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10. Go to File, Print Preview and Print the
image.
11. Add ¼" seam allowance to the printed
image. Draw a line down the centre of
the heart. This is the pattern for your
traditional appliqué blocks. Cut the pattern out on a ¼" [6mm] seam allowance.
create your embroidered heart appliqués
1. Continuing with the image in 6D®
Design Creator for our embroidered
appliqués.
2. On the top Toolbar select the Centre in
Hoop icon.
3. Go to the Design Tab (upper left corner
of window).
4. On the Create Tab of the Control Panel
under Fill Area select Radial Fill in the
Dropdown box. Under Border Line
select Motif Line in the Dropdown box.
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5. Select Options. On the Options tab
leave the Density at 20. On the Line
tab Under Group choose PFAFF. Under
Category scroll down and choose 6.1
ST Optional Feet. Under Pattern scroll
down and choose #13 – a candlewicking stitch. Set the width to 6.0 mm.
Select Insert Color Change and choose
a colour for your border stitches. Photo
6. On the Appliqué tab, set to Running
stitch – Stop – Double stitch – Stop –
Border. This will turn our embroidery to
an appliqué. Photo 7
6. Click on the Quickstitch Fill icon and left
click inside the heart image. Select OK
for Color Tolerance. Right click to drop
the Quickstitch Fill tool.
7. Click on the Origin icon of the Radial fill
and move it to 2 grids above the centre
of the heart. Photo 8
8. File – Save as – Heart 1.vp3.
9. File – Export Embroidery. Select the File
format for your machine and save your
design ready to embroider.
10. Now changing the fill type for our
second embroidered appliqué.
11. Right click on the inside of the heart –
the radial fill. Under Fill Type change to
a Multiline Wave fill. Change the Density
to 40 and click Apply. Notice the change
to your design. Make any changes you
wish to the density or fill type and
click OK when done leave the line and
appliqué settings the same as in the first
heart design. Photo 9
12. Save the new design as Heart 2.vp3 or
the format for your embroidery machine.
13. Copy Heart1.vp3 and Heart2.vp3 to a
USB stick or use the necessary method of transferring the design to your
embroidery machine.
constructing the traditional appliqué
blocks
1. Thread your machine with sewing
thread top and in bobbin.
2. Attach the ¼" piecing foot with guide.
3. Sew the 4½" x WOF white tone-ontone cotton fabric to the 4½" x WOF
red tone-on-tone cotton fabric wrong
sides together with