**Program Tutorials** : Photoshop : *Element

It’s actually very simple to do and very few steps.

I have started out with an 8 x 8 palette – you can choose whatever size you’re comfortable with or whatever size your element is that you would like to do stitching against. 

I am using red specifically so that the stitching will show up

Now choose your brush tool from the palette.

Make sure you have chosen square brushes from the drop down box

Make sure to create a NEW LAYER to place your brush strokes on.  I actually place each stroke direction a new layer.  It’s easier to delete if I make a mistake.

In the brushes palette you need to enter the following settings for your brush.  The brushes palette is located at the top of the Photoshop toolbar to the right.  There should be a tab – click there to adjust your settings.

Now enter the following settings:

Now to create straight line stitching hold down the SHIFT + ALT key at the same time while dragging your mouse across the screen.  This will create perfectly horizontal or vertical stitches. 

(EXTRA:  If you need a diagonal hold the SHIFT KEY and CLICK and then CLICK at the spot you would like to have the stitching end.  This will fill in the spots in between.)

This is blown up to 100% to adjust the detail settings this helps to visualize a bit better. 

Now click on the layer in your LAYERS PALLETTE

Now enter the following settings:

Now your stitching should look something similar to this:

Making sure that your BRUSH DYNAMICS is set to DIRECTION for angle jitter can help create unique stitching. 

Enjoy making stitching it’s so much fun. 

It follows your direction path so that you can curve around and the stitching will all stay in line.