JANOME Embroidery Software Instruction Book
Chapter 10 Embroidery Stamps and Motifs
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Try this!  You can also change the position, size 
and orientation of Motif Fill objects by moving, 
scaling and transforming them as you do any other 
embroidery object. See Arranging and 
Transforming Objects for details.
To lay out motif fills on-screen
1 Digitize a Motif Fill object from scratch or double-click 
an existing one. See Creating Motif Fill objects for 
details.
The Object Details > Fill Stitch > Motif Fill dialog 
opens.
2 Click 
Layout.
Sample and guide motifs appear in the Design Window. 
When you change a guide motif, all motifs in the fill 
change accordingly.
3 Zoom in and adjust selected guide motifs to achieve 
the effect you require.
 Use top guide motif to change row spacing, row 
offset, and to scale motifs.
 Use middle guide motif to move, rotate, skew, and 
scale motifs.
 Use side guide motif to change column spacing, and 
to scale motifs.
 Rotate motifs by clicking the middle guide twice to 
display the rotation handles. Click a corner handle 
and drag to rotate.
 Skew motifs by clicking the middle guide twice, then 
dragging the skew handles. 
 Change column spacing by selecting the side guide 
and dragging it left or right.
 Change row spacing by selecting the top guide and 
dragging it up or down.
 Change row offset by selecting the top guide and 
dragging it left or right.
Click to lay out
Zoom in to select correct 
guide motif
Scale proportionally
Scale horizontally
Scale vertically
Rotate
Skew
Anchor
Change 
column 
spacing