Use Pattern Flood Fill 
to fill an area with a fill pattern. An empty area can be flood filled until it meets existing crosses and/or backstitch.
Flood Fill with Other Cross and Stitch Types
Several fill patterns are available to allow areas to be filled with cross types other than full crosses. These can be found in the Cross Basic Category. The cross types are:
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Half Cross Forward
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Half Cross Backward
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Mini Cross
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Half Width Cross
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Half Height Cross
There are fill patterns for three-quarter crosses in each of the four possible positions in a grid square. In addition, the French Knots Category has French knot patterns in various grid arrangements.
Using Pattern Flood Fills
Use Pattern Flood Fill to place a pattern over an area that might be difficult to draw as a shape by first drawing crosses and then flood filling the crosses. Choose a color that is not already used in the design and draw the desired area as crosses. Then select the pattern and flood fill the crosses with the pattern.
Flood Fill an Area with a Pattern
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Open the Pattern window
in the Control Panel
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Select a fill pattern and set its colors.
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Open the Create window
in the Control Panel
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Click the Pattern 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 the selected pattern.
Note: To erase areas of Pattern Flood Fill, hide the stitches that you do not want erased using color or stitch type, then select the area to be erased and Delete it.