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

Turn photos into cross-stitch patterns. Track your stitches. 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)

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. 30 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.

Running a pattern business?

Meet FORGE

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.

Free pattern viewer — stitch any pattern; create, buy, or import from PDF or image. Swap colors to match your floss, focus on one section at a time, and stitch in low-distraction mode. For free!

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 sell

Your patterns deserve to be seen. Connect with a growing community — or turn your designs into income.

Community

Share progress, discover patterns, get inspired by other creators

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Marketplace

Sell your original patterns or find exactly what you're looking for

Push it further

When your imagination outgrows your tools...

The most advanced AI-assisted design tools in cross-stitch — generate, remix, enhance, and explore possibilities you haven't thought of yet. Push your designs further than manual tools ever could.

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Generate

Create new patterns from text prompts and ideas

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Remix

Combine styles, swap palettes, merge elements

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Enhance

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

STITCHTHIS FORGE

This is how serious creators operate.

For creators who run a business, not a hobby.

FORGE runs every variation, scores each result, and surfaces the patterns worth keeping — automatically.

No guesswork. No wasted time.

The more you use it, the better it gets at knowing your style.

Less time tweaking. More time selling.

FORGE powers the Studio plan

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) gives you 2 complimentary patterns per month, full access to the pattern viewer and stitch tracker, floss stash management, and community access. No credit card to sign up. Maker plans ($9.99/month) are built for serious hobbyists — unlimited pattern creation, advanced stitch types, the full image-editing toolset to reshape your photos, and the StitchSense quality engine.

What kinds of photos work best?

Photos with clear subjects and good lighting convert best — portraits, pets, landscapes, and simple compositions. StitchSense (on paid plans) 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 entirely in your browser. Create patterns, edit them, and stitch through projects on phone, tablet, or desktop without installing software. A native mobile app is in the works for a future release.

Can I use my patterns commercially?

Yes, on the Studio plan ($19.99/month). Studio removes the personal-use-only restriction so you can sell, license, or share the patterns you create. Free (Stitcher) and Maker tiers are for personal use.

How accurate are the floss color matches?

Every pattern is converted to real floss codes from DMC, Anchor, Cosmo, Gamma, Madeira, or Metro — 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.

What's the difference between Maker and Studio?

Maker ($9.99/mo) is for serious hobbyists — unlimited pattern creation, advanced stitch types, 30 image-edit credits per month (for reshaping photos, removing backgrounds, transforming styles), and the StitchSense quality engine. Studio ($19.99/mo) is built for the cross-stitch designer running a business — FORGE batch generation (dozens of pattern variations at once), commercial use rights, 100 credits per month, and priority processing.

Stop scrolling. Start stitching.