Expert: Angela - 5/27/2009

Question
thank you for taking the time and researching my a good answer to my question. i am a very experienced crosstitcher. i craft my own designs many times; however i find it almost impossible to transfer from a mural or a wall paper design to a crosstitch design. how do i do that? as i see beautiful pictures on wall papers and such and i cant transform them into a crosstitch design to do. i use engineer-square paper when i craft my own designs with a grad easy to transfer the numbers on my Aida or Damask. thank you. christianspot

Answer
Hello, Christian

The only thing that I can suggest is taking your camera, and get some very good quality pictures of the roses that you wish to create into patterns.  I know that PC Stitch has the ability to change a photo into a cross stitch pattern, however, I'm not sure if Pattern Maker has the same capability.

You can purchase PC Stitch at:  http://www.pcstitch.com

And you can purchase Pattern Maker at:  http://www.hobbyware.com/pm.htm

You can also take photos of real life roses, and then import them into the cross stitch program.

I hope that helps.  Good luck, and happy stitching! :)

Sincerely,

Angela :)