Custom Thread Color Palettes
I'd love to be able to create custom thread color palettes so that when I'm working on a collection I can pull up the palette without having to choose each thread individually again.
It would also be great to be able to copy and paste from canvas to canvas instead of having to save as a custom shape.
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These are both great suggestions, thank you! Both are on my list now.
Custom/saved thread palettes: Totally agree, especially for a collection where you want a consistent set of threads across every piece. There's no "save this palette and reuse it" feature yet, but it's exactly the kind of thing I want to add. In the meantime, one workaround: a pattern's palette travels with the file, so you can keep one "collection template" design and, each time you start a new piece, open it and do Save As to a new name, the whole palette comes along and you can just start stitching. Not as slick as pulling up a saved palette, but it saves re-picking every thread.
Copy/paste between canvases: Also agreed. Right now the Shape Library (save-as-custom-shape, then stamp it into another design) is the way to move artwork from one canvas to another, and I know that's more steps than it could be but very useful. For now, within a single design you can select an area and duplicate, move, flip, rotate it, or drop it onto a new layer, it's just the cross-design hop that needs the shape library today.
I've noted both as feature requests so they don't get lost. Really appreciate you taking the time to write these up, this is exactly the kind of feedback that shapes what I build next.
Thank you so much for considering these features! I have been using the work arounds that you suggested.
One more small thing that I think would be a great help would be a measuring tool. For instance, I'm designing with my logo in the bottom corner and I want to be sure that it's a specific length away from the design. If there was a little ruler tool that you could click that it would measure between points would be super helpful. It's not always easy to figure the measurement using the grid squares when you have strange shapes.
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