Use Express Appliqué
to automatically find appliqué stitches within an existing embroidery, and apply an appliqué fabric to them. Select a fabric and optionally apply an overlap margin.
To add appliqué fabric to an existing embroidery with Express Appliqué
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In the Appliqué window, select an appliqué embroidery with no fabric, click Express Appliqué
, then select a fabric in the Appliqué Selection dialog.
Add fabric to an existing appliqué embroidery with Express Appliqué
Note: This exercise uses items from the full set of Backgrounds. See Backgrounds.
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Choose File > Open to open an existing embroidery.
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Browse to the folder mySewnet/Samples/Embroidery/Stitch and load the embroidery 'Sunshine Applique Large with Lettering'.
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Choose File > Duplicate to open a copy of this embroidery.
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Click the Load Background
button on the toolbar. The Background Assistant opens. -
Select Load Previously Saved and click Continue.
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Click Select, and load Garments/Ladies/T-Shirts Round Neck/Medium/T-shirt 1 Med Green_Lt.
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Use Move and Rotate Background
to move the T-shirt downwards.
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Open the Appliqué window
of the Control Panel 
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Click Express Appliqué
. The Appliqué Selection dialog opens so you can choose a fabric for your appliqué.
Note: Express Appliqué detects the pattern of Stop and Color Change Commands used by appliqué placement stitches and inserts appliqué fabric in that area. -
In Appliqué Type, click Fabric.
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Click Load Previously Saved Fabric
to load a fabric in the Viewer.
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Browse to the folder General\Lattice.
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Click the fabric Lattice 1 - 18, then click OK. The Viewer closes and the fabric is shown in the Appliqué Selection dialog.
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Click OK to close the Appliqué Selection dialog. The fabric is shown under the sun’s face, as if you had stitched it down as an appliqué.
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In the toolbar, click Life View
.
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Move the Zoom Bar slider to the left so that you can see the t-shirt as well as the embroidery.
Note that the threads for the sun’s face and lettering are white. -
Click Solar Reactive
. The white threads turn yellow and orange.
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Choose File > Save and save the embroidery with the appliqué and background as ’Sunshine Applique Large with Lettering and Background’.
Note: The sun and lettering will be stored separately within this multipart embroidery, making further adjustment easier.
Note: The embroidery is loaded as a multiple selection with the hoop included. If you used Insert, the initial hoop would be retained, but the embroideries are inserted as a group.
Note: This ensures that you do not overwrite your original.
