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Design cross-stitch patterns. Sell them on Etsy.

Turn a photo into a pattern or design from scratch with real DMC and Anchor threads — then export print-ready PDFs, listing photos and a listing video in one click.

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Photo to pattern

From photo to stitchable chart in minutes

Drop in a photo, pick a size and detail level, and CROSSTIA turns it into a clean pattern — every colour matched to a real thread you can buy. Drag the slider to compare.

  • Live preview while you choose size, colours and detail
  • Crop and frame right in the import window
  • Real DMC and Anchor thread matching
Christmas Cat as a stitched cross-stitch pattern The original Christmas Cat illustration OriginalPattern
For pattern sellers

Your whole Etsy listing, made for you

13 listing photos and cross-stitch mockups, a looping listing video, and an SEO-ready title, tags and description — all rendered from your real pattern, no AI images. Swipe through the Christmas Cat set.

Listing cover: Christmas Cat stitched in a wooden hoop
Hoop cover
Close-up of the stitches with a human-made design label
Stitch close-up
Cross-stitch frame mockup: Christmas Cat in a black frame
Black frame
Cross-stitch frame mockup: Christmas Cat in a wooden frame
Wooden frame
Cross-stitch flat lay mockup: Christmas Cat on Aida cloth
Flat lay
Cross-stitch tote bag mockup: Christmas Cat stitched on a tote
Tote bag
Instant PDF download: colour and black and white chart pages
Instant PDF download
Easy-to-read chart close-up
Chart close-up
Finished size table for 11, 14, 16, 18 and 28 count fabric
Finished size

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Why CROSSTIA

Everything you need to go from an idea — or a photo — to a finished, stitchable chart.

Real threads, not just colours

Every colour maps to an actual DMC or Anchor code, so what you design is what you can buy and stitch.

Thread colours list with DMC codes for the Christmas Cat pattern

A complete design tool

Layers, Magic Wand and lasso selection, Color Studio recolouring, motifs, text, shapes and onion-skin tracing — real editing depth.

The CROSSTIA editor with the Christmas Cat pattern open

Print-ready PDF patterns

Colour and black & white charts, one-page charts, a quick reference sheet and a Pattern Keeper version — with your shop branding.

Christmas Cat colour and black and white PDF chart pages

Realistic stitch previews

See your pattern as real stitches on Aida before anyone threads a needle — perfect for checking colours and for listing photos.

Realistic close-up of the Christmas Cat stitches
What your buyers get

A professional PDF pattern, every time

A cover with pattern details, finished sizes for every fabric, a full thread and symbol key, a chart map and large, easy-to-read chart pages.

PDF cover page with pattern details
Cover & pattern details
Finished dimensions, strand guide and thread key
Finished sizes & key
Full cross stitch thread list with symbols, stitches and skeins
Thread & symbol list
Chart map showing how the chart is split across pages
Chart map
Colour symbol chart page
Colour chart
Black and white symbol chart page
Black & white chart
Thank-you page with the shop's message
Your thank-you page

Every stitch a pattern needs

Full coverage for counted-thread work, from dense filled sections to fine outline detail.

Full Stitch

Half Stitch

Quarter Stitch

French Knot

Backstitch

Real DMC and Anchor threads, built in

Search, match and swap thread colours without leaving your pattern. These are the 24 DMC threads in Christmas Cat — hover a dot to see its code.

How it works

01

Import a photo or start blank

Convert a photo automatically, or draw your design stitch by stitch.

02

Design and refine

Adjust colours, stitches, backstitch and layers until it looks exactly right.

03

Export your PDF

Print-ready charts with your branding, ready to stitch or sell.

04

List it on Etsy

Photos, video and listing text in one Etsy Package download.

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