Slide up for faster needle · 0 cycles/min
Pull the cloth on the canvas.Hold the pedal to stitch; lift and regrip freely.
Release to stopKeyboard: hold F
Slide follows your finger · edge turnsLift and regrip to keep going
Separate test build · not a release. Opening this panel pauses sewing. Read current-engine cycle counters, record repetitions and delivered timing below; record count alone is not needle-cycle count. No data is uploaded.
Preview stays inside this app. It does not bypass download restrictions or prove that a file was saved. PNG preparation runs only when requested.
No export preview prepared.
Select and copy this local report for support. Timing is session-wide and includes idle intervals; timestamps do not prove physical touch or a sustained native drag. Browser restrictions cannot be diagnosed from a returned anchor click alone.
Your practice guide stays. You can undo this.
Pull cloth · fixed needle is the default Creative interaction. Pull anywhere on the large canvas: the actual cloth follows your finger one-for-one beneath the fixed machine centre. The illustrated needle moves with the actual timed cycle and pattern offset; the work centre stays fixed. Drag alone repositions; hold the pedal to stitch, or explicitly choose Touch-and-sew for one finger. Lift and regrip without delayed motion. A second canvas finger pauses sewing and starts pinch zoom, keeping the needle centred. Release all controls before a fresh stroke. Returning to Move cloth centres the real needle without moving your artwork. The optional guide pad remains available for its separate TURN edge.
Draw on cloth is an optional Creative interaction: draw directly where you want marks, then lift to relocate without travel stitches. The fixed needle graphic is hidden. Add a second finger directly to pause drawing and pan, pinch-zoom or rotate the view. No stitches are added during the gesture. Lift all fingers before starting a fresh stroke; lifting only one finger never resumes ink. View only remains available as an explicit tool.
Creative cloth guidance is immediate freehand artwork: the cloth moves one screen pixel per finger pixel, while the fixed needle leaves stitch marks in the opposite direction on the cloth. Move your thumb opposite the intended written path. Cloth movement responds immediately. Timed needle cycles use bounded estimated positions between delivered cloth samples, with up to 60 ms of geometry delay. Cloth movement stays immediate. The estimate never extrapolates beyond delivered movement or replays missed motion after release or interruption. The pedal controls actual timed needle cycles from 10–100% (720–7200 illustrative cycles/min). At the same cloth movement speed, a faster needle makes shorter stitches. Direct pen remains distance-generated artwork, not motor-driven sewing. Straight follows the sampled path. Decorative patterns use illustrative offsets; Direct pen also offers distance-generated patterns. Zigzag, Satin, Cross and Blanket create real hole patterns across the chosen band width. Cross includes visible connecting travel; Blanket is one-sided doubled edging, not a simulated hand-tied loop. Thread thickness and stitch spacing are separate from band width.
Hold the pedal to sew. Guide with your preferred thumb: slide the main pad in the direction you want the cloth to move. To turn deliberately, slide up or down on its curved TURN edge. The cloth turns around the needle; a normal slide never turns it. Release the pedal to stop immediately. You can lift and regrip the guide without releasing the pedal.
Choose View only in Interaction to pan, pinch or twist the camera while paused. The optional guide-pad route also keeps the canvas view-only. The View menu offers Top view, Fit cloth and Needle detail. Guiding follows the preview orientation, so a rightward guide motion stays rightward in the view. Changing the view freezes sewing. Release all fingers, then make a fresh pedal press to continue.
Mouse or stylus: hold F while dragging the guide pad. Keyboard: focus the main guide pad and use arrow keys to move. Focus the TURN edge and use Up or Down to turn. Hold F to sew. While holding F (or Space or Enter on the pedal), press 1–9 for 10–90% speed, or 0 for the configured maximum. Release the pedal key to stop; every fresh press starts at the usual low speed. At rest with the needle safely up, you can move the cloth without sewing. Space on the preview pans; Escape freezes immediately. Typing in settings never sews.
For one finger, choose Touch & sew in Interaction. Hold the cloth canvas (or optional guide pad) to sew and move; lifting stops. No pressure sensing or run latch is needed.
Guiding hand swaps the controls. Creative does not wait for a needle phase; lifting or releasing the drive seals the actual stroke immediately. Practice is a separate illustrative mechanism: while sewing, cloth movement waits for the needle to lift. In Practice only the current held finger target is followed; lifting, pausing, or changing tools discards any unfinished movement. If paused with the needle down or still coasting, a fresh pedal press is needed before guiding. Practice materials park the needle first; Creative material/style changes seal the current stroke. Mode changes preserve artwork and Undo/Redo, clear all input, and stay paused. This is an illustrative simulation, not calibrated physical fabric.
