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Sherly,
How do you find sewing needles with big enough eyes? I think what I've been using for fractional stitches is a sharp tapestry needle. Except I live in a place where there are no longer any stitching stores, so options are few.
I like to work with linen, because then fractional stitches are soooo easy!


I am a primer user and I have tried several times to make a pattern out of a picture and I cant get a picture tire I can see enough to use. Help
Cindy Orms

Nice to meet everyone! I am new! I just have question. Does it have a C2C option? All I see is for doing single stitch across. I have picture that I want to c2c. 

I am trying to get a pattern for peyote stitch using Miyuki Delicas and choosing my own colors (15 of them) and am also getting only black and white patterns in PDF, which also says I only chose 2 colors (B&W, apparently.) It's from a Van Gogh Irises poster, which is certainly not black and white, right?  Has the problem been corrected, or is it me?
Thanks!


I did write a full reply but I tried to edit it and it all disappeared when I tried to post the edit. So here goes:

I did resize the image to 214 wide x 221 high at 144 ppi.  I need the width to be 214 stitches.  The original version of this image was roughly 500 pixels but I can't remember exactly and it grew as I started tweeking options then pixel size.

Yes, I manually choose my colors.  I am finding that allowing the program to choose for me produces a range of results that are unsuitable for my use.  Usually I see colors that do not highlight the design elements to my liking, more/less colors, errant colors, and/or mismatched colors.

This particular image is a png but I also use jpg.

All of the following trials used the full switchboard palette, auto pixel=stitches, color sensitivity at preset 20, max smoothness, and light stray pixel cleanup.  Any deviations will be noted...


This test was manual color choice of the 4 shown on the pdf screenprints.  Errant colors begin in row 1.  However color matching is correct otherwise.

 



 


Just out of curiosity I then flipped the image 90 & manually chose colors to see what would happen: still errant colors...








Next test used unlimited auto selection of palette for an image that only contains 4 colors.  I know it is only 4 colors as I created the png myself. 55 colors from that 4 color image?  but also check out how the pdf came out...













Then I decided to limit the auto selection from palette to 4 colors.  Far more errant colors than other tries.  Also color mismatches.  The white came out with the blues from the palette and the green it used is the kelly green but it has a color in the palette that is just green (I manually choose it) that is lighter and closer to what I used in the image...







I did one more thing to the image and tried these tests again...results to be continued...  Thanks,  Kathy




 
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