Changelog

What changed

• 62 new free patterns, bringing the library to 108
• Halloween: a skull, spider, vampire, zombie, owl, raven, haunted house and more small motifs, plus vintage postcards from around 1910 and spooky public-domain art such as The Scream and Hokusai's ghosts
• Famous paintings: The Kiss, Monet's water lilies, Café Terrace at Night, Irises, the Mona Lisa, The Birth of Venus and others
• Animals and landscapes made from free-to-use photos, and Audubon's flamingo and blue jays
• New collection pages for famous paintings, animals and landscapes; a painting can now appear in more than one collection
• Collection pages list the quick motifs first and the bigger patterns after them
• Every new pattern has a stitching tip for that design
• A blog with eight how-to posts, from stitching on black Aida to washing and ironing a finished piece

What changed

• A new look: an oatmeal ground woven like Aida cloth, amber buttons, and a row of cross stitches under each heading
• The home page shows a photo-to-pattern slider beside the upload box, and the converter takes the whole first screen once you pick a photo
• Try another photo at any time without going back to the start
• The crop box opens a little inside your photo and dims everything outside it
• The editor page can start a new pattern from a photo, and is listed under Tools as Pattern editor
• A card under the downloads explains what the editor does
• Clearer wording across the site, and a new About page on how the converter works: no AI, and your photo stays on your device
• The calculator explains fabric and Aida sizes and how many skeins of floss to buy

Not in this version

• Backstitch, half stitches and threads other than DMC

What changed

• Photo to pattern on the home page: choose a photo or a sample, crop it, pick a size and detail, and download a free PDF up to 60 × 60 stitches
• Photo conversion is four times faster, keeps eyes and edges sharper, and cleans up stray stitches more gently
• A full-screen stitch editor: draw, erase and fill, swap or merge colors, clean up strays with a preview, and check against your photo
• The PDF was rebuilt: color and symbol charts with 10-stitch page overlap, a thread key and skein counts per color. Tested in Pattern Keeper on Android
• OXS export for other stitching apps, plus color and symbol PNGs and a backup file
• The cross stitch calculator works both ways (stitches to size, or size to stitches), with fabric to cut, hoop, frame and skeins, and shareable links
• The DMC color chart has a swatch grid, a nearest-color finder and a printable checklist
• Cross stitch letters in 17 alphabets, in any DMC color
• The crochet graph maker does C2C and single crochet, with row-by-row counts and yarn per color
• 35 free patterns, from small beginner charts to public-domain paintings, each with a free PDF
• A larger pattern can be bought once for $3.99. The purchase email has a link to download it again on any device, and a refund within 14 days removes the unlock

Not in this version

• Backstitch, half stitches and threads other than DMC

What changed

• The crochet page title and heading name it as a graph maker and a pattern generator
• The compare page has a feature table and still omits scores and other products’ prices
• The letter-generator alphabet is drawn on a canvas after the page loads
• The account page asks crawlers not to index it

What changed

• Opening a saved chart, or a ?pattern= link, clears the previous photo, undo stack, and any conversion still running
• Saved charts list eight at a time, with the rest behind View all
• A chart remembers whether it was made for cross stitch or crochet
• Ninety colors get ninety symbols that the PDF font can draw. An imported chart with a repeated or unsupported symbol is relabeled, unless it has more than 90 colors
• A Chinese or emoji chart name still exports; the original name stays on the chart
• A tall photo is limited on both sides before the grid is built
• The calculator explains an empty, negative, or decimal stitch count instead of using it
• A broken JSON file does not replace the chart that is already open

Not in this version

• A 1000×1000 vector PDF is still not treated as working. Large charts can run out of memory while the file is built.

What changed

• Photo settings update a preview. The open chart stays until you choose Use this chart
• Using a preview keeps that grid. It does not run the converter again
• Replacing an open chart asks first
• A confirmed chart is saved in this browser. Refresh restores the last successful save
• An older save does not mark a newer edit as saved
• New photos stop at 400 stitches on a side. Pages no longer say a paid PDF can go to 1000
• Print page counts come from the same page split as the PDF. Turning a page draws that page
• Color and symbol PNG buttons state the pixel size of the file

Not in this version

• A full printable PDF is still built in one piece. A 1000-stitch vector PDF is not treated as working
• The editor still draws the whole chart, not only the stitches on screen

What changed

• A stored chart up to 1000 stitches on a side still opens. The file is not cropped or reduced
• A chart larger than 400 stitches on a side shows a low-resolution overview. The editor does not allocate a full-resolution canvas
• A full PDF, including a watermarked PDF, is not offered until a size has been measured. Page-by-page preview stays
• Checkout stays closed while that full file is not offered
• Saves for one pattern run in order. An older revision cannot overwrite a newer one
• A photo preview has its own request number. The open chart changes only after Use this chart succeeds
• Leaving the page, going back, switching charts, and closing the tab ask before an unsaved edit is dropped

Not in this version

• No paid stitch count. That waits until the export path is measured
• The editor still draws a whole chart that is within 400 stitches, not only the stitches on screen
• Payment is not connected in this step

What changed

• A finished save updates the saved state, the status line, and the refresh restore pointer only when it is still the chart open on screen
• Changing photo settings drops the previous preview immediately. Use this chart waits until the preview for those settings exists
• Choosing a second photo ignores a slower decode of the first one. The temporary image address is released either way

Not in this version

• No paid stitch count. A full PDF and checkout stay closed
• Payment is not connected in this step

What changed

• The photo page explains crop, color count, and confetti cleanup
• The letter page describes the six alphabets
• The crochet page explains single crochet, corner-to-corner, and tapestry, and says to measure a swatch for yarn
• Each free chart lists finished size on 14, 16, and 18-count Aida and the floss it uses
• The contact page shows support@crossstitchpatterncreator.com for questions and refunds

What changed

• Each free pattern page shows the chart as an image, including before the editor loads
• Sharing one of those pages uses that chart as the preview
• The calculator links to the DMC chart and the how-to for making a pattern
• The crochet yarn table says the lace row is double crochet, not single crochet
• Terms say you can use the site without an account

What changed

• The calculator can take a finished size in inches or centimeters
• Cut size is shown in both inches and centimeters
• The pattern editor controls are in the page itself, including before the canvas draws
• Each floss row in the editor shows how many stitches use that color
• Undo and redo also work with Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z

What you can do

• Turn a photo into an editable cross stitch chart in the browser
• Export a color PNG and a symbol PNG for free
• Unlock a printable PDF for one pattern
• Use the calculator, letter generator, and crochet graph