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by airyfairy 22 Feb 2011 ( edited Feb 22'11 14:19 )
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Can somebody please tell me what Stepfill is?

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by rmj8939 22 Feb 2011
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I do not know but will send to top again.
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by grandmamek 22 Feb 2011
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?? I have not heard of stepfill. TTT
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by basketkase 22 Feb 2011
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Sarah, it is a type of fill in a design. There are satin fills, step fills, fancy fills. It is the way the stitches are laid in the fill and then for a step fill there are various ways for that fill to be created as well. Vicki
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by mops 22 Feb 2011
Never heard of step fill, but different software programmes use different jargon - can be quite confusing at times.
by basketkase 22 Feb 2011
Bernina software calls some of my fills step fills and there are 30 different arrangements of them. They are under all the fills along with the satins, fancy, candlewick, blackwork, etc. It is a shame that all the machine can't have a universal language.....
by airyfairy 22 Feb 2011
Vicki - I went into Daintystitches.com - loads of $1 designs (sets) and a lot of them say stepfill - just wanted to know what it means. I do not even know what fills are!!!
by basketkase 22 Feb 2011
Sarah....fills are the stitches that are used to fill the design. Like Mushu's design is mostly step stitches, just different angles and lengths & widths to make the fills (stitches) look different.
by windsong1 22 Feb 2011
Wow. Thank you. Never heard that word either. Love this site!
by airyfairy 22 Feb 2011
Thanks Vicki. Now I know - learn something every day on this site.
by sewlikedawn 22 Feb 2011
Thanks Vicki I had no idea what stepfill was. Learned something new too!
Dawn
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by cclark 22 Feb 2011
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I think some programs call it a motif fill. Charla
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by mi30kaja 22 Feb 2011
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Would it be when the design fills the area with short tacking like stitches but stitched in a way that it fills the design rather than a satin stitch. Would be used to fill a larger area.? Gee I hope this makes sense. Lyn
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by honeychyle 22 Feb 2011
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That's a new word for me.