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Original Photo

The fee very much depends on the work involved in preparing the original photo and in retouching the cross stitch pattern.


For most designs the price will be around

USD 30.00


Send me an email with your favorite picture of your relative, a famous person, dog, cat, or your home and I will reply with a quote.


mail@my-cross-stitch.com

German Shepherd Photo to Cross Stitch German Shepherd Cross Stitch Conversion

photo to cross stitch conversion

What do you get?


  1. Image of the design
  2. Color blocks chart
  3. Symbol chart (grid and symbols in black and white)
  4. Color keys in your choice of DMC, Anchor, JP Coates or Madeira threads.
Examples of custom cross stitch conversions
Baby photo to cross stitch conversion Baby photo to cross stitch conversion Baby photo to cross stitch conversion

Original Photo

What motifs are suitable?

Almost every good photo can be converted into a cross stitch design. The emphasis is on “almost,” though. The picture needs to have good contrast and colors, and there is likely some retouching required.


Here is a good example of a child/baby photo, converted to cross stitch, with two different designs. The choice is yours!

How much does a custom design cost?
Wedding photo to cross stitch conversion

If you want to remember your wedding day for the rest of your life, why not make an artwork out of something unusual that connects you both.


In this case, a customer used a VW Kombi as their wedding car - and why not. A photo may fade over the years, but a cross stitch artwork will remain a precious reminder forever.

Wedding photo to cross stitch conversion Wedding photo to cross stitch conversion
Wedding Memories

Contact


send your enquiry to Angelika Kaiser at


mail@my-cross-stitch.com

Shadow the German Shepherd

I converted the picture of my German Shepherd into a cross stitch pattern (see left).

As part of the service, I will remove ugly backgrounds and improve the photos before a conversion.

The quality of the cross stitch pattern will always surpass automatic conversions.

Manual versus automatic cross stitch conversions

There are several free online conversion services available. They are automated processes and are only good for images with clean lines, such as cartoons.

My conversions involve the following steps:

  1. Improving the quality of the photo
  2. Retouching, removing blemishes, replacing the background - where required
  3. Converting the photo into a cross stitch using a dedicated computer program.
  4. Cleaning up the conversion: replacing wrong or odd color choices, deleting stray colors, and more.

Below is the result of a free online conversion. Apart from being blurred, the program made some odd color choices, e.g. the purple at the edge of the shadow and in the trees.

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