I often talk about the negative space that is formed by the embroidery designs we create. This concept is however lost on some people so I would like to both elaborate and illustrate what I mean. In the image on the left you can see the design that I have created by combinig different designs from a couple of different design collections. You can also see the location shape that I created to use as a reference point for creating my final embroidery shape. This final embroidery overall shape is what should relate to both the place on the garment on which it is placed and the reason we are using embroidery to begin with. For example, if as we have in the example above, chosen to create a diagonal design which starts on the upper right of the shell top and ends at the lower left of the garment then this is the negative space that the design will occupy. Compositions project based embroidery design software asks you to make this decition in the beginning of the design process, so that you can keep this valuable piece of information always available throughout the design process. To see how Compositions works go to www.kenparsonsdesigns.com