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Converting a Pattern

Pattern to Trim

The trim is a special type of boundary, and it will prevent any pattern from stitching on the yellow trimmed section. Notice how the center of the pattern is not yellow - this pattern was designed as a ‘donut’ shape.

Pattern to Boundary

A boundary is used as a visual reference. After a pattern is stitched, it can be converted to a boundary so the image remains on the screen, and won’t move.

Pattern to Outline

An outline is similar to an echo but there is no extra space added around the original design. The outer points are smoothed, but not enlarged.

Pattern to Curve

This option was designed for linear patterns, to add pink nodes so the patterns could be divided and modified. In the illustration, the converted pattern was selected, using the Node handles, to show the pink nodes.

Converting a Boundary

Boundary to Pattern

In this example, the boundary was originally created as a reference for placing patterns. When the boundary is converted to a pattern and stitched, this becomes a technique for Stitch- in-the-ditch. Be careful to stitch very slowly, staying in the ditch. 

Boundary to Trim

In this example, the boundary was created to place an interior pattern and then converted to a trim. The trim protects the center designs while the background is stitched.

Converting a Trim 

Trim to Pattern

On this example the trim was originally defined to protect a section of the quilt from overstitching (i.e. appliqué). Once the background is stitched, the trim can be converted to a stitchable pattern, so the outline can be stitched.

Trim to Boundary

Once the background is stitched, the trim can also be converted to a Boundary as a visual reference. 

In this example, a pattern was converted to an outline which is made up of only polylines. The outline polylines are visible when selecting the Nodes Mode handles. The polylines are represented by pink nodes.