lock ProStitcher Version 14.04.0051 (BLPS2) Instruction and Reference Guide User Manual

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Art & Stitch 6.1

6. Art & Stitch

Art & Stitch is comprehensive quilting-design

software for creating and modifying quilting

designs. It is included with the Pro-Stitcher. The

Pro-Stitcher can pass designs quickly and easily into

Art & Stitch to enable the quilter to use any of the

Art & Stitch tools to modify the design however

necessary. Art & Stitch automatically loads when

the Pro-Stitcher starts and runs in the background,

so passing files from Pro-Stitcher to Art & Stitch

happens very quickly.

To pass the design to Art & Stitch, select the Design

menu and then press the Art & Stitch sub-menu

button. Press the Open button at the bottom of the

screen to open the Art & Stitch software (Figure 6.1).

If Art & Stitch is open and has been licensed, the

design will open in Art & Stitch. If Art & Stitch has

not yet been licensed, a licensing screen will appear

for entering license information. Pressing the Close

button will bypass registration but the quilter will not

be able to save any changes to the design until the Art

& Stitch license is activated (Figure 6.2). Follow the

instructions in the Art & Stitch instruction manual

for offline activation.

When the design is passed into Art & Stitch, the

position information is maintained; as long as the

design is not moved in Art & Stitch, it will be in the

same location when it is passed back to Pro-Stitcher.

Pass the modified design back to Pro-Stitcher by

pressing the Pro-Stitcher button on the Art & Stitch

toolbar on the left-hand side of the Art & Stitch

screen (Figure 6.3).

CAUTION: If a design is opened in Art & Stitch

without using the Pro-Stitcher software and the

Pro-Stitcher button is pressed to pass the design into

the Pro-Stitcher software, the design will be saved

in its current state with the same name it had when

it was opened. This could lead to unintentionally

writing over a design. To avoid this, always save

the design with a new working name when it is

directly loaded in Art & Stitch.

Figure 6.1

Figure 6.2

Figure 6.3