Artista Basics Cross Stitch

Artista Basics Cross-Stitch

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Artista Designer Plus & Editor Plus v5 & v6
Start at Basics Cross-Stitch Tutorial
by Lodia Da Silva

This tutorial covers the following topics:

Setting Grid, Major colours, Minor Colours
Setting Fabric Count
Setting Background Colour and Hoop
Stitch Types and Colours
Outline Stitch Types
Stitch Density
Digitise Using Tools
Erasing Stitches
Digitising Individual Stitches
Changing Colours and Stitch Types
Move, Rotate, Mirror, Copy & Paste
Using the Magic Wand
Add Outlines
Digitise with Auto Stitch
Add Lettering
Save the Design

Auto-Digitized Design	Drawing a Circle with the Circle Tool
Changing Stitch Types and Colors	Using the Auto-Stitch Tool
Lettering in the Cross-Stitch Program

This 17 page tutorial is in pdf format and all designs required to complete the tutorial are included in the download for your use.

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