Boring (eyelets) and cording

Boring: eyelets and broderie anglaise

A borer is a cutting blade mounted on the machine instead of a needle. It pierces the fabric; the needle then overcasts the edge of the hole with a satin ring. This is the technique of broderie anglaise and openwork borders.

1. Make sure your machine has a borer (boring knife); Tarz Studio inserts a stop so the operator switches to it.
2. Draw small circles where the holes go, or select existing ones.
3. In Properties → Stitch type, choose Boring.
4. Set Hole diameter (default 3 mm) and Overcast width (default 1.2 mm).
5. Tarz Studio sews a short running stitch around the hole to hold the fabric, switches to the borer to cut, then sews the satin ring.

Use a firm, woven fabric (cotton, linen) and a tear-away or water-soluble stabilizer. Holes larger than about 6 mm are better cut by hand with a cut-work outline.

Cording: couching a cord

Cording lays a thick cord or several threads on the fabric and holds it with a zigzag, like the traditional fetla and majboud of Algerian caftans and karakous.

1. Draw the path the cord follows (open or closed).
2. In Properties → Stitch type, choose Cording.
3. Set Cord width (default 2 mm) to the real cord you use, and Couching spacing (default 2.5 mm) between zigzag stitches.
4. If your machine has a cording device, select it in the machine profile: Tarz Studio turns the device to follow the direction of the path. Without a device, the machine stops at the start so you can place the cord by hand.

Tips

• Keep cording curves smooth: very tight corners make the cord twist. Round them with Reshape → Smooth.
• Sew cording after the fills it sits on.
• Check both techniques in the 3D preview and on the production worksheet, which lists the devices and the cord to prepare.