Stumpwork pieces are generally created on a backing fabric and transferred to another, ‘ground fabric’. The cut is always done last, after the embroidery. Through the use of padding, wire and/or needle lace stitching, it becomes three-dimensional in contrast to flat embroidery.
The difficulty for anyone trying to create this type of embroidery is to visualize the complete design. BERNINA V9 allows you to visualize all components of a stumpwork design in a single workspace. At the same time, it lets you edit each piece and output to machine individually. See also Outputting stumpwork designs.
Stumpwork usually conforms to one of the following scenarios:
Generate stumpwork piece from existing embroidery.
Digitize stumpwork pieces from scratch with wirelines.
Digitize additional wirelines to lend support and shape.
Turn resulting pieces, including any embroidery inside the cutwork border, into stumpwork ‘sub-designs’.
