Use Cross Flood Fill to fill an area with full crosses. An empty area can be flood filled until it meets existing crosses and/or backstitch.
Open the Create window
in the Control Panel
.
Select the desired thread color for the crosses from the pop-up palette in the Create section.
Click the Cross Flood Fill button . The pointer changes to a paint can
when it is over the work area.
Click an area of the design to fill it with crosses.
Note: Erase can be used with Cross Flood Fill to erase areas of crosses.