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Drafting a cross stitch pattern from an image w/ backstitch? (lemm.ee)

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I've never drafted a pattern but I want to make one from an image. The finished object would look really nice with backstitching in my opinion.

What are some good tools that would enable me to make a pdf pattern that I can plug in pattern keeper and include backstitching as well?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve used Stitch Fiddle in the past to create designs from an image (although I’ve only made a few patterns myself). The site also has a “draw line” feature so you can add in your backstitching. They do have a download your project feature, but idk if they give pdf as an option.

I do find their designs require a little tweaking tho since they add a bunch of colors/gradients along the line edges. To do this I basically just delete or reassign the unnecessary colors to the main color. That way I don’t have to manually edit each pixel and the process isn’t too tedious.