Shortening shapes slightly at right angles to the stitch direction, because stitches push the fabric out there while pulling it in along their length.
Stitches
Push and pull work together: a circle filled with horizontal stitches tends to sew narrower and taller than drawn. Digitizers offset push by pulling in the ends of satin columns and the matching edges of fills a little. It is often smaller than pull and matters most on dense designs and soft fabrics.
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