{"id":3078,"date":"2026-04-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/?post_type=knowledge-base&#038;p=3078"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:56:53","slug":"how-to-convert-design-into-redwork","status":"publish","type":"knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/knowledge-base\/how-to-convert-design-into-redwork\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert Any Design into a Redwork Embroidery Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redwork designs are traditionally created with red <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/knowledge-base\/digitizing-basics-the-running-outline-type-explained\/\">running<\/a> stitches on white fabric. In DRAWings PRO XII, converting an existing design to Redwork is a simple, one-step process. This conversion strips away fills and creates a lightweight embroidery design by retaining only the outlines.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_62175\"  width=\"1290\" height=\"725\"  data-origwidth=\"1290\" data-origheight=\"725\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrvCw3hVsfM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nrvCw3hVsfM\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is how you can easily transform your artwork into a Redwork design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 1: Using the Right-Click Menu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open your workspace and select the design or the specific portion of the design you want to convert.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right-click directly on your selection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Convert to redwork<\/strong> from the drop-down context menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 2: Using the Horizontal Toolbar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the design or the specific portion of the design you wish to modify.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Locate the <strong>Convert<\/strong> icon in the horizontal toolbar at the top of your screen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the icon to apply the Redwork conversion instantly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful Tips for Customizing Your Redwork<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip 1: Customize Your Colors<\/strong> Despite the traditional name, your stitch color is not limited to red in DRAWings PRO XII. Once you have created the initial Redwork design, you can easily change the thread color by editing the <strong>Outline color<\/strong> of the design in your color palette.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip 2: Understand Stitch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/knowledge-base\/digitizing-basics-the-running-outline-type-explained\/\">Passes<\/a><\/strong> For consistency and structural integrity, every part of a generated Redwork design will automatically be stitched with the exact same number of passes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip 3: Experiment with Stitch Styles<\/strong> You do not have to stick to a standard running stitch. You can easily customize the final look and texture of your Redwork by applying different <strong>Stitch styles<\/strong> to your newly created outlines via the properties panel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redwork designs are traditionally created with red running stitches on white fabric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3079,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"categories-kb":[333],"class_list":["post-3078","knowledge-base","type-knowledge-base","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-kb-how-to-training"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"categories-kb":[{"value":333,"label":"How to Training"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/how-to-convert-any-design-into-a-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"DRAWings Embroidery Software","author_link":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/author\/drawings\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-base"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categories-kb","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drawstitch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories-kb?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}