Photo → Pattern → PDF
Turn your photo into a beautiful cross-stitch pattern.
Real DMC thread colours, a precise printable chart, and a clean PDF — generated right in your browser.
Build a pattern for free and only spend a credit when you love it. Your photo stays on your device.
84 × 63 stitches · 23 DMC threads · 15.2 × 11.4 cm
How it works
Three steps from photo to finished stitch.
01 · Upload
Your photo, just as you took it.
02 · Pattern
The chart it becomes, thread by thread.
03 · Printable PDF
DMC legend
| X | 310 | Black | 1463 | |
| O | 3371 | Black Brown | 80 | |
| + | 938 | Coffee Brown - ULT DK | 516 | |
| A | 898 | Coffee Brown - VY DK | 68 |
Chart sheets, symbol key and thread list.
Upload your photo
JPG, PNG or WebP. Your photo is processed in your browser and isn’t uploaded for pattern generation.
Tune the pattern
Stitch count, colours, fabric and orientation. The chart redraws as you adjust.
Unlock the PDF
Spend one credit to unlock a clean, print-ready chart with a full DMC legend and thread list.
Examples
Photos this tool has already turned into patterns.
Six pieces, each beside the picture it came from. Every chart here was generated by the same engine your own photo goes through — none of it is drawn by hand.
Tabby cat
48 × 48 stitches · 23 DMC threads · 8.7 × 8.7 cm
Lake at sunset
48 × 48 stitches · 20 DMC threads · 8.7 × 8.7 cm
Red poppy
48 × 48 stitches · 13 DMC threads · 8.7 × 8.7 cm
Puffin
48 × 48 stitches · 18 DMC threads · 8.7 × 8.7 cm
Lavender
48 × 48 stitches · 19 DMC threads · 8.7 × 8.7 cm
Hot air balloon
48 × 48 stitches · 16 DMC threads · 7.6 × 7.6 cm
These are examples we made ourselves to show what the tool does, not customer work.
Why crafters use it
Made for real stitching, not pixel art.
Real DMC threads
Every colour is matched to an actual DMC thread with perceptual colour distance, so the shopping list is buyable.
Print-ready charts
Large patterns split across pages with reference marks so the sheets line up when you tape them together.
Beginner friendly
Clear symbols, a readable legend, finished fabric size and estimated skeins for each thread.
Your photo stays on your device
Your photo is processed in your browser and isn’t uploaded for pattern generation.
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