Create Borders and Appliqué Areas

Use the Border and Appliqué options to make a new embroidery by adding a border, optionally with stitches for appliqué. Use a preset shape for the border, draw your own freehand shape, or place a border around the selected stitches automatically. There are three options each for border and appliqué:

External
Remove the stitches outside the shape that has been drawn and add a border around the stitches
Internal
Remove the stitches inside the shape that has been drawn and add a border inside the stitches
Overlay
Add the border on top of or with the existing embroidery

The border is always added at the end of the embroidery. If an appliqué option is used, the stitches for placing the appliqué fabric are added at the beginning of the embroidery.

Note: All stitches, including stitches you may have hidden, are used when the new embroidery is created. If you wish to use only the visible stitches, use Select All Visible to select all the visible stitches, Copy the stitches, and use Paste into New Window. Then draw a border shape and use the desired border or appliqué function.

To learn how to	Go to
Draw a line to create a border or appliqué	See Freehand Border Line.
Place points to create a border or appliqué	See Point Border Line.
Draw a shape to create a border or appliqué	See Border Shape.
Set the options for appliqué placement stitches	See Appliqué Options.
Create an internal, external or overlay border	See Create Border.
Place a border around an embroidery	See Draw a Border Shape.
Create a border around an embroidery automatically	See Draw a Border Around an Embroidery Automatically.
Create an internal, external or overlay appliqué	See Add Appliqué.
Create an internal appliqué	See Draw Internal Heart Appliqué.