Specifying the straight sewing direction

When the Outline tools, Rectangle/Circle/Arc tools or Shapes tools are used, shapes with a single sewing direction will be created. When the Manual Punch tools are used, shapes with multiple sewing directions are created.

The sewing direction is indicated by a sewing direction line (red arrow). These lines can be edited by moving the end points, or new sewing direction lines can be added.

These settings can be adjusted for regions with the satin stitch, fill stitch, prog. fill stitch, piping stitch or motif stitch specified.

This feature can be used when [Direction] in the [Sewing Attributes] pane is set to [Manual straight line] (default setting).

Specifying multiple sewing directions

1. Click the [Home] tab.
2. Click [Select] in the [Select] group, and then click to select the Select Point tool.
   
3. Click a shape pattern.

   The sewing direction lines appear.

4. Click the [Shapes] tab.
5. Click [Add Direction Line] in the [Sewing Direction Line] group.
   
6. Click the point for one end of the sewing direction line being added, and then click the point for the other end.
   
   
   
   • Specify the sewing direction lines as described below.
     • Position both end points outside of the pattern.
     • Only the lines can be positioned over the pattern.
     • When specifying multiple sewing direction lines, they must not intersect within the pattern.
   • Sewing direction lines specified in any way other than described above will not be added.

   If hole sewing has been applied, sewing direction lines cannot be added.

Changing the sewing angle

1. Select the Select Point tool.
2. Click a shape pattern, and then click an empty square or empty triangle on the sewing direction line to select the point.
3. Drag the point to the new location.
   
   1. Selected point
      
      

   The sewing angle can also be set to a specific direction (one sewing direction line) with the settings under [Direction] in the [Sewing Attributes] pane.

   Specifying sewing attributes

Reversing the sewing direction

1. Select the Select Point tool.
2. Click a shape pattern.
3. Click the [Shapes] tab.
4. Click [Reverse Direction Line] in the [Sewing Direction Line] group.
   
   
   

   If there are multiple sewing direction lines, all lines will be reversed.

Deleting sewing direction lines

1. Select the Select Point tool.
2. Click a shape pattern, and then click an empty square or empty triangle on the sewing direction line to select the point.
3. Click the [Shapes] tab.
4. Click [Delete Direction Line] in the [Sewing Direction Line] group, and then click [Delete Selected Line] or [Delete Lines Not Selected].
   

   Delete Selected Line
   Click this command to delete the selected sewing direction line. Otherwise, press the <Delete> key to delete the sewing direction.

   Delete Lines Not Selected
   Click this command to delete all sewing direction lines except the currently selected one. The sewing direction will become uniform.

Sample patterns with sewing directions changed

When the sewing direction is changed, the pattern stitching changes as shown below.

Sewing direction	Satin Stitch

1. Default

Fill Stitch	Programmable Fill Stitch (Prog. Fill Stitch)
Piping Stitch	Motif Stitch

The sewing direction is also changed when the pattern size and shape are changed.