Eyes you can count
An eye needs several stitches across to keep its catchlight. In practice that means cropping tight on the head and choosing a chart around 150 stitches wide or more.
pets are the most-stitched subject we see
Your pet, as a cross stitch portrait
Upload a photo of the dog who waits by the door or the cat on the windowsill, and get a printable chart with DMC thread colors and skein counts. Preview it free — you pay only if the pattern is worth stitching.
See your pet as a pattern before you spend anything.
Free preview, no account. The printable chart is $5.99.
- Free preview
- DMC colors matched
- Photo stays in your browser
- Stitches
- 20 × 18
- Thread colors
- 6
- On 14-count Aida
- 1.4 × 1.3 in
- Level
- Beginner friendly
DMC 922Copper LightDMC 720Orange Spice DarkDMC 3326Rose LightDMC 310BlackDMC 702Kelly GreenDMC 3865Winter White
Preview of the generator. Colors on screen are approximate; always check floss in daylight.
What a good pet portrait needs
Fur that stays fur
A coat should read as texture, not a smooth gradient. Twenty to thirty thread colors hold the highlights without burying you in confetti stitches.
A background that earns its stitches
Busy backgrounds become scattered confetti. Crop the photo tight, or drop the background and let a colored Aida be the backdrop.
The full method — choosing the photo, sizing the chart, handling fur — is in our pet portrait guide, and the black-coat guide covers the hardest subject of all. More guides live under pet & portrait patterns.
The chart you get
- A symbol chart and a color chart of the same pattern
- A DMC thread key with stitch counts and skeins to buy
- Big charts split across pages with an overlap, plus a page map
- A tick-box shopping list sorted by DMC number
- Finished sizes on every fabric count, not just yours
One pet, one chart
$5.99
One photo, turned into the printable PDF. Change the size, colors or fabric afterwards and re-export free — you pay once per photo.
A whole litter of them
$7.99per month
The Stitcher’s Pass: unlimited patterns from unlimited photos. Worth it the moment you chart a second pet.
Pet portrait questions
Daylight, no flash, camera at the animal’s eye level, head and shoulders filling most of the frame, and a background that contrasts with the coat. Sharp eyes with a visible catchlight matter most — they carry the likeness.
Ready when your camera roll is
Preview your pet’s pattern in about a minute, free. The photo never leaves your browser.