Use the Cutwork features to draw a cutting line within your design, optimized for the INSPIRA® Cutwork Needle Kit. There are two cutwork line input methods:
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Insert Freehand Cutwork Line
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Insert Point Cutwork Line
Create two or four needle lines automatically, with secure points and stabilizing lines according to the settings in Cutwork Options. See Cutwork Preferences.
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In the Modify
window of the Control Panel 
, click the Options button.
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In Preferences (or ⌘,) select Cutwork
.
You can use cutwork needle lines for reverse appliqué embroideries and free-standing lace, or simply to cut out a shape or design.
About Cutwork Needle Lines
The stitch points for cutwork needle lines are very close together (0.3mm). 
Where two cutwork needles are used, the two lines are represented by the colors red and yellow. Where four needles are used, the four lines are red, yellow, green and blue. The gaps in these lines represent the secure points.
Surrounding the cutwork lines are the more widely spaced points for the stabilizing line. (As the points for the cutwork lines are placed on top of each other, you cannot see the separate lines.)
Note: You may prefer to move and merge color bocks in the worksheet when changing the order of designs with multiple areas of cutwork and stabilizing lines, as ColorSort may occasionally merge stabilizing lines in these circumstances.