Patent ID: 7079917

Claim:
An embroidery data producing device for producing embroidery data for embroidering by an embroidery sewing machine, the embroidery data producing device comprising: area information input means for inputting area information indicating first and second areas, the first area including a first embroidery area and an overlap area, the second area including a second embroidery area that overlaps the first area at the overlap area; first setting means for setting a first stitch type, for a stitch to be made using a thread, for one of the first and second embroidery areas; second setting means for setting a second stitch type, which is different from the first stitch type but is for the same thread as the first stitch type, for the other embroidery area than the embroidery area set by the first setting means; and embroidery data producing means for producing first and second embroidery data based on the stitch types set by the first and second setting means, respectively, the first embroidery data being produced to embroider the first embroidery area of the first area but not to embroider the overlap area, the second embroidery data being produced to embroider the second embroidery area.