Patternly is a free, browser-based pattern studio built by stitchers, for stitchers. Design stitch by stitch with layers and selections, convert any photo, match colours across five thread brands, and track your stitching on real kit charts — all in one place.
Draw stitch by stitch on a customisable grid. Full, half, quarter, petite, backstitch, French knots — every technique you know, right here. Layers, a full selection tool, shape stamps, text effects, symmetry modes, and unlimited undo.
Turn any photo into a stitchable pattern in seconds. Upload an image, choose your thread brand and colour count, and Patternly generates a clean, stitch-ready chart matched to Luca·S, DMC, Anchor, Cosmo or Madeira threads.
Upload the chart and legend from any kit PDF and stitch straight off your screen. Tap to mark stitches done, highlight one colour at a time, and watch your progress climb — with thread amounts calculated for you.
No sign-up. No install. Click "Open Editor" and you're in. Set your canvas size, choose your thread brand, and you're ready to create.
Draw freely with the full tool set, or upload a photo and let Patternly convert it into a clean, stitchable chart with matched thread colours.
Save your pattern, export a print-ready PDF chart with symbols and a thread key, and get stitching. Your pattern, your threads, your way.
A basic nearest-colour conversion next to Patternly's smart palette with confetti cleanup. Nothing pre-rendered — both sides are computed live on this page, right now, in your browser.
Confetti — isolated single stitches — means constant thread changes and counting fatigue. Fewer is faster.
Patternly is made by Luca·S — a cross stitch brand with decades of experience designing kits, threads, and tools that stitchers love. We built Patternly because we wanted a pattern editor that actually understands how cross stitching works, not just how pixels look on a screen.
When Luca·S puts their name on something, it means it's been made with care, tested by stitchers, and designed to last.
No sign-up. No install. Just open the editor and start creating. It's completely free.
Complete cross stitch kits, premium stranded cotton, Aida and evenweave fabrics — straight from Luca·S, the brand behind this editor.
Choose how you want to begin.
Saved in this browser on this device — 0 of 10 slots used. Use 💾 Save in the editor to keep your work here.
Upload the legend and chart PDFs from your Luca·S kit, then mark stitches as you go — your progress is saved in this browser.
The stitch chart pages from your kit.
The colour key — symbols, thread codes and stitch counts.
Free planning tools — fabric size, stitching time, and thread quantities. No signup needed.
The "count" is how many stitches fit in one inch of fabric. A 100-stitch-wide design on 14-count fabric comes out about 7.1" wide; the same design on 18-count shrinks to about 5.6" — smaller stitches, same chart. Higher counts give finer detail but demand more precision and better lighting.
| Fabric count | Best for | Needle | Strands |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aida 11 | Beginners, quick projects | 22–24 | 3 |
| Aida 14 | Most patterns — the all-rounder | 24–26 | 2 |
| Aida 16 | Slightly finer detail | 24–26 | 2 |
| Aida 18 | Detailed work, smaller finish | 26 | 1–2 |
| 28 ct evenweave (over 2) | Fine work, exposed-fabric designs | 26–28 | 2 |
| Pattern | 14-count | 16-count | 18-count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 × 50 | 3.6" × 3.6" | 3.1" × 3.1" | 2.8" × 2.8" |
| 100 × 100 | 7.1" × 7.1" | 6.3" × 6.3" | 5.6" × 5.6" |
| 150 × 150 | 10.7" × 10.7" | 9.4" × 9.4" | 8.3" × 8.3" |
| 200 × 200 | 14.3" × 14.3" | 12.5" × 12.5" | 11.1" × 11.1" |
Add 6–8 inches to each dimension for framing margins.
At least 3 inches per side — 6 inches added to each dimension in total. Go to 4 inches per side if you plan a scroll frame or a wide mat.
Yes. Evenweave and linen are usually stitched "over two" threads, so divide the fabric count by two: 28-count over two behaves like 14-count Aida. Our dropdown handles this automatically.
No. Quarter, half, and three-quarter stitches add detail inside the grid — a 100×100 pattern stays 100×100 cells regardless.
Aida has a visible grid of holes that makes counting easy. Evenweave is a finer, more uniform weave that looks like regular fabric — often chosen when unstitched fabric will show in the finished piece.
Draw stitch by stitch or convert a photo — Patternly shows the finished size live as you set your canvas.
Match colours to threads, convert between brands, and browse every colour chart — Luca·S, DMC, Anchor, Cosmo and Madeira.
Pick a colour or enter a hex code to find the closest thread in every brand.
Upload any image and extract the dominant shades as a ready-to-stitch thread palette.
Full cross-reference tables between thread brands, with match quality ratings for every colour.
Cross stitch kits and patterns usually name one brand's colours, but you might prefer or only have access to another. This hub finds the perceptually closest match between Luca·S, DMC and Anchor using Delta E colour distance (CIE76) in the CIELAB colour space.
Match quality is rated Excellent (ΔE under 3 — barely perceptible), Good (3–6 — noticeable but similar), Fair (6–10 — obviously different but related) or Approximate (over 10 — use with caution).
Convert PCStitch .pat, open .oxs and Stitchmate .stitchmate charts into Patternly's .Ptly format — then download them, open them in the Editor, or start stitching them in the Tracker. Got a .xsd, .chart or other format? Drop it in anyway — we'll tell you exactly how to get it converted. Everything runs in your browser; your files never leave your device.
Every converted file gets an “✏️ Editor” button — one tap opens the pattern in the editor to recolour, add layers, or export a print-ready PDF.
Or tap “🧵 Tracker” to load the chart with its full colour key into the Stitch Tracker and start marking stitches immediately.
Every stitching app has its own private format — but almost all of them can export OXS, the open interchange format Patternly reads natively. Export OXS from your program, then convert it here:
Pattern Maker (.xsd) — File → Export → OXS (or ask your designer for OXS/PDF)
WinStitch / MacStitch (.chart) — File → Export → OXS
PCStitch 7/8 (.pat) — File → Save As → PCStitch 5, or export OXS
Stitchmate (.stitchmate) — just drop it here, we convert it directly ✓
StitchFiddle, FlossCross & friends — download as OXS
Have a format we don't read and no way to export OXS? Send us a sample file — we add formats whenever they can be supported reliably.
What's .Ptly? Patternly's own pattern format — one small file your whole toolset understands: the editor, the tracker, and “Make a new pattern”.
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Your Luca·S account, your patterns and your stitching — in one place.
Your orders & addresses live in the Luca·S shop account ↗ · patterns and tracking currently save in this browser, cloud sync is coming.
💡 Size, colour count and brand can all be changed after conversion too — from the editor's sidebar.
We're still finishing PDF import for kit charts. For now, you can track any pattern you make in Patternly — open it in the Pattern Editor and choose "Open in Stitch Tracker" from the download menu.
