REFERENCE MANUAL

BERNINA CrossStitch
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO BERNINA CROSS
STITCH

Cross stitching is a popular technique for filling large

areas with low stitch counts. It can also be used for
outlines and borders. It is suitable for homeware,
tablecloths, children’s clothes and folk designs. Cross
stitch is sometimes combined with appliqué.
Unlike machine embroidery where designs are enhanced
with different stitch types, angles, and effects, in cross
stitch you can only add dimension to the design with
shades of colors. For this reason, most cross stitch
designs use many more colors than machine
embroidery.
This section provides an overview of the various cross
stitch types.

Types of cross stitch Cross stitch fills

When using cross stitch as a fill you can select from
Cross stitches are created on a matrix of squares or any of the cross stitch fill types.
‘pixels’. Any part of the square can be stitched, from
the edges to the diagonals. The full range of cross Full cross stitch
stitches is listed below. Full cross stitches are made up of two equal-length
stitches that cross at the center to form an X. The
Full Cross Upright Cross overall effect of the fill depends on which stitch in the
X lies underneath or on top. You can also mix and
match for special effects.
Three-Quarter Cross Double Cross

Elongated Vertical
Half Cross Full cross stitch
Cross pattern
Elongated Horizontal
Quarter Cross
Cross

Mini Cross Single Line

French knot

Three-quarter cross stitch

A three-quarter stitch is most often created by
stitching a quarter stitch followed by a half stitch. A

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different effect is achieved by stitching the half stitch Quarter cross stitch
first and anchoring it with the quarter stitch.
Quarter stitches are used to stitch more intricate
patterns.
Three-quarter
cross stitch pattern
Quarter cross stitch
pattern

Note The long arm of the three-quarter stitch can go

either / or \ directions. Mini cross stitch
Frequently a quarter stitch and a three-quarter stitch Mini cross stitches are two equal-length stitches that
of different colors share a single square. Mix and cross at the center to form an X but they only fill
match their positions to give different effects. quarter of the square. Use mini cross stitch for details
such as eyes or for a denser look in parts of your
design.

Mini cross stitch

pattern

Mixtures of quarter and a three-quarter stitches

Half cross stitch

A half stitch is simply a diagonal stitch that looks like
/ or like \. Half stitches are usually used for shadows
Upright cross stitch
and background shading. The stitch can start from
any corner. Sometimes two half stitches of different Upright cross stitches are comprised of a vertical and
colors are used to make one full cross stitch. horizontal stitch.
The stitches can be worked diagonally across the
canvas, or in a horizontal or vertical line.
Half cross stitch
pattern

Upright cross stitch pattern

Half cross can go in either direction depending on the

effect you want to achieve. For example, half cross
used to represent feathers would slant in the direction
of the feathers themselves.
Double cross stitch
Double cross stitch is two full cross stitches stitched
at 90º on top of each other. A double cross stitch
resembles a star. It is generally used in a scattered

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fashion or worked into a row to form a decorative border. Try them with colorful metallic or variegated
border. threads. French knots are better sewn in larger grids.

Double cross stitch Cross stitch borders

pattern
Cross stitch can be used as an embroidery outline or
border. You can also combine cross stitching with
other stitch types to achieve special effects.
You can make outlines with Single Line or Full Cross
stitches or a combination of both for a denser border.
A Single Line outline is treated by the software as a
border while a Full Cross outline is treated as a fill.
Typically the top thread of the bottom cross is the This is important if you need to delete a border
stitch which lies at 135º to the horizontal; and the top because a single line can be deleted as a single object
thread of the overlapping cross is the horizontal while a full cross stitch border cannot.
stitch.
Single line border
Elongated cross stitch
Single Line stitches are only used to create borders or
Elongated cross stitch consists of two equal-length add details. The single line can be placed on any side
stitches that cross to form an X. There are two types: of the square. Click on the side you want to place the
 elongated horizontal cross stitch line. You can place a single line border on one side or
all four sides of the square. The single line border can
 elongated vertical cross stitch.
be placed in a square which already has a cross stitch
Elongated horizontal cross stitches are only half the in it.
height of normal cross stitch and elongated vertical
cross stitches are only half the width of normal cross
stitch.

Elongated cross
stitch pattern Single line border

Full cross border

Full crosses can also be used as a decorative outline
stitch. If you use full cross as a border it will be the
same cross stitch type as selected in the Fill stitch
French knots type list. You can change this by changing the Fill
stitch type.
French knots were originally a hand-stitch used to
create a raised look for embellishment. They were
traditionally used in ‘whitework’ with very exclusive
cotton and fine silk threads.

French knots cross

stitch pattern Full cross border

Cross stitch variations

The orientation of fractional cross stitches can be

French knots can be used in combination with other varied to create different patterning effects. You do
cross-stitch types. Use them for eyes, door knobs, this directly pixel-by-pixel, or by setting a fill stitch
dots for flower pistils, or in place of beads used in orientation. You can also combine fractional cross
hand-work designs – e.g. ornaments on a Christmas stitches in a variety of ways. See also Types of cross
tree or to dot letters such as ‘i’. Use them as an outline stitch.

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Three-quarter cross stitches form an X. They fill either the left, right, top or bottom
of the square.
Quarter and three-quarter cross stitches can be used
to create rounded edges. See also Cross stitch fills.

Half cross stitches Elongated cross stitch patterns

Half cross stitches can be used to give objects an ‘airy’
look. You can also use half cross stitches to make a
full cross stitch with two colors. See also Combination Combination stitches
stitches. Quarter, half and three-quarter cross stitches can be
combined to make crosses comprised of multiple
Combined to colors. You can also combine mini crosses,
Two half
make two-color elongated vertical or horizontal crosses and outline
full cross
crosses stitches.

Combined 1/4, 1/2 and

Quarter cross stitches 3/4 crosses
Quarter and three-quarter cross stitch can be used to
smooth rounded edges. You can also use quarter Combined elongated
cross stitch to make a full cross stitch with up to four vertical or horizontal crosses
colors. See also Combination stitches.
Combined fractional
and mini crosses
Click here to start
in this corner
Combined colored outlines

Combined outlines
Full cross stitch made up of and crosses
four quarter cross stitches

Mini cross stitches

Use mini cross stitch for details such as eyes or for a
denser look in parts of your design.

Combined to
make four mini
Four mini full cross
crosses

Elongated cross stitches

Vertical and horizontal elongated cross stitches are
made up of two equal-length stitches that cross to

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CHAPTER 2
CROSS STITCH ESSENTIALS

In BERNINA Cross Stitch you can

add cross stitches either to an
entire design or selected areas.
Or you can place them
individually. There are two stitch
types, outline and fill. An
outline stitch can be a single run,
or a line of cross stitches. A fill
can be any of the cross stitch types. You can pre-set stitch type, length and the
number of times each stitch is sewn.
This section describes the use of the cross stitch design window, techniques for
manual cross stitch digitizing, and cross stitch design file handling.

Launching BERNINA Cross Stitch

Use Applications > Cross Stitch to launch BERNINA

Cross Stitch from within BERNINA Embroidery
Software.

Cross stitch design involves a different digitizing

technique to ordinary embroidery design. For this
reason, BERNINA Cross Stitch has its own design
window which you open from within BERNINA
Embroidery Software.

To launch BERNINA Cross Stitch

 Run BERNINA Embroidery Software.
 Go to the Applications toolbox and select Cross
Stitch.

Launch BERNINA
Cross Stitch

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BERNINA Cross Stitch opens in its own design

window.

Title bar
Menu bar
General toolbar
Mode tabs

Picture/Design toolbar
(changes with selected
mode)
Design Window

Stitch & Color bar

Status line

Picture and Design modes

To change grid settings
Click the Picture tab to load a picture to be 1 Right-click the Grid icon.
used as a template.
The Options > Grid tab opens.
Click the Design tab to edit and add
stitches.

BERNINA Cross Stitch uses two window modes, Select Show Grid
Picture mode and Design mode. Use Picture mode Select Show
Major Lines
to open or scan a picture to use as a template for
stitching. Edit your picture in Picture mode, then Enter crosses
select Design mode to edit your stitches or go to fit in grid
directly to Design mode to add stitches without using
a template.To see your design in Artistic mode, open Edit line colors
the design in BERNINA Embroidery Software. See
Using cross stitch with BERNINA® Embroidery
Software for details. 2 Select the Show Grid checkbox to show grid lines.
3 Select Show Major Lines to show major grid
Changing grid settings lines.
4 Enter the number of crosses to fit between the
Click Grid (General toolbar) to show or hide the grid.
major grid lines.
Right-click to open the Grid dialog.

Use the Options > Grid dialog to change grid

settings:
 Show or hide the grid
 Show major lines (when grid is on)
 Set the grid spacing
 Change the color of major and minor lines.

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5 Click Edit to change the color of the major and Changing background colors and fabrics
minor lines.
In BERNINA Cross Stitch you can change the
background color of the design window to match the
color of your fabric. Or you can select a background
fabric for more realistic previews and presentations.
Select line color
To change the background color or fabric
1 Select Settings > Options.
2 Select the Background tab.

Edit color
6 Select from the available colors or define your Select fabric
own. pattern

Click Define Custom Colors to mix your own

colors from the color wheel.
Select background Center or tile fabric
7 Click OK. color or fabric pattern in design window

Changing hoop settings 3 Select the design window background type.

 Color: uses the selected color.
Click Hoop (General toolbar) to show or hide  Fabric: uses an image of a fabric.
the hoop. Right-click to open the Hoop dialog.
4 Select a color or fabric to use.
You can show or hide the hoop, change the hoop size  To select a background color, click Edit. Select
and center the design in the hoop. a color from the Color dialog and click OK.

To change hoop settings

1 Right-click the Hoop icon.
The Options > Hoop tab opens.
Select background
color

Select Display
Hoop
Select hoop
type

 To select a fabric, click Browse. Select a fabric

type from the Open dialog and click OK.

2 Select the Display Hoop checkbox.

3 Select a hoop type from the list.

Note Automatic Centering is always on. To

make a group of stitches sit on one side of the
design, digitize some temporary stitches on the
other side.
Select background fabric
4 Click OK.
You can center or tile the fabric bitmap in the
design window. If the bitmap is large enough to

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fill the entire window, select Center. Viewing design information

Otherwise, select Tile.
The Status Bar provides design information such as
5 Click OK. individual stitch information, approximate stitch
count and thread usage as well as the zoom factor of
the design.

Pointer coordinates Stitch count Zoom factor

Setting design size and density

In BERNINA Cross Stitch, design size is controlled by

Viewing stitches as crosses or tiles the ‘fabric count’. The more stitches per inch, for
example, the smaller and more compact the resulting
design. You can also adjust the density of individual
Click Crosses (General toolbar) to show stitches as
cross stitches by stitching them once, twice or three
colored tiles or cross stitches.
times.
There are two display modes for BERNINA Cross
Stitch – crosses or colored tiles. When you change to Setting the design size
tile mode, you see the same result as when you
You set cross stitch design size by adjusting the ‘fabric
import a bitmap into the design window.
count’. This actually changes the scale of your finished
design. The more stitches per inch, for example, the
To view stitches as crosses or tiles smaller and more compact the resulting design.
1 Select Design mode.
2 Click the Crosses icon. Caution A common problem with cross stitch designs
Any digitized areas are shown as crosses (or lines is that they ‘pull’, especially with smaller, closely
for line borders). packed stitches. Cross stitch designs tend to pull in a
uniform way with gaps usually forming in straight
3 Click again to show stitches as colored squares. lines. Sometimes holes appear giving the impression
of missing stitches. See also Setting the stitch
density.

To set the design size

1 Select Settings > Fabric Count.
The Fabric Count dialog opens.

Enter stitches
Stitches shown as crosses Cross stitches shown as per inch
colored squares
Enter stitches
per mm

2 Select a fabric count option, inches or millimeters:

 Number of stitches per inch: The fewer
stitches per inch, the bigger the resulting
design.
 Number of millimeters per number of
Stitches shown as crosses Fractional stitches shown as stitches: Because a cross stitch is bigger than
colored squares a millimeter, you can adjust the mm and stitch

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settings in relation to each other. The higher The value 2 corresponds to a single stitch, 4 is
the mm value, or smaller the stitch value, the double, while 6 is triple. This is represented on
bigger the design. screen by line thickness.

Tip By clicking Update, you get an immediate

conversion of any values you have entered. For
example, change the stitches per inch value,
click Update, and the corresponding stitches per
mm value will be updated.
3 Click OK.
Thread count 2 Thread count 6
15 stitches per inch 10 stitches per inch

Tip When you move your mouse over the stitch,

a tool tip will tell you the type and color of stitch
used.

Selecting cross stitch types

15 stitches per 25.4 mm 10 stitches per 25.4 mm BERNINA Cross Stitch provides the full range of cross
stitch types which you can use to create outlines and
fills of any color. You can also control the orientation
Setting the stitch density of fractional cross stitches to create different
patterning effects.
Use Threads list (Stitch and Color bar) to
set the stitch density. Selecting outline stitches
You can adjust the density of any cross stitch by Use Outline (Stitch and Color bar) for out-
stitching it once, twice or three times. The number of line stitches.
‘crossovers’ correspond to the values 2, 4 and 6 in the
Select an outline stitch from the Outline
Threads list. You can change these values at any
Stitch list.
time.
If you make a design smaller to fit inside the hoop, There are two types of outline stitch, Single Line and
stitches may be stacked on top of each other and pull Current Cross Stitch. Select a cross stitch type
the fabric. You can avoid this problem by reducing the before selecting Current Cross Stitch.
number of crossovers to single (2 threads) for both
fills and outlines. You can also use a thinner weight
thread.
To select an outline stitch
1 Click the Outline icon.
2 Select a stitch type from the Outline Stitch list.
Tip If you cross stitch a design where every square
has a stitch, remember to baste and stabilize the New stitches will be digitized as single lines or
fabric. crosses. If you are using Current Cross Stitch, the
currently selected cross stitch type applies. See
Selecting fill stitches for details.
To set the stitch density
 Select a value from the Threads list.

Single line Cross stitch

outline outline

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Setting cross stitch orientation

Note Depending on the stitch type you select, you You can control the orientation of fractional cross
can set the direction of the stitch. See Setting stitches to create different patterning effects. When
cross stitch orientation for details. digitizing individual stitches, you do this directly
pixel by pixel. When digitizing a fill, you do so via
the Select Fill Style dialog. The method is the
Selecting fill stitches
same. See Types of cross stitch for details.

Use Fill (Stitch and Color bar) for fills.

Click Fill Stitch (Stitch and Color bar) to
open the Select Stitch dialog.
Click in the
quadrant to be
Fill stitches are all cross stitches. Choose from filled
amongst the following types: Full Cross,
Three-quarter Cross, Half Cross, Quarter Cross, Mini
Cross, Upright Cross, Double Cross, Elongated
To set cross stitch orientation
Vertical Cross, and Elongated Horizontal Cross. See
Cross stitch fills for details.  To create three-quarter cross stitches, click the
corner where you want the quarter stitch to be.
To select a fill stitch
1 Click the Fill icon.
2 Click or right-click the Fill Stitch button.

Tip If you want the Select Stitch dialog to

remain open, right-click Fill Stitch button.
 To create half cross stitches, click the corner where
you want your stitch to start.

Fill Stitch button

The Select Stitch dialog opens.

Click here to make a / stitch Click here to make a \ stitch

 To create quarter cross stitches, click the corner

where you want your stitch to start.
3 Choose a stitch type.
Click here to start
Stitches will be digitized in that stitch type. The in this corner
Select Stitch dialog closes.
4 Depending on the stitch type you select, you can
set the direction of the stitch. See Setting cross  To create mini cross stitches, click the corner
stitch orientation for details. where you want your stitch to start.

Click here to
place a stitch in
this corner

Variety of cross stitch

fill effects

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 To create elongated cross stitches, click the corner

where you want your stitch to start.
Tip You can drag the Select Thread dialog and
Click here to place place it anywhere in the design window.
stitch on this side

Searching and assigning threads

You can search for a thread by code or description and
assign it to a selected design color slot. The supplied
charts represent the brands of threads that BERNINA
Cross Stitch supports. Each chart has a range of
colors associated with it. The code, brand and
description of each color is displayed so that you can
easily find them in a craft or sewing shop. You can
Selecting cross stitch colors select colors by shade or by number. Select the thread
chart for the brand of thread you have at home or just
select a chart which has colors you like.
BERNINA Cross Stitch allows you to set up an
unlimited number of color slots. New objects are
digitized using the currently selected color. You can Caution The representations of commercial thread
change color before or after digitizing. BERNINA® charts are approximate, and the computer
Embroidery Software also lets you manage the thread simulations are not intended to exactly match the
colors in your Color Chart. Select from a range of identified thread color.
commercial thread charts. Adjust the exact number of
colors in the Color Chart as required. Add extra slots To search and assign a thread
as required.
1 Select Settings > Thread Colors.
Selecting stitch colors The Thread Colors dialog opens.

Use Color Palette (Stitch and Color bar) to

select a stitch color.

You can select stitch colors from the Color Palette

before digitizing, or apply a new color to selected
areas.

To select a stitch color Select

thread chart
1 Click or right-click the color palette to open it.

Code or
Tip If you want the Select Thread dialog to description
matched
remain open, right-click the color palette.
Enter search
2 Select a color. string
 Select a color from the color palette to apply to Select thread criterion
newly digitized areas.
 Select a stitch block, then select a color to 2 Select a thread chart from the Thread Chart list.
change its color. 3 Select the thread criterion to search on – Code or
Description.
Code is the identification number of a thread color
Color palette in a brand.
4 In the Search field, enter the first few characters
of the required code or description.
Stitches will be digitized in the selected color. The system searches for the closest match and
displays them in the thread color list.

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5 Select a color slot in the Threads in Design panel The HLS and RGB values appear in the bottom
and click Assign. right-hand corner of the Color dialog. Enter these
values directly to define exact colors.
6 Click OK to close.
8 When you have mixed the required color, click Add
to Custom Colors.
Note Selected color settings only apply to the
9 Click OK.
current design and are part of the ‘design
properties’. As such they are saved with the The new color appears in the Color preview box.
design.

Mixing your own thread colors Digitizing with cross stitches

You can change the color that displays for a particular
thread, or create new thread colors using the Color BERNINA Cross Stitch provides techniques for
dialog. digitizing single stitches or lines of stitches, filled and
unfilled rectangles or circles, or filled and unfilled
‘closed’ free-form shapes. You can also create
To mix your own thread colors free-form outlines or borders. The Area Fill feature
1 Click Edit in the In the Thread Colors dialog. lets you fill closed shapes or ‘color blocks’ with
stitches.
2 The Edit Thread dialog opens.

Digitizing single stitches or lines

Use Pencil (Design toolbar) to draw a single stitch or
line of stitches.

You can digitize a single stitch or line of stitches.

Depending on the stitch type you select, you must
Click to mix colors also set the stitch direction. See also Creating
combination stitches.
3 Click Mix.
The Color dialog opens. To digitize a single stitch or line
1 Click Outline and select an Outline stitch type.
If you are using Full Cross, the currently selected
cross stitch type applies. See also Selecting fill
stitches.
2 Select a color from the color palette. See Selecting
stitch colors for details.
3 Click the Pencil icon.
4 Click a square to make a single stitch, or click and
drag the pencil to make a line.
Click to open color spectrum
Note Press Ctrl and drag to draw straight vertical
4 Click Define Custom Colors to open the color lines.
spectrum.
5 From the Basic colors table, select a color that
closely matches the color you require. Single stitches
and lines
6 Click and drag the cross hairs on the color
spectrum to get the exact color you require.
7 Drag the slider on the right of the color spectrum
to adjust color brightness.
Tip You can also use the Pencil tool to create
combinations of partial crosses comprised of

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multiple colors. See also Creating combination 2 Select a color from the Color palette. See
stitches. Selecting stitch colors for details.
3 Select an Outline or Fill stitch type. See Selecting
Digitizing circles cross stitch types for details.
4 Mark rectangle origin, then rectangle corner.
Use Circle (Design toolbar) to draw and digitize ovals
or circles. Press Ctrl and mark corners to digitize a square.
The square or rectangle is filled or outlined
The Circle tool provides a quick way to digitize filled depending on the stitch type selected.
or unfilled circles.

Note Depending on the stitch type you select, you

To digitize a circle
can set the direction of the stitch. See Creating
1 Click the Circle icon. combination stitches for details.
2 Select a color from the Color palette. See
Selecting stitch colors for details.
3 Select an Outline or Fill stitch type. See Selecting
cross stitch types for details.
Single line border Cross stitch Fill stitches
4 Mark the center point then mark a point on the border
circumference.
 If you want a perfect circle, press Enter.
Digitizing open and closed shapes
 If you want an ellipse, mark a third reference
point and press Enter. Use Closed Curve (Design toolbar) to draw and dig-
The circle or oval is filled or outlined depending on itize closed shapes.
the stitch type selected. Use Open Curve (Design toolbar) to draw and digi-
tize open shapes.

You can create freeform outlines or borders using the

Open Curve icon. You can create freeform filled
shapes using the Closed Curve icon. Select an
outline stitch for unfilled shapes and a fill stitch for
filled shapes.

Full cross border Full cross fill To digitize an open or closed shape
1 Click Open Curve or Closed Curve.
2 Select a color from the Color palette. See
Selecting stitch colors for details.
3 Select an Outline or Fill stitch type. See Selecting
cross stitch types for details.
4 Mark reference points on your design.
Three-quarter cross fill Half cross fill Left-click for sharp corners and right-click for
round corners.

Digitizing rectangles 5 Press Enter.

Use Rectangle (Design toolbar) to draw and digitize

rectangles or squares.

The Rectangle tool provides a quick way to digitize

filled or unfilled rectangles or squares.

To digitize a rectangle
1 Click the Rectangle icon.

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The shape is filled or outlined depending on the The shape is filled in the selected stitch type and
stitch type selected. color.

Marked
reference
points

Single-line Full cross

outline outline
stitch stitch
with Open with Open Digitized using Auto Colors changed using
Shape Shape Digitizer Area Fill

Single-line
Caution Area Fill will not work within single
Full cross
outline fill stitch outline shapes and some shapes with angled sides
stitch with closed may not fill correctly. Try creating two rows of
with Closed Shape
Shape
cross stitches around the outline.

Area-filling color blocks Handling cross stitch design files

Use Area Fill (Design toolbar) to fill a closed shape
Cross stitch designs have their own ARX file format.
or color block with stitches.
This can be read by BERNINA® Embroidery Software.
You can also combine ARX with designs in other
Fill closed areas with stitches using Area Fill. You can formats.
also use the tool to change the color and stitch type
of Full Cross outlines.
Saving cross stitch designs

Note The Area Fill tool only works on the cross Use Save (General toolbar) to save cross stitch files.
stitch layer. It will not work with bitmap images used
as backdrops.
Save your design early and often. Use the ARX
extension for saving cross stitch files.
To area-fill a color block
1 Select a color from the Color palette. See
To save a cross stitch design
Selecting stitch colors for details.
1 Select File > Save.
2 Select a Fill stitch type. See Selecting fill stitches
for details. If this is the first time you have saved the design,
the Save As dialog opens. The file is saved as an
3 Click the Area Fill icon. ARX file.
4 Click within a closed area.

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2 Select the cross stitch (ARX) file type from the The cross stitches display as they will be stitched.
Files of Types list.

Note You can only save in ARX format.

3 Type a new name for the design and click Save.

Using cross stitch with BERNINA®

Embroidery Software
Cross stitch designs are saved as ARX files. These can
be opened directly into BERNINA Embroidery
Software and combined with other embroidery.

To use cross stitch with BERNINA®

Embroidery Software
1 Start BERNINA® Embroidery Software.
2 Select File > Open.
The Open dialog opens.

3 Select ARX files from the Files of Type list.

4 Select your file.
5 Click Open.

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CHAPTER 3
CROSS STITCH EDITING

BERNINA Cross Stitch provides techniques for

editing cross stitch designs, including moving,
rotating, and mirroring stitch blocks. You can erase
stitches as well as change colors and stitch types of
selected areas. You can clone a selection for re-use
as a ‘rubber stamp’ and fill large areas with motifs or
special composite stitches. You can also edit stitches
to create combinations of partial crosses comprised
of multiple colors.
This section provides details of cross stitch editing
features.

Selecting and locking stitches  With the Polygon Select tool selected, mark
reference points around the area you want to
select and press Enter.
In order to edit an area of a design, you must first
select it. BERNINA Cross Stitch provides a number of
ways to select cross stitches. It also lets you lock
cross stitches and/or outlines so that they are not
moved or edited by accident.

Selecting cross stitches with Select Object

or Polygon Select
Use Select Object (Design toolbar) to select a single
Select tool used Fill stitches deleted
stitch or block of stitches.
Use Polygon Select (Design toolbar) to select irreg-
ular areas or shapes.

The Select Object and Polygon Select tools work in

a similar way to BERNINA Embroidery Software. The
difference is that in BERNINA Cross Stitch you work
with stitch blocks or areas rather than design objects.

Caution You cannot select cross stitches outside the Polygon Select tool used Fill stitches deleted
hoop.

To select cross stitches with Select Object Tip Hold down Ctrl to select multiple areas.
or Polygon Select
 With the Select Object tool selected, simply drag
a bounding box around the area to be selected.

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Selecting cross stitches with Auto Select 2 Select an area and click and drag to move stitches.

Use Auto Select (Design toolbar) to select a single

color block or an undigitized area. Selected design
contains outline and fill
cross stitches
Auto Select is specific to BERNINA Cross Stitch. It
allows you to select a single color block or a closed
undigitized area. Only adjoining stitches of the same
color are selected.
Edit > Crosses not
To select cross stitches with Auto Select selected, area dragged,
only outlines move
1 Click the Auto Select icon.
2 Click a block of stitches.
Only adjoining stitches of that color are selected.

Tip Hold down Ctrl to select multiple blocks.

3 Select Crosses or Outlines again to uncheck it

and lock all crosses or outlines.

Simple stitch editing

Color block selected Hold down Ctrl to select BERNINA Cross Stitch lets you change the color or
yellow color blocks
stitch type of selected stitch blocks at any time. You
can also remove stitches at any time.
Tip You can change the color of the selection
completely by selecting a color from the palette.
Tip BERNINA Cross Stitch lets you change the thread
colors of an existing design. You can also mix your
Locking stitches own colors to more closely match the required design
colors. See Selecting cross stitch colors for details.
You can lock cross stitches and/or outlines so that
they are not moved by accident.
Copying, cutting & pasting stitch blocks
To lock stitches
Use Copy (General toolbar) to copy selected stitch
1 Select Edit > Crosses or Edit > Outlines. blocks to the clipboard.
When Crosses is ticked in the menu, cross Use Cut (General toolbar) to cut selected stitch
stitches can be moved. Likewise, when Outlines is blocks to the clipboard.
ticked, outlines can be moved. Use Paste (General toolbar) to paste copied stitch
blocks from the clipboard.

You change copy, cut and paste selected stitch blocks

at any time. The difference is that in BERNINA Cross
Stitch you work with stitch blocks or areas rather than
design objects. See also Rubber stamping fills.

To copy, cut and paste stitch blocks

1 Select the stitch block to copy or cut. See Selecting
and locking stitches for details.

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2 Click the Copy or Cut icon. The selected color fills the selection area. The area
The selected area or areas are copied to the remains selected.
clipboard.
Stitch block Color
3 Click the Paste icon. selected change

The duplicate area is pasted over top of the

selected area.
4 Click and drag to move the pasted stitch block.

3 Select a new stitch type from the Stitch toolbar.

The selected stitch type fills the selection area.

Full cross Fractional

stitches cross
stitches

Erasing fills and single lines

Use Eraser (Design toolbar) to erase fills and single
lines.

Use the Eraser tool to remove stitches. The eraser

will remove either fill stitches or single line borders
depending on the stitch type selected. Cross-stitched
borders are treated as fill stitches.

Caution You cannot select and erase stitches outside

Tip Duplicate and rotate blocks of stitches to the hoop.
make patterns. See Transforming stitch blocks for
details. To erase a fill or single line
1 Click the Eraser icon.
Changing stitch block settings
2 Select Fill on the Stitch/Color bar.
Use Auto Select (Design toolbar) to change the color 3 Click and drag the cursor across the stitches to be
or stitch type of selected stitch blocks. removed.
Only fill stitches are removed. Any single line
You can change the color and/or stitch type of
selected stitch blocks at any time. borders remain.

To change stitch block settings

1 Use Auto Select to select the color block/s. See
Selecting cross stitches with Auto Select for
details.
Drag cursor over Only fill stitches
stitches to erase erased, single line
Tip Hold down Ctrl to select multiple blocks. borders remain
2 Select a new color from the palette.
Tip You can also erase cross stitches by selecting
them and pressing the Delete key.
4 Select Outline on the Stitch/Color bar.

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5 Click anywhere on a single line. You can rotate blocks of cross stitches in a clockwise
or counter-clockwise direction. Duplicate and rotate
The line is removed. Any cross stitches are not
blocks of stitches to make patterns.
erased.

To rotate a block of cross stitches

Click line to 1 Select the stitch block to rotate. See Selecting and
erase
locking stitches for details.
2 Click the Rotate 90° CW/CCW icon.
Line erased

Note A single line border is removed in one click.

Transforming stitch blocks

BERNINA Cross Stitch lets you perform various

transformations on selected blocks of cross stitches.
You can move them, rotate them in a clockwise or
counter-clockwise direction. You can also mirror
blocks of cross stitches either horizontally or
vertically. Mirroring blocks of cross stitches
Click Mirror Horizontal (Design toolbar) to mirror
Moving blocks of cross stitches selected stitches horizontally.
You can move blocks of cross stitches at any time. Click Mirror Vertical (Design toolbar) to mirror
selected stitches vertically.
To move a block of cross stitches
You can mirror blocks of cross stitches either
1 Select the stitch block to move. See Selecting and horizontally or vertically.
locking stitches for details.
2 Click and drag them to a new location. To mirror a block of cross stitches
Area selected 1 Select the stitch block to mirror. See Selecting and
locking stitches for details.
2 Click the Mirror Horizontal icon.

Area moved

Mirrored Mirrored
horizontally vertically

Tip To mirror the complete design, select

Rotating blocks of cross stitches Arrange > Mirror Horizontal/Mirror Vertical.

Use Rotate 90°CW/CCW (Design toolbar) to rotate

selected stitches. Click to rotate clockwise.
Right-click to rotate counter-clockwise. Special editing techniques

BERNINA Cross Stitch provides a number of editing

techniques which are especially helpful for cross stitch

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digitizing. You can clone a selection for re-use as a

‘rubber stamp’ and fill large areas with motifs or
special composite stitches. You can combine Tip When Insert is selected, the Status bar
fractional cross stitches in a variety of ways.You can displays Insert. Otherwise, it shows Overwrite.
also add a cross stitch border or a single line border, 2 Select a stitch type. See Selecting fill stitches for
or both, to areas of a design. details.
3 Select a color from the color palette. See Selecting
Rubber stamping fills stitch colors for details.

Use Rubber Stamp (Design toolbar) to clone 4 Click the Pencil icon.
stitches. 5 Click where you want the stitch to be inserted.

Clone a selection for re-use as a ‘rubber stamp’ and

Click top left corner to
fill large areas with motifs or special composite insert a mini cross
stitches.
Then click top right corner
To rubber stamp fills to insert a 1/2 cross

1 Click the Select Object icon and select the area

Then click bottom right
to be cloned. corner to insert a 1/4 cross
2 Click the Rubber Stamp icon.
The selected area is copied and attached to the
pointer. Note If you do not have Insert selected, the
3 Click to place the stamp as many times as you whole stitch will be replaced.
want. 6 Repeat as many times as needed.

Adding borders to selected areas

Add a cross stitch border or a single line border, or
Rubber Stamp used both, to selected areas of a design.
Motif created to
make border
To add borders to a selected area
1 Select the Outline icon.
2 Click the Area Fill icon and click inside an area.
4 Press Esc or select another icon to turn off
A line of outline stitches is added around the edges
Rubber Stamp.
of the selection.

Creating combination stitches

Use Pencil (Design toolbar) to add combination
stitches.

Quarter, half and three-quarter cross stitches can be

combined to make crosses comprised of multiple
colors. You can also combine mini crosses,
elongated vertical or horizontal crosses and outline
stitches. See Cross stitch variations for details.

To create combination stitches

1 Select Edit > Insert.
Insert is ticked in the menu. With Insert ticked,
you can add more than one stitch to a square.
Otherwise, a new stitch replaces the existing
stitch.

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Tip Click again in the selection to add another line

of stitches inside the first line.

No border

Single line border

Double cross border

Tip To combine a cross stitch with a line border,

select Full Cross stitch type and Area Fill, then
select Single Line and Area Fill again.

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CHAPTER 4
ADVANCED CROSS STITCH

The BERNINA Cross Stitch design window

also lets you import pictures to use as
backdrops or for automatic digitizing. You
can also create special cross stitch
lettering.
This section provides details of advanced
cross stitch features including automatic
digitizing and lettering.

Digitizing with backdrops The Open dialog opens.

Bitmap images can be inserted or scanned into

BERNINA Cross Stitch for use as digitizing backdrops.
You can digitize backdrop images automatically using
Auto Stitch. Use solid color bitmaps to make suitable
color blocks for cross stitches.

Tip If an image needs to be resized or rotated, it is

best to do so during scanning. Scaling afterwards may
distort the image.

4 Select a folder from the Look In list.

Inserting bitmap images
5 Select a file type from the Files of Type list (e.g.
BMP).
Use Load Picture (Picture toolbar) to open a picture.
6 Select the file you want to insert.
Use Scan Picture (Picture toolbar) to scan your art-
work.
Tip Select the Preview checkbox to preview the
You can insert bitmap images of various formats for selected file.
use as digitizing backdrops. 7 Click Open.
8 Move the picture so it fits inside the hoop or
To insert images
change the hoop size. See Changing hoop settings
1 Click the New icon. for details.
A new file opens.
2 Click Picture mode to open a picture. Note Areas outside the hoop will not be stitched.
3 Click Load Picture.

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Viewing or hiding bitmap images 4 Click the image again.

Eight transform selection handles appear around
Click Picture (General toolbar) to show or hide the the image. Click and drag these to rotate or skew
picture. the image as you would any other object.

You can show or hide a bitmap backdrop temporarily

while you digitize in Design mode.

To view or hide bitmap images

 Click the Picture icon to show the image.
 Click it again to hide the image.

Resize image Transform image

Digitizing pictures automatically

Digitize the entire backdrop image automatically

using Auto Stitch. Alternatively, using Magic Wand,
you can create cross stitch fills from colored sections
of a picture.
Show picture Hide picture

Digitizing with Auto Stitch

Scaling and transforming bitmap images
Use Auto Stitch (Design toolbar) to automatically cre-
You can scale and reshape images once they are ate cross stitch designs from pictures.
loaded into BERNINA Cross Stitch. However, if an
image needs to be resized or rotated, it is best to do Digitize the entire backdrop image automatically
so during scanning. Scaling afterwards may distort using Auto Stitch. You can change the stitch type
the image. manually later as required.

To scale and transform bitmap images

Tip You can also select blocks of color in your picture
1 Insert the image. See Inserting bitmap images for
to stitch using Magic Wand. See Digitizing with
details.
Magic Wand for details.
2 Click the Select icon.
3 Click the image. To digitize with Auto Stitch
Eight resize selection handles appear around the 1 Prepare your image as necessary.
image. Click and drag these to scale the image as Use a third party paint program to clean up the
you would any other object. image.

Resize handles Transform handles

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2 In Picture mode, load a picture. See Inserting  Unlimited: Thread colors will be allocated
bitmap images for details. according to the number of colors in the palette
selected in the first dialog.
 Restricted: Enter the number of colors you
want to use.
 Omit Background: Select to omit the
background color.
The results display in the preview pane.

3 In Design mode, click the Auto Stitch icon and

click the image.
The Auto Stitch dialog opens.

Select thread chart Specify maximum colors

Select image Select to omit
mapping method background color

Unlimited maximum Restricted maximum

colors selected colors selected

6 Click OK.
The picture is digitized. You may need to touch up
some areas manually.

4 Select to map the picture colors to:

 Current Palette: Only colors in the current
palette are used.
 Specific Thread Chart: Only colors in a 4 colors selected Unlimited maximum
selected thread chart are used. colors selected

Note Auto Stitch is disabled if no picture is

loaded.

Digitizing with Magic Wand

Use Magic Wand (Design toolbar) to create cross
stitches from a colored area of a picture.
Current Palette: Specific Thread Specific Thread
Restricted Colors Chart: CSD Chart: Isacord
40-fashion colors Using Magic Wand, you can create cross stitch fills
from colored sections of a picture. Magic Wand
works with both fill stitches and outlines.
5 Specify the maximum number of colors to be
used:
To digitize with Magic Wand
1 Prepare your image as necessary.

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Use a third party paint program to clean up the

image. To digitize cross stitch letters
2 In Picture mode, load a picture. See Inserting 1 Right-click the Lettering icon.
bitmap images for details. The Font dialog opens.

Select font,
style, size
from list

3 In Design mode, click Magic Wand.

4 Select a cross stitch type.
5 Select a color from the palette. 2 Select a font, style and size from the lists.
6 Click a colored block in your picture. 3 Click OK.
All areas of that color are digitized in the selected 4 Click the start point in the design window.
color.
5 Type the letters and press Enter.

Area Selected area

selected digitized Letters with fill stitches Letters with outline stitches

Note The Magic Wand selects and digitizes all Tip To edit letters, use Auto Select with the Ctrl
blocks of that color from your picture. You can key to select. Then change the stitch type or color
change the stitch type and color later if you want. as required.

Digitizing cross stitch letters

Use Lettering (Design toolbar) to add letters to your

design. Right-click Lettering to open the Font dialog.

As with BERNINA Embroidery Software, BERNINA

Cross Stitch lets you add lettering to a design by
typing it directly in the design window. In BERNINA
Cross Stitch use the Font dialog to select font, size
and style. Select either outline or fill to digitize letters.
Once typed, you cannot edit letters. Each letter is
treated as a stitch block.

Tip Use Creative Cross to add lettering objects to

your cross stitch design. See BERNINA Onscreen
Manual for details.

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APPENDIX A
CROSS STITCH QUICK REFERENCE

This Quick Reference details all menu options and toolbars available in BERNINA
Cross Stitch.

BERNINA Cross Stitch design window

Title bar
Menu bar
General toolbar
Mode tabs

Picture/Design toolbar
(changes with selected
mode)
Design Window

Stitch & Color bar

Status line

BERNINA Cross Stitch menu bar File menu

New Open new empty design.

The BERNINA Cross Stitch window menu bar contains
Open Open design.
the pulldown menus described below. Some are also
available as toolbar buttons. Close Close current design window.
Save Save current design.
Save As Save current design to with a different name,
Note Standard Windows Alt key shortcuts apply. Use
location or format.
the Alt key with the letter underlined in the menu. To
cancel an operation, press Esc twice.

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Design Add comments about design for printing on Settings menu

Properties worksheet.
Thread Colors Assign thread colors for use in design.
Exit Close all open designs and exit BERNINA®
Embroidery Software BERNINA Cross Stitch Fabric Count Set number of stitches per inch or mm.
program. Fabric Display Select background fabrics and colors.
Options Adjust settings for display window.
Edit menu
Display Setup Calibrate screen.
Undo Cancel last command. Scanner Setup Set scanner options.
Redo Re-apply cancelled commands.
Window menu
Cut Delete selection and places it on clipboard.
Copy Copy selection to clipboard. Cascade Display any open windows in a ‘cascaded’
Paste Paste contents of clipboard to design window. or stair-stepped fashion.

Duplicate Duplicate selection and place it on current Tile Horizon- Display any open windows in a horizontally
selection. tally ‘tiled’ (non-overlapping) fashion.

Delete Delete selection without placing it on clip- Tile Vertically Display any open windows in a vertically
board. ‘tiled’ (non-overlapping) fashion.

Select All Select all objects in design. 1 (Title of Choose from a list of open windows titles in
Open Win- the order in which they are stacked.
Deselect All Deselect all selected objects in design. dow)
Insert Insert a fractional cross stitch in the same
square as other fractional stitches as long as Help menu
they are not on top of each other.
Outlines Lock or unlock outline stitches for editing. Help Topics List online help topics.
Crosses Lock or unlock cross stitches for editing. Reference Open User Guide in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Manual format.
View menu

By Color Show only selected colors in design. BERNINA Cross Stitch window toolbars
Show 1:1 Show design at correct size.
Show All Show whole design. The BERNINA Cross Stitch window contains the
Zoom Box Zoom selected area to full window size. toolbars described below.
Redraw Redraw design.
Mode tabs
Grid Show or hide grid and sets grid size and
spacing. There are two Mode tabs in the BERNINA Cross Stitch
window. Different modes display different toolbars.
Crosses Show stitches as colored tiles or cross
stitches. Load, edit and save picture as a back-
Picture Show or hide background picture. ground for embroidery design. Embroidery
shapes are not shown.
Hoop Show or hide hoop and sets hoop size and
position. Create and modify embroidery designs.
Show embroidery shapes as well as pic-
Measure Measure design size.
tures.

Arrange menu
General toolbar
Center Design Move design to the center of the hoop.
Mirror Hori- Mirror selected object/s horizontally about New Same as File > New
zontal center.
Mirror Vertical Mirror selected object/s vertically about Open Same as File > Open
center.
Save Same as File > Save

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Cut Same as Edit > Cut Mirror Vertical Same as Arrange > Mirror Vertical

Rotate 90° Rotate selected objects in 90° incre-

Copy Same as Edit > Copy
CCW / CW ments. Click to rotate counter clock-
wise. Right-click to rotate clockwise.
Paste Same as Edit > Paste
Magic Wand Digitize single shape in design.
Undo Same as Edit > Undo
Open Curve Draw and digitize open shapes.
Redo Same as Edit > Redo
Closed Curve Draw and digitize closed shapes.
Grid Same as View > Grid
Circle / Oval Draw and digitize ovals or circles.
Hoop Same as View > Hoop
Draw and digitize rectangles or
Rectangle
squares.
Picture Same as View > Picture
Select a single color block or an
Auto Select
undigitized area.
Crosses Same as View > Crosses
Pencil Draw single stitch or line of stitches.
Zoom Box Same as View > Zoom Box
Eraser Erase cross stitches.
Zoom Out
Same as View > Zoom Out 2X Auto Stitch Digitize picture automatically. (This
2X
process is different to BERNINA®
Show All Same as View > Show All Embroidery Software as it converts
pixels to cross stitches.)
Show 1:1 Same as View > Show 1:1
Area Fill Fill closed shape with stitches.

Picture toolbar Rubber Stamp

Clone selection for re-use as ‘rubber
stamp’.
Select Pic-
Select pictures in design window.
ture

Load Picture Insert picture in design window.

®
Scan Picture Scans picture into BERNINA
Embroidery Software.
Dim or brighten picture to show
Dim Picture
stitches more clearly in design mode.

Save Picture Save picture after editing.

Design toolbar

Select a single stitch or block of

Select Object
stitches.
Polygon
Select irregular areas or shapes.
Select
Create lettering and change lettering
Lettering
properties.
Mirror Hori- Same as Arrange > Mirror Horizon-
zontal tal

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INDEX

A fill stitch 10 Mirror Horizontal 19

fills 1 Mirror Vertical 19
Application Launcher tool 5 French knot 3 Open Curve 13
Area Fill tool 14 full cross 1 Pencil 20
ARX file types 15 grid settings 6 Pencil tool 12
Auto Select tool 17, 18 half cross 2 Polygon Select 16
Auto Stitch Image dialog 23 hoop settings 7 Rectangle 13
Auto Stitch tool 23 letters 25 Rotate 90 deg CW/CCW 19
locking stitches 16 Rubber Stamp 20
Magic Wand 24 Select Object 16
B dialogs
mini-cross 2
mirroring stitches 19 Auto Stitch Image 23
backdrops, digitizing with 22 Color 6, 12
moving stitches 19
bitmap images Design Properties > Thread
outlines 9
reshaping 23 Colors 11
pencil tool 12
scaling 23 Fabric Count 8
picture mode 6
quarter cross 2 Font 25
C rotating stitches 19 Open 7, 15, 22
rubber stamp 20 Options 6, 7
Circle tool Rubber Stamp tool 20 Select Fill Style 10
cross stitch 13 saving designs 14 Double cross stitch 2
Closed Curve tool 13 selecting cross stitch types 9, 11
Color dialog 6, 12 selecting stitch color 11 E
Copy tool 17 selecting stitches 16
cross stitch selecting stitches with Auto
Elongated cross stitch 3
adding borders 20 Select 17
Eraser tool 18
area filling 14 setting orientation 10
Auto Select tool 17 setting stitch density 9
Auto Stitch 23 showing stitches 8 F
automatic digitizing 23 three-quarter 1
borders 3 types 1 Fabric Count dialog 8
changing background colors and upright cross 2 Fill tool 10
fabrics 7 using with artista 15 fills, cross stitch 1
changing stitch color 18 variations 3 find threads 11
combination stitches 4, 20 Crosses tool 8 Font dialog 25
copy, cut, paste 17 Cut tool 17 French knot cross stitch 3
design files 14 Full cross stitch 1
design information 8
D
design mode 6
G
digitizing areas 24
Design mode tab 6
digitizing circles 13
Design Properties dialog General toolbar
digitizing closed shapes 13
Thread Colors 11 Application Launcher 5
digitizing lines 12
Design toolbar Copy 17
digitizing open shapes 13
Area Fill 14 Crosses 8
digitizing pictures automatically 23
Auto Select 17, 18 Cut 17
digitizing rectangles 13
Auto Stitch 23 Grid 6
double cross 2
Circle 13 Hoop 7
editing stitches 16
Closed Curve 13 Paste 17
elongated cross 3
Eraser 18 Picture 23
Eraser tool 18
Lettering 25 Save 14
erasing stitches 18
Magic Wand 24 Grid tool 6

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H S

Half cross stitch 2 Save tool 14

Hoop tool 7 scaling
hoops, automatic centering 7 bitmap images 23
Scan Picture tool 22
searching, for threads 11
I
Select Fill Style dialog 10
Select Object tool 16
images
Setting cross stitch orientation 10
reshaping 23
Stitch and Color bar
scaling 23
Fill 10
inserting
Outline 9
bitmaps images 22

T
L
tab
Lettering tool 25
design mode 6
Load Picture tool 22
picture mode 6
thread colors
M mixing your own 12
threads
Magic Wand tool 24 finding 11
Mini cross stitch 2 searching for 11
Mirror Three-quarter cross stitch 1
Horizontal tool 19 tools
Vertical tool 19 on Stitch and Color bar 28
mixing your own thread colors 12
U
O
Upright cross stitch 2
Open Curve tool 13
Open dialog 7, 15, 22
Options dialog 6, 7
Outline tool 9

Paste tool 17
Pencil tool 12, 20
picture mode tab 6
Picture tool 23
Picture toolbar
Load Picture 22
Scan Picture 22
Polygon Select tool 16

Quarter cross stitch 2

Rectangle tool 13
reshaping, bitmap images 23
Rotate 90 deg CW/CCW tool 19
Rubber Stamp tool 20

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