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Your pet's pattern
The pattern you previewed, ready to print.
$12one time
- PDF patterns in three sizes
- Symbol chart and colour chart
- DMC floss list with skein counts
- No watermark
Free preview in seconds
Your pet as a cross-stitch pattern
See your dog or cat as a finished cross-stitch in seconds, free. Like it? Get the printable pattern in three sizes, with the DMC floss list, for $12.
Choose a photo of your petOne pet, close up, good light works best · free preview
or drop a photo here
- Photo
- Box your pet
- Free preview
Step 2 of 3
Box your pet
Drag the box or its corners so your pet fills it. Leave out furniture and other animals.
Keyboard: Tab to the box, arrow keys move it, Shift + arrows resize it.
Step 3 of 3
Your free preview
The watermark is only on the preview. Your PDFs don't have it.
Style
Size
Colours
Background
- Changes are free. Try Detailed for more fur texture, or more colours for subtler shading.
- All three sizes (80, 120 and 160 stitches on the long side) come with your pattern.
3 PDF sizes + chart image · DMC floss list · no watermark
Stripe checkout · refund on request within 7 days
Charted on our own computers. Photos are deleted within 24 hours and never used to train AI. Please only upload photos you have the right to use.
- Background removed for you
- No lone stitches to fiddle with
- Real DMC colours and skein counts
Stitchkin's pattern
Stock photoWhy it's easier to stitch
Same photo, same size, fewer thread changes
We cut out your pet, simplify fur and shading into clean shapes, and match each area to a real DMC colour. Every lone stitch is merged into its neighbours, so you stitch in blocks instead of hopping between colours.
Close-up
Close-upClose-up around the eye, 36 × 36 stitches of each chart at the same scale
Free converterStitchkin
BackgroundChartedRemoved
Lone stitches5.5%0
Colour changes per row4812
Both charts are 120 stitches on the long side with up to 25 colours, from the same free stock photo (Pexels). The free chart was made on flosscross.com at that size and colour count. Counts are averages per row from our own analysis of each chart.
Where AI comes in, and where it doesn't
Plenty of AI-made patterns are a mess, so here is exactly what ours does. It all runs on our own computers, and you see the whole pattern before you pay.
- Easy stitch
- An AI image model redraws your photo in simple, flat shapes, keeping your pet's own colours. That's what turns fuzzy fur into calm blocks of colour.
- Detailed
- No AI redraw. Your photo is charted as it is, so fur and shading stay closer to the photo, with more colour changes to stitch.
- Both styles
- An AI cut-out model removes the background (choose Background: Kept to skip it). Matching to DMC colours and merging lone stitches is done by ordinary colour-matching code, not an AI model.
Real examples
Photos in, patterns out
A Jack Russell pupStock photo
A blue-eyed kittenStock photo
A corgi-husky mixStock photo
A tabby catStock photoEvery example was charted by Stitchkin from a free stock photo (Pexels or public-domain photos on Wikimedia Commons), not from a customer's pet, in Easy stitch at the medium size with up to 25 colours, and is shown as our preview draws it. Some photos chart better than others, which is why the preview is free.
What you get
A pattern you can print and stitch tonight
- Three sizes
Small, medium and large (80, 120 and 160 stitches on the long side), each its own PDF.
- Symbol and colour charts
Printable chart pages with overlaps, bold 10-stitch grid lines and row and column numbers.
- DMC floss list
Every colour with its DMC number, name, stitch count and how many skeins to buy.
- Ready in a minute
Your files appear on the page as soon as you've paid. No waiting for a designer.
How it works
- 1
Upload and box your pet
Choose a photo, then drag the box tightly around your pet. A clear, close photo with good light works best.
- 2
See it stitched, free
Your preview appears in seconds. Try Easy or Detailed, three sizes and fewer or more colours, free.
- 3
Download and stitch
Pay once and download your pattern PDFs right away, in three sizes, with the floss list.
One simple price
Pay only when you love the preview
Every preview is free. You pay once, at checkout, for the printable pattern.
One-time price in USD, charged securely by Stripe. Not happy with your pattern? Email help@foundingaccess.app within 7 days for a full refund.
Questions
Is the preview really free?
Yes. You see your pet as a finished cross-stitch, with its size and colour count, before paying anything. Change the style, size, colours or background as often as you like.
Is this made with AI?
Partly. In Easy stitch mode an AI model on our own computers simplifies your photo into flat shapes, keeping your pet's colours. Detailed mode doesn't redraw your photo at all. In both, an AI cut-out model removes the background unless you choose to keep it. The chart itself is made by a colour-matching algorithm using real DMC colours.
Which photos work best?
One pet, close up, in good light, with the pet filling most of the box. Dark, blurry or far-away photos chart poorly; the preview shows you before you pay. Faces of people don't chart well at these sizes, so we recommend pets.
What size will it be?
Small, medium and large are 80, 120 and 160 stitches on the long side. On 14-count Aida that's about 5.7, 8.6 and 11.4 inches; the preview shows the exact size for your photo.
Does it work with Pattern Keeper?
Yes. The symbol chart uses real text symbols rather than a picture of a grid, so Pattern Keeper imports it with every DMC colour. We checked a sample pattern in the app. The colour chart pages are pictures, so the app reads the chart only once.
What happens to my photo?
It's used only to make your pattern, on our own computers. Photos are deleted within 24 hours and your pattern files within 7 days, so download what you buy. They're never shared or used to train AI models.
What if I'm not happy?
Email help@foundingaccess.app within 7 days of buying and we'll refund you in full, no questions asked.