Patent ID: 8733261

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the apparatus to perform the steps of: acquiring first pattern data and second pattern data, the first pattern data being data representing stitches that form a first pattern, the first pattern being one of two patterns that are to be sewn by embroidery in mutually adjacent positions, and the second pattern data being data representing stitches that form a second pattern that is another one of the two patterns; generating, in a case where the two patterns are to be sewn on a sewing object that is formed of a soluble material, connecting data based on the first pattern data and the second pattern data, the connecting data being data representing a connecting stitch, the connecting stitch being a stitch that is configured to connect the two patterns and that intersects with an outer contour of the first pattern and an outer contour of the second pattern; and generating, from the acquired first pattern data, the acquired second pattern data and the generated connecting data, embroidery data to sew the two patterns and the connecting stitch.