Create your own cross stitch pattern
A pattern generator turns every part of your picture into one stitch and matches it to a real thread. The useful part is what comes next: fixing the result. Here every thread sits on a bobbin card where you can highlight it, make it lighter or darker, swap it or merge it, with undo.
How the colours are chosen
Similar colours in your picture are grouped first, so the most important shades survive, then each group is matched to the closest of 454 DMC threads by how alike they look (CIELAB colour distance). Optional smooth shading spreads the difference to neighbouring stitches for skies and skin.
Ideas to make
- A pet portrait from a favourite photo.
- A house or wedding venue.
- Your own drawing or a child's drawing.
- Initials or a short word for a sampler, drawn in any paint app first.
Questions stitchers ask
Is a pattern generator the same as a pattern maker?
Yes, both names mean software that turns a picture into a stitch grid with thread colours.
Can I sell patterns I make here?
A chart made from your own picture is yours. Make sure you have the rights to the picture you start from.