pfaffies-digest             Sunday, 9 March 1997        Volume 01 : Number 1116

From: Ilene Black <wblack@worldaccess.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 07:42:19 -0800
Subject: Re: PFAFF: outline area not recognized

Mary Jane,
I probably did not make the explanation clear when I answered Lillian about
the "outline area not recopgnized" error message with B Fill.

If any of you have access to Volume 2 of the PCD_WIN video. Watch it.  You
will notice that she does not try to line up the first and last stitch
point of an outline precisely.  She lets the lines from the first stitch
point and last stitch point cross.  Those lines close the area.  You will
have two stitches outside the outline after it is filled.  They can be
moved or deleted.  I usually move them unless I plan to delete the outline
for some reason.

Sometimes in order to get the lines to cross, I will begin my outline about
1/4 inch out from the outline and the second one on the outline, then when
I come around to the last stitch it is easy to make the lines cross each
other.  It makes B Fill as easy as you wish it was.

Ilene Black sw WA
wblack@worldaccess.com

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pfaffies-digest             Sunday, 9 March 1997        Volume 01 : Number 1118

From: "Marian Suggs" <erimar@loop.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:59:23 -0800
Subject: Re: PFAFF: outline area not recognized

[By the time I was ready to send this I noticed that Ilene had already 
pointed to Video 2 for the same solution. I haven't seen that video, but 
this method really works well for me. Here it is in some different words.]

Sometimes it is easier to be sure that an area is closed (at the start and 
end stitches) by "crossing the threads" close to those stitches. Cross the 
threads by taking the first (or last) stitch of the outline and moving it 
so that the lines connecting the first and last stitches to the outline 
cross. This assures that the outline is closed and doesn't require 
you to be so very very exact in placing that stitch. You may not even 
have to use the zoom function. After you do a fill, you can move the 
stitch back if you like.

I often find that the problem is from other stitches poking into the 
outline, either inside the shape I want to fill or sitting right on top of 
the outline. Make sure the area and the outline are free of stitches from 
elsewhere.

Marian in Arcadia CA
erimar@loop.com

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From:   owner-pfaffies@listserv.embroideryclubs.com on behalf of Ilene Black
Sent:   Saturday, March 08, 1997 9:06 PM
To:     pfaffies@listserv.embroideryclubs.com
Subject:        PFAFF: RE: Area Not Recognized

Lillian,
If you are struggling with B Fill and "area not recognized" error message
you might try making the first and last line cross.  Even if you are going
at an angle that seems that crossing the lines won't work, think about it
like; I can start out 1/4 inch at a right angle and the next on the line
and proceed on around to the first and just cross the lines behind stitch
2.  The first and last stitch have to line up precisely otherwise and have
no stitches extending inside the area.

Try thinking about it in terms of making the lines cross where first and
last stitch come together.  Do the B fill - then either move the two stitch
points that are outside the fill area up in line or delete.

That may take some frustration away.
Ilene Black
wblack@worldaccess.com

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