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Stitch settings in depth
What each stitch setting does to the stitches: underlay and pull, fills, satin, lines, and what happens between objects.
Intermediate9 articlesabout 65 min
A guide to the fabric, then eight references, each with figures of the stitches NextStitch really sews. Start with the fabric you sew on and underlay and pull compensation, which every fill and satin builds on, and end with what happens between objects. Each page stands on its own, so open the one for the setting in front of you. A small arrow beside a setting you changed puts its default back, and presets keep a set you use often (New designs, Preferences and presets).
- 01Fabric and stabiliserTell NextStitch what you sew on: the fabric, its stretch and thickness, the stabiliser, and how Apply fabric settings adapts underlay and pull.Guide7 min
- 02Underlay and pull compensationWhat the underlay under a fill or a satin is made of, what Automatic chooses, and how pull compensation makes a shape sew to the size you drew.Reference9 min
- 03Fill settingsWhat each Auto-fill setting does to the stitches, drawn from the stitch engine's own needle points: rows, angle, length, offset, travel and overlap.Reference8 min
- 04Contour and spiral fillsHow a contour fill's rings and spirals follow a shape's outline, what each of its settings does to the stitches, and how a circular fill turns round a centre.Reference6 min
- 05Guided, meander and ripple fillsHow a guided fill's rows follow a line you draw, how a meander wanders across an area and how a ripple echoes its outline, setting by setting.Reference7 min
- 06Satin column settingsWhat each satin column setting does to the stitches, drawn from the stitch engine's needle points: spacing, short stitches, splits, method and corners.Reference8 min
- 07Satin (area) settingsHow Satin (area) lays satin columns along a shape's strokes, when it fills or runs one instead, its underlay, and where it starts and ends.Reference7 min
- 08Running, bean and manual stitchesWhat each setting of a line does to its stitches: length and tolerance, the bean's repeats, repeating the whole line, manual stitches, sequins and redwork.Reference6 min
- 09Travel, trims and tiesWhat happens between and after objects: when the thread is sewn over, left as a jump or cut, how it is tied, and the order the colours are sewn in.Reference7 min