Custom assets

Embroidery and other designs

The built-in 'embroidery library' makes it easy to search, sort and browse all embroidery designs on your system. Any folder containing embroidery designs can be included in the navigation tree. See also Manage design folders.

Custom motifs and borders

Motif stamps are ready-made design elements, such as hearts, leaves or geometric patterns which are contained in libraries or 'sets'. You can define your own stamps for individual use or for use in motif runs or fills. Similarly, you can create your own borders for use in monograms. See also Custom objects.

Keyboard design collections

Embroidery character designs are very popular. Many hobbyists buy these from third-party suppliers. Naturally, embroiderers want to be able to use them in Hatch Embroidery by mapping to keyboard characters. The Keyboard Design Collection (KDC) feature provides a convenient way to do this. See also Keyboard Design Collections.

Carving stamps

The Carving Stamp feature allows you to select object outlines from the design window and apply them directly as stamps or save them to a library for future reference. You can use vector or embroidery objects as a basis for stamps. See also Carving stamps.

Design templates

Templates are special files used to store fabrics, objects and default settings. Use templates when digitizing frequently-used design types so that you do not have to adjust current settings every time. See also Design templates.

Thread charts

The thread charts contained in the software represent the many different brands and colors of thread available. You can modify thread charts to reflect the threads you are currently using. You can even create your own. See also Manage thread charts.

Custom hoops

The software allows you to define your own hoops and save for later use or associate with a custom machine type. Custom hoops are needed because new hoops become available for sewing machines more frequently than the software is updated. See also Hoop selection.