Work environment

Cross stitch design involves a different digitizing technique to ordinary embroidery design. For this reason, the Cross Stitch application has its own design window which you open from within the main application. Go to the File menu and select 'Cross Stitch'. The Cross Stitch design window opens.

Title bar
Menu bar
Standard toolbar
Cross Stitch toolbar 

Input toolbar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit toolbar
Color palette
Status bar

Design information

The Cross Stitch Status Bar provides design information such as approximate stitch count, pointer coordinates, prompts, as well as zoom factor.

Thread palette

You can drag the Thread Palette and place it anywhere in the design window.

Click Standard > Hoop to show or hide the hoop. Right-click to open the Hoop dialog.

Backgrounds

In Cross Stitch you can change the background color of the design window to match the color of your fabric. Or you can select a background fabric for more realistic previews and presentations. To change backgrounds...

  • Select Special > Options and click the Background tab.
  • Select a color or fabric to use. 
    • To select a background color, click Edit. Select a color from the Color dialog and click OK
    • To select a fabric texture, click Browse. Select a fabric swatch from the Fabrics folder of your installation.
  • Choose whether to center or tile the fabric bitmap in the design window. If the bitmap is large enough to fill the entire window, select Center. Otherwise, Tile.

Click Standard > Grid to show or hide the grid. Select Options (Special menu) to change grid settings.

Grids

Use the Options > Grid tab to:

  • Show or hide the grid
  • Display major lines (when grid is on)
  • Set grid spacing - enter the number of crosses to fit between the major grid lines.
  • Change the color of major and minor lines.