Cross Stitch Pattern Maker

Yes. Uploading, cropping, background removal, all seven fabrics, 8 to 90 colors, dithering, confetti cleanup, every editing tool and all three views are free with no sign-up and no limit. Free exports are a watermarked screen preview PNG up to 1000 px and a size summary TXT. Printable charts need a plan.

No. Your image is processed only in your browser. Pro exports send the stitch grid (color numbers and positions), never the picture, and nothing is stored after the file is returned.

Start at 24 to 32. The Corgi sample at 120 × 120 stitches uses 27 colors with a cap of 28 and keeps its fur shading. Below 16 colors, soft tones start to band. Above 40, you buy more skeins for changes most people cannot see at arm’s length.

Confetti stitches are tiny islands of one color that make you start and end a thread for a stitch or two. The cleanup merges every island under your chosen size, from 2 to 10 stitches, into its most common neighbor color. On the Corgi sample, a setting of 10 takes small islands from 2,283 to 0.

14 ct is the usual starting point: easy to see and widely sold. 11 ct is larger and kinder to the eyes, with 3 strands. 16 and 18 ct give finer detail in a smaller piece. 22 ct is Hardanger, usually worked with 1 strand, and it shrinks a 100-stitch design to 4.55 in.

Work each cross over two fabric threads, so 28 ct behaves like 14 stitches per inch and 32 ct like 16. Pick Evenweave/Linen in the Fabric list and the studio divides the count for you. A 120-stitch width finishes at 8.57 in on 28 ct over two.

Divide stitches by stitches per inch: 100 stitches on 14 ct is 7.14 in (18.1 cm). The studio also adds your framing margin of 2, 2.5 or 3 inches per side, so a 120 × 120 design on 14 ct needs 14.57 × 14.57 in of fabric.

The estimate uses (2√2 + 2) × stitch pitch × 1.5 per stitch, scaled by your strands out of the six in a skein. On 14 ct with 2 strands, one 8 m skein covers about 1,826 full stitches. Skeins round up, and 3 strands use 1.5 times the floss.

The Pattern Keeper pack is built for Pattern Keeper and Markup R-XP: symbols are real text in an embedded font, chart pages hold no images, and there is one DMC legend. Neither app has reviewed or endorsed it, so check that the legend matched after you import.

OXS is Open Cross Stitch, an XML project format that stores the palette, every full stitch and any backstitch lines. Chart programs that read OXS can open or edit your pattern without the PDF. Support varies from app to app, so check your app’s import list first.

Each printed sheet holds 50 × 70 stitches. Where two sheets join, the last 2 columns or rows repeat in gray on the next sheet, so you can find your place without guessing. A 100 × 100 design takes 6 sheets per version.

Yes. The pattern book has a Color + Symbol version and a High-Contrast B&W version. Up to 90 colors get unique shapes that read without color, and the B&W pages use no color fills, so a laser printer handles them well.

One payment, no renewal, and 7 days of unlimited pattern book PDFs, Pattern Keeper + OXS packs and seller packs. That is less than one $5.99 pattern at Stitchmate or StitchThis. Monthly at $7.99 and Lifetime at $19.99 unlock the same exports for longer.

Yes, on every plan and with no royalty, as long as you own the source image or have the rights to use it. The seller pack adds a 300 DPI mockup, bobbin labels and an SVG chart. Do not sell charts of characters, logos or photos you do not own.