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Ripple stitch
What it is
Ripple stitch is part running stitch and part filling: it behaves like a running stitch (it can be done in triple stitch for example), it is defined from a stroke, but the embroidery result stretches over a surface. Used loosely, the result looks like ripples, hence the name.
How to Create
From a stroke (stroke color is set and no fill color) that may be either a simple path (decomposition applied to it has no effect) or a composed path with exactly two subpaths, just like the rails of a satin column.
Le stroke may be dashed or not, here it does not matter.
- Create a stroke (stroke color is set and no fill color) that may be either a simple path (decomposition applied to it has no effect) or a composed path with exactly two subpaths.
- Select this stroke
- Open params dialog (
Extensions > Ink/Stitch > Params
) and selectRipple stitch
as method.
If the stroke is closed, any hole will be ignored and the shape will be filled with a spiral. Open shapes will be stitched back and forth.
Once the path has been created, it becomes possible to guide the way the ripples replicate to fill a shape.
There are many ways to exploit all the possibilities:
Params
Params | Description | |
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Running stitch along paths | ☑ | Must be enabled for these settings to take effect. |
Methode | Chose Ripple stitch | |
Repeats | ◦ Defines how many times to run down and back along the final embroidery path ◦ Default: 1 (traveling once from the start to the end of the path) ◦ Odd number: stitches will end at the end of the path ◦ Even number: stitching will return to the start of the path |
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Bean stitch number of repeats | ◦ Enable Bean Stitch Mode ◦ Backtrack each stitch this many times. ◦ A value of 1 would triple each stitch (forward, back, forward). ◦ A value of 2 would quintuple each stitch, etc. ◦ Only applies to running stitch. |
|
Running stitch length | Length of stitches in Running Stitch Mode | |
Number of line | Chose how many times the ripple replicates. Default value is 10. | |
◦Skip first lines ◦Skip last lines |
Skip (do not embroider) that number of replications at start and/or end of the embroidery. | |
Line distance exponent | ◦ With default value of 1 space between replications is constant ◦ With a value greater than 1, the space between two consecutive replications increases as one moves away from the original ripple ◦ With a value smaller than 1, the space between two consecutive replications decreases as one moves away from the original ripple. |
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Flip exponent | ☑ or ▢ | exchange role of first and last line in the computation of line distance |
Reverse | ☑ or ▢ | Reverse the final embroidery path. Has no effect on the other parameters. |
Grid max distance | If the distance is strictly positive a grid effect is added. The distance controls how far apart the new lines are. | |
Scale axes | XY or X or Y or None | for guided ripple only |
Starting scale | for guided ripple only | How big the first copy of the line should be, in percent. |
Ending scale | for guided ripple only | How big the last copy of the line should be, in percent. |
Rotate | ☑ or ▢ | for guided ripple only |
Enables lock stitches in only desired positions | ☑ ou ▢ | Enables lock stitches in only desired positions |
Force lock stitches | ☑ or ▢ | Sew lock stitches after sewing this element, even if the distance to the next object is shorter than defined by the collapse length value in the Ink/Stitch preferences. |
Guiding
For any ripple : guide line
It is always possible to add a guide line to a ripple:
- Create a ripple
- Create a stroke
- Turn the stroke into guide line :
Extensions > Ink/Stitch > Edit > Selection to Guide
- Group the ripple and the guide
The centers of the replications follow the guide.
If the guide has two sub-paths, distance between the sub-paths determine replications sizes
For ripple defined from a simple path : target
It is possible to define a ripple stitch target position using [visual command] (/docs/commands/). If no guiding information is provided, the center of the path is the target.
For satin ripple (two subpaths) : rungs
Works similarly to Satin Columns rungs