The reason why to use a blend is because Xara's brushes are very rudimentary.

Try this. Zoom in so your blend fills the screen. Hold the CTRL key down and click on the right most line. Now slowly move it closer to the one to its left. The whole blend will move and eventually they will begin to overlap. Stop the overlap as the last of the white space goes away.

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Take care, Mike