A pattern made from your own photo — your pet, your house, a wedding portrait, a bunch of flowers — turns a stitching project into a one-of-a-kind gift. This maker builds the chart right in your browser at no cost, so you can try different widths and color counts until it looks the way you want.
Set the width in stitches (30 to 300) and the fabric — 11, 14, 16 or 18 count Aida — and you'll see the finished size in inches and centimeters right away. Colors are matched to 489 DMC floss shades, from 8 up to 48 per pattern. Lonely single stitches are cleaned up so you're not starting and stopping for one cross. Optionally, turn on dithering for smoother gradients, leave a plain background unstitched, or add a backstitch outline in DMC 3371.
Missing a shade in your stash? Click a color in the key and pick a close DMC alternative — the chart rebuilds instantly. The key lists the symbol, DMC number and name, stitch count and an estimated number of skeins for every color.
The PDF is laid out on US Letter or A4: an overview with a preview and a page map, the key, and the chart itself with a 10-stitch grid, running row and column numbers, center arrows and two repeated rows where pages meet. Print it in color or as symbols only for a black-and-white printer.