Master Macstitch/Winstitch for Blackwork Embroidery Designs

Create your first chart using max stitch or wind stitch, select backstitch, copy and paste motifs, flip and mirror sections, then save in a Black Work Charts folder.

Edit your chart in max stitch by duplicating, pasting, and deleting stitches to refine motives and edges, then save, print, or export as PDF.

Create and save a motive for future charts by editing a pasted design, adding stitches, and storing it as a motive or a speciality stitch in the appropriate folders.

Learn the differences between motives and special stitches and why to create each, then apply and recolor them in your chart using the palette, active color, and DMC threads.

Change colors in your chart with palette search and replace to swap motives and stitches, then manage palettes by adding, removing, or saving across DMC, Anchor, and Madeira rayon.

Create a new chart with personalized preferences and set it as default, then build motives and specialty stitches. View and customize grid size, cloth color, borders, and palettes.

Remove unused colors from the palette, crop the chart to fit, and manage white space by drawing and erasing a hollow rectangle box before exporting as image or pdf.

Create a new palette from mixed thread families and manufacturers, then save it as your default. Name the palette, transfer colors with the arrow, and customize symbols for cross stitch.

Export a print-ready pdf of your Macstitch/Winstitch chart by configuring paper size (a4), margins, grid, and overlap; preview, add a title and colors, and save a multi-page chart.

Adjust preferences to customize backstitch behavior, grid snapping, and default settings, restore defaults, switch between metric and imperial, and organize saved charts and folders.

Start designing your own blackwork chart using max stitch and wind stitch, from setting size and fabric count to creating motifs and seeking inspiration, saving, printing, and personalizing the program.