Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Jun 3, Cross Stitch Pattern Maker Advice
Designing your own free cross stitch design is easier than you think. You can be a cross stitch pattern maker and transform your photos or original artwork into cross stitch patterns.
When you develop a chart from a pre-existing work, you are making derivative artwork. Copyright holders own the rights to derivative artwork as well. If you are not using your own photo or artwork, please check that what you are using is public domain. For more information, read about the Idea-Expression divide on Wikipedia (opens in a new window).
Make a chart If you are computer savvy, you can develop a chart yourself. Or there are software packages that you can buy.
Regardless, you need to select a photo or artwork with good contrast. The process will limit the color palette, so subtle shading disappears.
Use a photo or scanned artwork that is 640 x 480 pixels or larger.Pixilate or mosaic the cell size to 5. This editing option is usually found in the special effects area, depending on which program you use.Adjust the brightness and contrast to whatever looks best.Time to posterize! This is also normally under special effects. Choose a number to set the number of colors in the image, which translates to the number of floss colors in your chart. Something between 5 and 20 is best. The higher the number, the more details and shading you'll have.Open a new image file that's 5 x 5 pixels, since you used a cell size of 5 earlier. Give it a transparent background and a black foreground. Zoom in to 1600%.Choose a pencil tool with size 1 pixel. Draw a 1 pixel wide line up the left side and across the top. You'll repeat this image to create a grid, so you only need lines on two sides.Select all then define the image as a pattern. You may need to save the file to use it as a pattern, but some programs will let you just select all.Go back to the original photo or artwork. Fill with the pattern as your contents. It should form a black grid around the pixilated squares.Save your chart as a new file and print it out.Almost done! Now you need to calculate the floss colors. Visit this website with a DMC to RGB color conversion chart (opens in a new window). Check the RGB value of each color square in the file using your photo software, and you'll know which floss to use. You're now a DIY cross stitch pattern maker!This software is compatible with Windows?. It will convert your photos to charts and makes it easy for anyone to be a cross stitch pattern maker.
The PC Stitch Pro Cross Stitch Software-Version 7.0 allows photo conversion, the creation of pattern libraries, and the insertion of text or borders.
Whichever method you use, you'll soon become a cross stitch pattern maker so can design your own projects!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
May 27, Free Wedding Cross Stitch Pattern
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Nov 3, 2011Who's that? It's Oscar the Owl!
This free cross stitch pattern comes from DMC and uses Pearl cotton.
Oct 28, 2011My great-aunt Helen Black made this religious cross stitch that says, Give us this day our daily bread. It's a line from the Lord's Prayer. Her husband
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Daily Bread"
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Monday, December 5, 2011
Nov 3, Oscar the Owl Pattern
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Nov 3, 2011Who's that? It's Oscar the Owl!
This free cross stitch pattern comes from DMC and uses Pearl cotton.
Oct 28, 2011My great-aunt Helen Black made this religious cross stitch that says, Give us this day our daily bread. It's a line from the Lord's Prayer. Her husband
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Daily Bread"
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
May 27, Free Wedding Cross Stitch Pattern
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Click for more info
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Jun 3, 2011Become your own free designer and be a cross stitch pattern maker. It's easier than you think!
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cross Stitch Pattern Maker Advice"
May 27, 2011As I continue to prepare for my marriage, I found this sweet wedding cross stitch pattern from Leisure Arts.
Click to open the .pdf file. The verse is "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, But in looking together in the same direction."
Click for more info
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Dec 23, Free Bells Embroidery Pattern
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Click for more info
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Jun 3, 2011Become your own free designer and be a cross stitch pattern maker. It's easier than you think!
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cross Stitch Pattern Maker Advice"
May 27, 2011As I continue to prepare for my marriage, I found this sweet wedding cross stitch pattern from Leisure Arts.
Click to open the .pdf file. The verse is "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, But in looking together in the same direction."
Click for more info
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Jun 3, Cross Stitch Pattern Maker Advice
Designing your own free cross stitch design is easier than you think. You can be a cross stitch pattern maker and transform your photos or original artwork into cross stitch patterns.
When you develop a chart from a pre-existing work, you are making derivative artwork. Copyright holders own the rights to derivative artwork as well. If you are not using your own photo or artwork, please check that what you are using is public domain. For more information, read about the Idea-Expression divide on Wikipedia (opens in a new window).
Make a chart If you are computer savvy, you can develop a chart yourself. Or there are software packages that you can buy.
Regardless, you need to select a photo or artwork with good contrast. The process will limit the color palette, so subtle shading disappears.
Use a photo or scanned artwork that is 640 x 480 pixels or larger.Pixilate or mosaic the cell size to 5. This editing option is usually found in the special effects area, depending on which program you use.Adjust the brightness and contrast to whatever looks best.Time to posterize! This is also normally under special effects. Choose a number to set the number of colors in the image, which translates to the number of floss colors in your chart. Something between 5 and 20 is best. The higher the number, the more details and shading you'll have.Open a new image file that's 5 x 5 pixels, since you used a cell size of 5 earlier. Give it a transparent background and a black foreground. Zoom in to 1600%.Choose a pencil tool with size 1 pixel. Draw a 1 pixel wide line up the left side and across the top. You'll repeat this image to create a grid, so you only need lines on two sides.Select all then define the image as a pattern. You may need to save the file to use it as a pattern, but some programs will let you just select all.Go back to the original photo or artwork. Fill with the pattern as your contents. It should form a black grid around the pixilated squares.Save your chart as a new file and print it out.Almost done! Now you need to calculate the floss colors. Visit this website with a DMC to RGB color conversion chart (opens in a new window). Check the RGB value of each color square in the file using your photo software, and you'll know which floss to use. You're now a DIY cross stitch pattern maker!This software is compatible with Windows?. It will convert your photos to charts and makes it easy for anyone to be a cross stitch pattern maker.
The PC Stitch Pro Cross Stitch Software-Version 7.0 allows photo conversion, the creation of pattern libraries, and the insertion of text or borders.
Whichever method you use, you'll soon become a cross stitch pattern maker so can design your own projects!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
May 6, Free Horse Embroidery Pattern
The Embroidery Blog is my project scrapbook for what I've been working on lately. This blog will...
let you know whenever any new web pages appear on the Embroidery Methods website, sharing new tips and project ideaskeep you up-to-date with other postings or news about embroidery, like the latest new materials available for stitching and stabilizingpoint out some special past ideas and advice that you might have missed.To subscribe to my blog (no e-mail necessary!), click on one of the buttons to the left in the box that says "Subscribe to This Site". Choose the orange RSS button to use the feed or click the button for your favorite service (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.)
Learn how to share your photos and stories and how to comment on what others have made. You are also welcome to ask questions and give answers! This is an interactive website.
The most recent blog items are listed below...
Oct 7, 2011The double running stitch or Holbein stitch and some easy crewel form the basic blackwork embroidery stitches.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Working Blackwork Embroidery Stitches"
Sep 23, 2011I was taught by a wonderful teacher, Ellen Temkin who realized that the horizontal patterns of Swedish Weaving would be perfect for a tallit - a Jewish
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Tallit Prayer Shawl"
Sep 23, 2011It's a hand embroidery by cross stitch. It was embroidered for my mother's birthday as a present. It shows the famous clock Big Ben reflected in the Thames
Permalink -- click for full blog post "London - Heritage"
Sep 2, 2011I need a program that will convert embroidery formats .dst and .pes to True Type lettering on the computer. My computer does not recognize embroidery
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Format Conversion Software"
Aug 31, 2011DMC now makes a fabric covered wire to match embriodery thread colors. It's called Memory Thread and can be used to create 3D embroidery.
Have you tried it? Please share a photo!
Aug 25, 2011I have always wondered what the difference is between needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, and cross stitch. Can you help me out with that, as I have patterns
Permalink -- click for full blog post "What is the difference between Embroidery and Cross Stitch"
Aug 25, 2011Learn useful advice about buying and using huck toweling or huck cloth.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Huck Toweling for Swedish Huck Weaving"
Aug 13, 2011Here's a creative idea for what to do with extra embroidery hoops!
You can mount them on the wall and use them to store jars.
Click for more info
Aug 5, 2011Hi! I am very new to hand embroidery! My mother did it a lot while I was a child, but I never had an interest in learning how to do it. Now that I am
Permalink -- click for full blog post "When to Use Different Stitches"
Jul 21, 2011My mother, Gale Court, has been making quilts for 17 years. To date she has made over 500. She has never sold a quilt, they have always been made as gifts
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quilt: Believe in Happiness All Around You"
Jul 16, 2011I have been having a problem with my punchneedles. The thread keeps breaking and it doesn't matter which needle I use or how many plys of thread. What
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Needlepunch Thread Keeps Breaking"
Jul 1, 2011Hi, I'm Lien from Malaysia. I've just started to learn ribbon embroidery this year from books and internet. These are photos among the first. I hope you
Permalink -- click for full blog post "First Attempts at Ribbon Embroidery on a T-shirt"
Jun 10, 2011Looking for crewel embroidery kits that include everything you need to complete a project with crewel embroidery stitches? I found some nice embroidery kits and listed them here.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Crewel Embroidery Kits"
Jun 3, 2011Become your own free designer and be a cross stitch pattern maker. It's easier than you think!
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Cross Stitch Pattern Maker Advice"
May 27, 2011As I continue to prepare for my marriage, I found this sweet wedding cross stitch pattern from Leisure Arts.
Click to open the .pdf file. The verse is "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, But in looking together in the same direction."
Click for more info
Friday, October 21, 2011
Free Pattern for a Fall Flower Vase
To celebrate, I’ve designed and stitched a brand new cross stitch pattern to share with you this week.
Stitch this pretty Fall Flower Vase pattern using six shades of DMC Embroidery Floss on textured CharlesCraft 18-count Fiddler’s Aida in an earthy oatmeal color – perfect for fall stitching projects.
I’ve used autumn colors in this example, but the colors used in the project can be easily adapted to your own favorites.
The design measures approximately 2 x 6 inches when stitched, and can be finished as a pin cushion or ornament, as I’ve done here.
My version is trimmed with twisted cording made using two colors of the same floss that was used for stitching for a custom look.
I’ll show you how to make both single and two-color cording in an upcoming blog, so stay tuned.
Until then, happy stitching!
~Emma