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How to remove the White background stitch count (cross stitch)

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Mollymook message #1
How to remove the White background stitch count (cross stitch)
July 13, 2020 at 8:51:41 PM

Hello,

I've done my first sample test pattern of a flower with a neutral background (transparent in Photoshop PSD and saved as white when converted to a JPG).

The background came out as being all white stitches. There's no need to stitch the blank background. As I'm setting these patterns up to sell I need to remove this as I don't want customers wasting time, thread and money on trying to stitch a white background.

The flower itself has some white stitches in it (at the moment, I will be simplifying it as I think I've made an advance pattern) so I don't want to lose them.

Can you help with this please?

Many thanks.

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Stitchboard Admin message #2
Re: How to remove the White background stitch count (cross stitch)
July 14, 2020 at 9:53:33 AM (in response to Mollymook message #1)

Molly,

Welcome!

I'm sorry to say that at this time there's no way to remove the white background stitches. Of course you don't want people to stitch anything but the accent colors, as I agree, that would be a waste of time and thread...nobody cross stitches that way!

This is a feature we'll be including as a later option, as it's been requested before, but for the moment it's not available.

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Mollymook message #3
Re: How to remove the White background stitch count (cross stitch)
July 14, 2020 at 8:27:43 PM (in response to Stitchboard Admin message #2)

Hello, thank you for your straight forward speedy reply.

I've included a message in the Notes section about not needing to stitch the background so hopefully that will be seen and help.

It will be lovely though when it changes.

Many thanks

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Stitchboard Admin message #4
Re: How to remove the White background stitch count (cross stitch)
July 15, 2020 at 7:33:23 AM (in response to Mollymook message #3)

Molly,

You're so very welcome!

Glad you were able to figure out a way.

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