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When you can't find the perfect pattern, make it!

The all-in-one cross stitch app — turn photos into patterns, stitch in your browser, track every stitch, and manage your floss.

From the first spark of an idea to the last stitch — design the pattern, manage the project, track every thread, finish the piece, share the result. The whole journey, one app.

Stop doomscrolling mediocre patterns.

(We both know you can do better)

How StitchThis patterns compare

We ran the same 10 images through StitchThis and four other online converters. In our test, StitchThis came out ahead in every category we measured.

Confetti

72% less confetti

2.8% of stitches on average, vs 9.8% for the other four tools. 35% less than the next-lowest tool.

Color accuracy

31% lower color error

Average ΔE 5.0, vs 7.3 for the other four tools. 17% lower than the next-lowest tool.

Faces

38% lower face color error

Average ΔE 4.8 on faces, vs 7.8 for the other four tools. 17% lower than the next-lowest tool.

Visibly wrong stitches

10× fewer visibly wrong stitches

Some stitches are so far off the original image that they're easily spotted and distract from the rest of the piece. StitchThis had up to 19× fewer of these stitches on faces.

See the full test, with side-by-side patterns →

Make it

Turn any image into a pattern you're proud of

Transform any image into a clean, optimized cross-stitch pattern with full control over color, detail, frame, and size. No more muddy colors. No more lost features.

Image to pattern

Upload any photo and get a stitch-ready pattern in minutes. Full control over size, color count, and detail level.

Freehand designer

Draw, type, stamp, and fill on a full canvas. 100 fonts, shapes, color wheel — create patterns from scratch.

Real DMC colors

Every pattern maps to actual DMC floss codes. Buy exactly what you need — no guessing how many skeins.

Preserve the details that matter

Faces, eyes, fine textures — preserved. Our engine intelligently retains what makes your patterns feel alive.

Powered by StitchSense →
Stitch it

Track every project from first stitch to last

Know exactly where you are, and what comes next. Track stitches, colors, and completion across all your projects — so you can just enjoy stitching.

Progress tracker with a pattern partly stitched
Tap stitches as you go. Your place is saved on every device.
One thread highlighted, with its finished stitches shown in green
Focus on one thread. Finished stitches light up in the color you pick.

Free progress tracker — for 2 patterns at a time that you make or import from a PDF. Patterns you buy don't count toward the 2. Highlight one thread at a time, mark finished stitches in a color that stands out, park your needles, and switch to symbols or high-contrast symbols when colors are hard to tell apart. Your progress syncs across your phone, tablet, and computer, and you can save a pattern to your device to keep stitching offline. It catches up the moment you're back online.

Sample projects, for illustration

Sunset landscape

68%

4,230 of 6,220 stitches

Cat portrait

34%

1,850 of 5,440 stitches

Floral border

91%

3,100 of 3,408 stitches

Share it

Collaborate, share, and shop

Your patterns deserve to be seen. Connect with a growing community — and find your next project in the pattern store.

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Community

Share progress, discover patterns, get inspired by other creators

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Marketplace

Browse the StitchThis collection and find exactly what you're looking for.

Push it further

When your imagination outgrows your tools...

Included with Maker: turn a text prompt into a pattern, restyle a photo or swap its palette, and sharpen detail before it becomes a pattern.

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Generate

Maker

Create new patterns from text prompts and ideas

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Remix

Maker

Combine styles, swap palettes, merge elements

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Enhance

Maker

Upscale, refine detail, optimize color automatically. Powered by StitchSense.

Why StitchThis?

Whether you're juggling three apps, ten tabs, five cats, and a spreadsheet...

...or you're a creator with patterns to sell and customers waiting —

StitchThis brings it all together.

So you can just stitch.

(And yes... we hate confetti stitches as much as you do.)

FAQ

Common questions

Is StitchThis really free?
Yes. Stitcher (free) lets you make and save as many patterns as you like, with the full pattern viewer, a progress tracker for 2 patterns at a time, floss stash management and community access. Your first PDF is free; after that a PDF is $5.99 per pattern, or 5 for $20. No credit card to sign up. Maker ($5.99/month) adds unlimited PDF exports, unlimited patterns in progress, advanced stitch types and the image-editing toolset.
What kinds of photos work best?
Photos with clear subjects and good lighting convert best: portraits, pets, landscapes and simple compositions. StitchSense, on every plan, automatically preserves the details that matter in your subject while simplifying the background, so subjects stay recognizable even when busy backgrounds get cleaned up.
Do I need to install anything?
No. StitchThis runs in your browser on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows, with nothing to download from an app store. Add it to your Home Screen to open it like an app, and save a pattern to your device to keep stitching offline.
Can I use my patterns commercially?
Yes, on every plan, including the free Stitcher plan. Patterns you create on StitchThis from your own photos or drawings are yours to use commercially: you can sell the stitched pieces, or the pattern itself with its PDF and OXS files (OXS export needs Maker or an export credit), for example on Etsy. Patterns bought in the StitchThis store, or made by other users, are for personal use: you can sell what you stitch from them, but not the pattern or its files. Imported patterns are for your personal use only.
How accurate are the floss color matches?
Every pattern is converted to real floss codes from DMC, Anchor, Cosmo, Gamma, or Madeira — your choice. Accuracy is bounded by the actual brand palette: if a photo color has no exact match in DMC, the engine picks the nearest available code. StitchThis was built to give you the freedom to choose between color accuracy and stitch simplicity; StitchSense was built to be the most advanced pattern converter available — preserving details where they matter and minimizing confetti everywhere else.

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Last updated June 9, 2026