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Convert a photo with a real floss palette, or paint an original design stitch by stitch.
Cross-stitch design app
Turn photos into cross-stitch patterns you can edit, export, and keep.
Shape every square, choose your colors, and export a professional pattern PDF for stitching or selling. Your first complete PDF export is always free.
Create one. Export it. Keep it.
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A photo, a grid, and a pattern you can make your own.
StitchX is a photo to cross-stitch pattern maker with the editing tools to take you beyond an automatic conversion.
Create a pattern in three clear steps.
Start from a photo or a blank grid. The result stays editable from the first square to the final PDF.
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Refine
Adjust colors, replace a shade across the design, add grid-snapped text, and clean up the details.
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Export
Make a professional, printable cross-stitch pattern PDF with symbols, coordinates, and a full floss legend.
Create one. Export it. Keep it.
Free should lead somewhere useful. With StitchX, you can complete your first pattern and export a usable PDF—not merely preview it behind a paywall. Your work stays on your device to stitch, share, or archive.
One complete PDF export free
One active custom design
One-time Premium upgrade
Photos stay on your device
A more thoughtful creative loop
Creating can be part of the craft.
Refining a pattern one square at a time can be calm and absorbing. Adjust the colors, clean the details, and watch the design gradually become yours. Creating the pattern can feel almost as satisfying as stitching it.
Shape the result one square at a time.
For a personal pattern or a small creative business.
Make a gift, build a stitchable chart from your art, or prepare a marketplace-ready PDF for work you have the rights to use.
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Make something personal
Turn a meaningful photo, an illustration, or a small idea into a pattern that is easy to follow at the hoop.
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Prepare a pattern to share or sell
Export a clear PDF chart and a clean StitchX project file, then choose how and where you want to share your work.
You are responsible for having rights to the photos, artwork, characters, trademarks, and other material you use.The human story
Built from a real stitcher’s challenge.
“You’re a computer engineer—why can’t I turn my own photos and designs into professional pattern PDFs I can sell online?”
StitchX began with that challenge from my sister-in-law, a cross-stitcher. The honest answer was that it was much harder than it looked.
She did not just inspire the idea. She became StitchX’s founding stitcher and first hands-on tester. Because she approaches the app as a stitcher—not as a software developer—she catches every place where the experience assumes too much. If the next step is not obvious, the design is not finished.
What’s next.
The current release is focused on local, editable pattern creation. Future ideas stay clearly marked as planned.
Creator tools
Planned creator metadata, branded exports, and clearer sharing workflows for people publishing original designs.
Explore the creator programPlanned: AI-assisted conversion
Future work may improve difficult image conversions. It is not part of StitchX 1.0 and does not describe the current local photo-to-pattern tool.
Read the planned roadmapQuestions, answered.
What is included for free?
The mobile free tier supports one active custom design and a complete PDF export. You can create a real pattern, edit it, and take a usable chart with you before deciding whether Premium is useful.
Can I export a complete PDF?
Yes. StitchX exports a multi-page PDF chart with stitch symbols, coordinates, 10-stitch grids, and a floss legend. Your first complete PDF export is always free.
Can I sell patterns created with StitchX?
StitchX does not claim ownership of the patterns you create. If you sell or share a pattern, you are responsible for the rights to the source material and for meeting the rules of the place where you publish it.
Who owns my exported patterns?
Your patterns and exports are stored on your device. StitchX does not take ownership of your original work or the files you choose to share.
What is a .stitchx file?
A .stitchx file is a portable StitchX project file. You can export it from the editor and import it back into the StitchX library. Exports leave out personal progress marks so the pattern starts clean.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
Photos are processed on your device, not uploaded for conversion. The privacy policy explains how files leave your device only when you explicitly choose to share them.
Does StitchX use AI?
Current photo conversion happens locally using palette and image-processing tools. AI-assisted image conversion is planned for a future release; it is not a feature of StitchX 1.0.
Your next pattern can start with a square.
Store downloads are coming soon. In the meantime, you can read the roadmap or ask a question.
Coming soonDownload on the App Store
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