Select, Move and Merge Designs

Use the Design Select area on the Home tab to view the different sections or subdesigns of a multipart design. The selected section is displayed in the work area. You can change the order of the subdesigns, and select designs to merge together.

Automatic Ghost Mode is used to show the position of the other parts of the design in the work area.

To see all subdesigns, click the arrow at the bottom right of the Design Select area.

Use Merge Design if you are confident you will not wish to move the subdesigns separately, and if there are few or no overlapping stitches.

Decoration subdesigns cannot be merged with others. Alignment subdesigns cannot be moved from the beginning of the design or merged with others unless they are changed to standard stitches using the Alignment function.

To remove overlapping stitches when combining designs (unless any of the designs contain appliqué), use Export with the Combine and Remove Overlap option checked. See Export.

Move and Merge Designs

In the Quick Access toolbar, click Change Hoop , and ensure that the hoop is set to 240mm x 150mm - Universal Large Hoop 2, and that Rotated is selected in Orientation. Click OK.
Click File, New to open a new window.
In the Quick Access toolbar, click Insert .
In the folder Documents\mySewnet\Samples\Stitch Editor\Stitch, insert the following embroideries in this order: 'Floral Beehive’, ’Three Bees’ and ’Three Dragonflies’.

The embroideries are loaded into the center of the work area.

The embroideries will be shown in the Design Select area in the order that you loaded them. This is also the stitching order.

In the Design Select area, click the beehive.

The dragonflies and bees are shown in automatic ghost mode.

Click Select All Visible . The beehive is surrounded by a selection box.
Drag the beehive embroidery to the bottom of the hoop.
In the Design Select area, click Next Design . The three bees are selected.

Click a design in the Design Select area to select it, or use Previous Design and Next Design , or the Tab key, to browse through the sections of a multipart design.

Click Select All Visible . The bees are surrounded by a selection box.
Drag the bees down and to the left of the hoop, so that the antennae of the bee on the right overlap the red and yellow flower by the hive.
Select the dragonflies, as above, and drag them to the right so that the yellow bubbles underneath the dragonfly on the left overlap the wings of the bee to the right of the beehive.
Click Life View . This shows the whole project as it will be stitched out.

The hive was loaded first, so it is stitched out before the bees and dragonflies. This works well for the overlapping antennae on the left, but on the right it would be better if the bee by the hive was placed over the yellow bubbles.

Click Cancel to close Life View.
In the Design Select area, click the dragonflies.
Click the Move Backwards icon to the right of the Design Select area twice to move the dragonflies to the top of the stitching order.

The dragonflies are now above the hive in the Design Select area, and will be stitched out first.

Use Move Forwards to move a design down the stitching order. Alternatively, right-click the design in the Design Select area, and choose Move Forwards or Move Backwards from the context menu.

In the Design Select area, click the bees to make them the active subdesign, then click Combine with Previous . The bee and hive designs are merged, and are both now fully visible in the work area.