JANOME Embroidery Software Instruction Book
Chapter 7 Grids and Hoops
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4 Select a color from the palette or mix your own. See
Mixing your own background color for details.
5 Click OK.
Changing background fabrics
Set the color inside the hoop to match the color of
the fabric you intend to stitch out on. See also
Working with fabrics.
To change the background fabric
1 Select Setup > Work Environment or right-click the
Design Window and select from the popup menu.
The Work Environment dialog opens.
2 Select the Fabrics option.
The dialog changes as shown.
3 Click the Browse Fabrics button.
The Select Fabric dialog displays a selection of fabric
samples to choose from.
Try this! You can add your own fabric samples to the
Fabrics folder in any of the supported file formats. You
can also browse to another folder on your PC and
select a file in any of these formats. See also
Supported embroidery file formats.
4 Select a fabric sample and click Open or simply
double-click the file.
The selected fabric is displayed in the hoop preview in
the Work Environment dialog.
5 Click OK.
The selected fabric is applied to the whole Design
Window.
Mixing your own background color
You can create a new background color for use with
the current design. Each new design uses the
default colors.
To mix your own background color
1 Select Setup > Work Environment.
The Work Environment dialog opens.
2 Select a color slot in the palette.
3 Click Mix Color.
The Color dialog opens.
Inside hoop area recolored Outside hoop area recolored
Fabric preview
Click to choose
sample
Use Setup > Work Environment to mix a new background
color.
Click to mix color
Select color to
replace