Pattern Flood Fill

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:

• Half Cross Forward

• Half Cross Backward

• Mini Cross

• Half Width Cross

• 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 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.

Shortcut

• Create Tab:

  

• Keys: Alt, C, FC

Flood Fill an Area with a Pattern

1. Open the Pattern tab.

2. Select the desired pattern from the gallery and set its colors.

3. Open the Create tab.

4. Click the Pattern Flood Fill icon

   

   . The pointer changes to a paint can

   

    when it is over the work area.

5. Click an area of the design to fill it with the selected pattern.

Flood Fill

Cross Flood Fill