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Chapter 2 |

Manipulating Stitches

Now that you have learned how to select stitches, you are going to

want to modify them. The changes you make to a design can be as

simple as changing a thread color or as involved as improving the

sewing of a design.

All of the commands and tools introduced here are covered in the

BuzzEdit

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Reference beginning on page 115. You may also find

step-by-step directions for using several of these commands in

Chapter 5: How Do I… which starts on page 95.

Changing Stitch Attributes

One of the most common changes made to a design is to change

the stitch attributes of a selection. The stitch attributes that can be

changed with BuzzEdit

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are stitch type and thread color.

Change Stitch Type

Use the Change Stitch Type drop down combo box to

change the stitch type. This is located on the main

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toolbar. You can choose from Stitch or Jump.

Most commonly, you will use this command to change a single, long

jump stitch to the matching stitch type Jump. Many embroidery

formats treat jump stitches differently than other stitches by either

displaying them differently or changing how the stitch is sewn at the

machine. Your design will usually stitch correctly even if a few of the

stitches are incorrectly typed.