Creating Schiffli split stitch effects

Schiffli designers (like multihead ones) try to avoid long stitches. In Satin areas in particular, they use various ‘split stitch’ techniques and effects. Because Schiffli embroidery employs thicker yarn than multihead, it is important that needle penetration points in the split are not too close together, not too visible, and not too close to the edge.

Stations software (SPES) includes several split stitch types specifically designed to address Schiffli style work. While the same stitch types are not explicitly defined in EmbroideryStudio, the examples below show you how to produce similar results. Using these techniques it is possible to satisfy most of the particular Schiffli style requirements.

Tip: If you plan to reshape an object’s boundaries, you may also want to reshape the User Defined Split lines. To allow this, you need to create the User Defined Split lines as drawing objects, separate from the embroidery object, then use Make User Defined Split. Then to edit them, select the drawing objects and re-shape them, and Make User Defined Split again.

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