Design cross stitch
patterns you'll love to stitch
Threaded turns your favorite photos into beautiful, stitchable charts — color-matched to real DMC and Anchor threads, counted to the last stitch, and ready to print. Designed for makers who love needlepoint and cross stitch.
- Turn any photo into a pattern
- Matched to real thread brands
- Print-ready charts & counts
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Thread brands
Every color in your pattern is matched to floss you can actually buy — across the brands stitchers already love.
From snapshot to stitched keepsake
A complete needlepoint and cross stitch design studio — thoughtfully built for the way real makers work.
Photo to pattern
Turn any photo into a stitchable chart
Drop in a photo — a pet, a portrait, a flower from the garden — and Threaded converts it into a clean, gridded cross stitch pattern. Pick your fabric count and canvas size; we handle the pixels.
- Smart color reduction
- Choose your stitch count
- Crop & preview live
Real thread matching
Color-matched to floss you can buy
Threaded maps every shade to the closest real-world thread across 49 libraries — DMC, Anchor, Madeira and more — so your shopping list is done before you start.
- 49 thread brands
- Closest-match suggestions
- Swap colors any time
Design tools
Refine every stitch with gentle, smart tools
Fine-tune by hand with a magic-wand selector, shapes, text, fill, and an eyedropper. Built for precision on the grid, easy enough to feel like play.
- Magic wand select
- Text & shapes
- Fill, erase, eyedropper
Counts & export
Exact thread counts, print-ready charts
Get a precise stitch and skein count for every color, then export a clean PDF chart with named threads — ready to print and carry to your chair.
- Per-color stitch counts
- Named-thread legend
- One-tap PDF export
From idea to in-hand in minutes
Upload your photo
Choose any image and your canvas size. Threaded builds a gridded pattern in seconds.
Refine & color-match
Tidy up stitches, adjust colors, and let us match every shade to real thread brands.
Print & stitch
Export a print-ready chart with exact counts and a named-thread legend. Then relax and stitch.
For the joy of slow, beautiful stitching
Whether it's a quiet evening project or a gift stitched with love, Threaded helps you make something worth keeping.
Stitchers are making their favorites
I turned a photo of my mum's garden into a cross stitch and gave it to her for her birthday. The thread matching was spot on — I bought exactly what the list said.
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Cross stitcher
I've tried other pattern makers and always went back to graph paper. Threaded is the first one that actually feels made for needlepoint.
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Needlepoint designer
The stitch counts saved me. I knew exactly how many skeins to buy and didn't run out halfway like I always do.
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Hobby stitcher
Everything you might be wondering
Can I turn a photo into a cross stitch pattern?
Yes. Upload any photo and Threaded converts it into a gridded cross stitch chart, reducing it to a stitchable set of colors at the canvas size and fabric count you choose.
Does Threaded work for needlepoint as well as cross stitch?
Absolutely. Threaded is a design studio for both needlepoint and cross stitch — build charts on the grid, place stitches by hand, and export a pattern ready to work on canvas or aida.
Which thread brands does the color matching support?
Threaded matches your pattern colors against 49 real thread libraries, including DMC, Anchor, Madeira, Cosmo and many more, so your shopping list uses floss you can actually buy.
Will I know how much thread to buy?
Yes. Threaded calculates an exact stitch count for every color and includes it in your export, so you can estimate skeins and avoid running out mid-project.
Can I print my pattern?
Every project exports to a clean, print-ready PDF chart with a named-thread legend — ready to print at home and bring to your stitching chair.
Do I need design experience to use it?
Not at all. Start from a photo and a few clicks, then refine as much or as little as you like. The tools are precise on the grid but gentle enough to feel like play.
Simple pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you want the skeins calculator, progress tracking, exports, and more projects.
Free
$0
- 1 editable project
- Photo-to-pattern conversion
- DMC + Anchor thread matching
- Buy any design to export it ($4.99 each)
Hobby
$9.99/mo
or $99.00/yr
- 5 editable projects at once
- Skeins calculator
- Track progress
- Export your projects (PDF + images)
- Archive projects you're not working on
Pro
$19.99/mo
or $199.99/yr
- Unlimited editable projects
- Everything in Hobby
- Remove the watermark on PDF exports
- Edit designs you've purchased
Every plan can buy any individual design for $4.99 to export it forever.
Your next favorite project starts with a photo
Join the makers designing cross stitch and needlepoint patterns they can't wait to stitch.