Appliqué fabrics

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Use Appliqué > Digitize Appliqué to show Appliqué tab of Object Properties docker. Digitize appliqué objects with up to four layers of stitching – placement line, cutting line, tack stitches, and cover stitches.

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Use Appliqué > Digitize Appliqué with Holes to show Appliqué tab of Object Properties docker. Digitize appliqué objects with holes with up to four layers of stitching – placement line, cutting line, tack stitches, and cover stitches.

The Object Properties > Appliqué tab contains a Fabric panel which allows you to choose a fabric or plain color to assign to your appliqué patches. Each appliqué object in a design can have a different fabric. Choose from amongst the included ‘factory’ swatches or choose a scanned sample of the fabric you want to use.

To place a fabric...

1Double-click or right-click an appliqué object.

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2Click Appliqué Fabric. The dialog opens. Choose a fabric or plain color in the dialog to assign to your appliqué patch.

3Alternatively, use the Custom setting to select from a range of installed fabric swatches in the Hatch Pictures folder.

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4Use the Appliqué Fabric toggle to turn appliqué fabrics/colors display on/off.

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