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Welcome to the Ink/Stitch beginner tutorial series.

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In this part we are going to have a closer look which stitch types Ink/Stitch is able to perform.

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We will not explain the stitch types in general, but only how to create them in Ink/Stitch.

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Ink/Stitch stitch types can be roughly divided into three sections: stroke, satin and fill.

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Here is a complete list, so you can quickly navigate to the stitch type you are interested in.

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This is the tutorial about fill stitches.

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Fill stitch is used to fill big areas with a color.

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Ink/Stitch comes with two fill stitch types: manual and auto-fill.

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We will not show manual fill in this tutorial.

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If you are interested in it, you can read more on our website.

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Auto-fill is the default method for generating fill stitches.

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Create a path with a fill color.

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Shapes can also have holes, but should not consist of more than one section.

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If you need to fill a shape like the one on the right side, hit Ctrl+Shift+K to treat it as two seperate shapes.

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Open the params dialogue and enable "Automatically routed fill stitching".

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Set the stitch angle, while 0 is horizontal. You can also use negative values.

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Expand the shape before stitching. This compensates the pull effect and helps to avoid gaps between sections.

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Define the maximum fill stitch length. Stitches may be shorter at the end or start of a row.

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Set spacing between rows - and running stitch length.

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With "Skip last stitch in each row" you will save a hugh amount of stitches.

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The last stitch in each row is quite close to the first stitch in the next row.

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Skipping it decreases stitch count and density.

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Influence the output with the last setting;

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where you define, how many rows apart stitches will fall into the same column position.

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Fill stitch areas also need an underlay.

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Switch to the "AutoFill Underlay" tab and enable "Underlay".

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Here you will find  the "Fill angle" setting again.

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By default it will be shifted for + 90 deg to the fill stitch.

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Prevent underlay from showing around the outside of the fill with "inset".

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Define "max. stitch length" and "row spacing", wich defaults to 3x the spacing of the top layer.

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In embroidery files you want to plan where stitching starts and ends.

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You can control the start and end position of a fill with visual commands.

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If you cannot follow the steps shown here, follow our visual commands tutorial.

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We hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

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You might also want to watch our videos about stroke type stitches and satin columns.