Online Rummaging - Digitizing Lesson 2

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Thanks to Pat Davis and Judy Darden for their input on making circles, outlining and compensation.
This lesson will show you the work that goes into creating really nice circles. We'll be working with Fill Stitch. [ Select Fill/Fill Stitch before you start working on each individual box. After you've gone through the steps to make a circle, press the ENTER key, complete by marking your entry, exit and fill stitch angles. ]
Start with any thread color you want, and vary the fill angles (30, 60, 150, 90) . When the program balks at a 90 or 180 angle, it will suggest changes you can make to the angle or stitch length. Experiment!

Download comp.pcx file.

Import the comp.pcx.

You will need to scale the size to 1.425

Then to move the on-screen hoop, click on one of the edges.

Move the hoop around until you have it aligned and then click the left mouse button or press the Escape key.

We have four white squares. For clarity, we'll name the corners of each white square A, B, C & D.

Since there are a few different techniques....let's start in the upper left white square. It may be a little challenging to see the sample lines. Start at A and click there with the RIGHT mouse button. Then click on corners B, C and D. Press ENTER.
In the upper right white box, RIGHT click on corners A, B and C. Press ENTER.
In the lower right white box, RIGHT click in in the center of the box and make your 'triangle' (makes a smaller circle).
For the last (lower left) box RIGHT click between D & A, then between A & B. Finally, RIGHT click between C & D. Press ENTER.
You can see that various methods produce some different sizes. Of course you probably won't have squares to go by when you make circles, but you'll be able to 'eyeball' where the stitch points go.

Change to color #2, and choose a contrasting color for doing outlining.

Go to Image/Hide. By now you are fairly used to making manual stitch outlines, so zoom in and outline all the circles.

After you sew the circles out you may notice that part of your circles are skewed and out of 'round'. The stitches are receded and need to be pulled forward to 'compensate' for the shifting during sewing.

To adjust for compensation, zoom in on the area of the design that needs adjusting.

You'll be selecting and 'stretching' each individual stitch. Select Modify/GoTo.

Here can sometimes be the tricky part! Your cursor will change to a very small square. Place the cursor on the individual 'target' stitch you want to select.

Pull that stitch out beyond the 'normal' edge to adjust for the needed space.

Adjust each stitch necessary in the area. Yes, one by one. If you forget to go through the "Modify/GoTo" routine ... when you click in the hoop you'll see a message at the lower left of the screen about selecting a new frame position. Opps! If this happens, just press ESCAPE.

When you've pulled out all the stitches that you need to, go to Modify/GoToEnd. Sew it out again.

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	Import the comp.pcx.
	You will need to scale the size to 1.425
	Then to move the on-screen hoop, click on one of the edges.
	Move the hoop around until you have it aligned and then click the left mouse button or press the Escape key.
	We have four white squares. For clarity, we'll name the corners of each white square A, B, C & D.
	Since there are a few different techniques....let's start in the upper left white square. It may be a little challenging to see the sample lines. Start at A and click there with the RIGHT mouse button. Then click on corners B, C and D. Press ENTER. In the upper right white box, RIGHT click on corners A, B and C. Press ENTER. In the lower right white box, RIGHT click in in the center of the box and make your 'triangle' (makes a smaller circle). For the last (lower left) box RIGHT click between D & A, then between A & B. Finally, RIGHT click between C & D. Press ENTER. You can see that various methods produce some different sizes. Of course you probably won't have squares to go by when you make circles, but you'll be able to 'eyeball' where the stitch points go.
	Change to color #2, and choose a contrasting color for doing outlining.
	Go to Image/Hide. By now you are fairly used to making manual stitch outlines, so zoom in and outline all the circles.
After you sew the circles out you may notice that part of your circles are skewed and out of 'round'. The stitches are receded and need to be pulled forward to 'compensate' for the shifting during sewing.
	To adjust for compensation, zoom in on the area of the design that needs adjusting.
	You'll be selecting and 'stretching' each individual stitch. Select Modify/GoTo.
	Here can sometimes be the tricky part! Your cursor will change to a very small square. Place the cursor on the individual 'target' stitch you want to select.
	Pull that stitch out beyond the 'normal' edge to adjust for the needed space.
	Adjust each stitch necessary in the area. Yes, one by one. If you forget to go through the "Modify/GoTo" routine ... when you click in the hoop you'll see a message at the lower left of the screen about selecting a new frame position. Opps! If this happens, just press ESCAPE.
	When you've pulled out all the stitches that you need to, go to Modify/GoToEnd. Sew it out again.