Stitch Library
Ink/Stitch stitch types can be roughly divided into three sections: stroke, satin and fill.
Stroke
Stroke stitches can be used for: outlines, line art embroidery or to add details into your design.
Running Stitch
Running stitch produces a series of small stitches following a line or curve.
Bean Stitch
Bean stitch describes a repetition of running stitches back and forth. This would result in thicker threading.
Manual Stitch
In manual stitch mode Ink/Stitch will use each node of a path as a needle penetration point, exactly as you placed them.
Ripple Stitch
Ripple stitch is a versatile stitch type that stretches over a surface in spirals, rows of lines or even grids.
Zig-Zag Stitch
Zig-Zag stitches are a very basic option to create a simple zig-zag line. We recommend to use them only for straight lines, because they will not stitch nicely around edges. In most cases, you would prefer a satin column instead.
Satin
Satin Column
Satin stitch is mostly used for borders, letters or small fill areas.
Ink/Stitch will draw zig-zags back and forth between two lines, while you can vary the thickness of the column as you like.
E-Stitch
The biggest purpose for E-stitch is a simple but strong cover stitch for applique items. Mainly for baby cloths as their skin tends to be more sensitive.
S-Stitch
“S-Stitch” is a satin column that looks like a curvy fill.
Zigzag Satin
“Zigzag “ is a satin column that looks like a better version of the zigzag stitch (stroke).
Fill
Fill Stitch
Fill stitch is used to fill big areas with a color.
Circular Fill
Circular fill fills a shape with an embroidered spiral. The center of the spiral is positioned at the center of the shape. A target point can be used to define a custom spiral center.
Contour Stitch
Contour fill covers areas with stitches following the contour of an object.
Guided Fill
Create guide lines to generate a curved fill.
Linear Gradient Fill
This feature will be part of an upcoming Ink/Stitch release. It is not yet integrated in Ink/Stitch.
Linear gradient fill uses Inkscapes linear gradient color to create seamless gradients with a consistent stitch positioning.
Meander Fill
Meander fill has its origins in quilting techniques. A beautiful patterned effect results for machine embroidery. Large areas can be filled with relatively few stitches.
Tartan Fill
This feature will be part of an upcoming Ink/Stitch release. It is not yet integrated in Ink/Stitch.
Tartan is a patterned fabric with colored horizontal and vertical stripes. It is typically known from scottish kilts. The embroidery stitch type tries to mimic the typical pattern.
Legacy Fill
In legacy fill, the extension will still break up the shape into sections, each of which can be embroidered in one go. Then these sections will be fill-stitched one at a time, jumping directly between sections.