You'll learn to create layouts on multiple pages of paper – up to 3 pages up and 3 pages down.
What you'll learn
You'll learn to create layouts on multiple pages of paper – up to 3 pages up and 3 pages down.
EasyEdit provides the ability to create multiple-page embroidery layouts. We can create layouts up to three pages across and three pages down. That's 25.5 inches by 33 inches!
A. Increase the number of pages in a layout
1. Click Edit, Number of Sheets for Layout...
2. The Number of Sheets for Layout dialog box will appear.
3. Click the up arrow in the Horizontal box to the number 2.
4. Click OK
5. The layout screen will increase to two sheets.
6. We can't see the right side of the second sheet without using the slide on the screen. There is a command that will allow us to see the entire screen without sliding.
7. Click View, Overview
8. The screen will change to show the entire layout.
B. Continuous Designs
Through the EasyEdit program, you can create continuous designs such as borders. We will create a border that can repeat as long as we need it to. We will use cross stitch designs.
1. To import a design, we can either click the Import icon.
OR
click File, Import Design.
2. Either way will bring up the Open/Import Files dialog box.
3. The designs we want are in the Cross Stitch folder.
4. The path is C:\Program Files\Janome\Customizer 10000 Plus\MCnnnn\EasyEdit Designs\Cross Stitch.
5. The first design we want is Cross flower3.
6. Click once on it to see it in the preview window. Click the Open button to bring it to the design screen.
7. Move the design down as close to the bottom as you can.
8. To import the second design, we can either click the Import icon
OR
click File, Import Design.
9. Either way will bring up the Open/Import Files dialog box.
10. The second design we want is Cross flower1. Click once on it to see it in the preview window. Clickthe Open button to bring it to the design screen.
- Move it next to and over the first design.
12. To make sure it is close enough to the first design, click the Zoom icon.
13. Your cursor will turn into a magnifying glass. As you click on the screen, the designs will magnify.
14. To turn the Zoom off, click on the Zoom icon a second time. Your cursor will go back to its original pointer.
- Click View, Overview to see the entire screen.
16. Click on the first design to select it.
17. Click the Copy icon
OR
Click Edit, Copy
18. The design will be copied.
19. Click the Paste icon
OR
Click Edit, Paste
20. The copied design will be pasted on the design screen. Move it over the second design.
21. Magnify, if necessary, to align the designs.
22. Click on the designs to select them, copy them, and paste them, arranging them so Cross Flower1 is outside and Cross Flower3 is the inner design.
23. Click the Combine icon.
24. Combine the first set of designs together. Combine the second set of designs.
25. Click the Combine icon to turn off the combining function.
26. Click on the first set of designs to select them.
27. Click the Rotate icon to turn them sideways.
28. Move the designs to the left.
29. Select and rotate the second set of designs. Move them next to the first set of designs.
30. Click File, Print Preview to see the template.
31. Click the Two Page button to see both pages.
32. When you print out this template, it must be taped together at the alignment lines.
By sewing Design1 followed by Design 2, you can create a continuous border as long as you wish.
