Photo Pattern Maker

How it works

From a photo to a printable pattern in real brand colors, in four steps.

1. Pick a photo

One clear subject on a plain background works best: a pet, a face, a house, a logo. Crop close. Your browser shrinks it to 600 pixels before sending it, so the original never leaves your device.

2. Choose the craft, size and colors

Each craft uses a real brand's colors and its own square shape: knit stitches are wider than tall, so knitting charts get more rows. Width sets the detail; fewer colors make a bolder, easier pattern.

3. Look at the free preview

The preview shows every cell in its brand color, without codes or symbols. Change the settings until it looks right.

4. Get the full pattern

Pay for just that pattern or use a credit. It is made straight away and stays in My patterns: print the PDF or save the PNG any time.

How the colors are picked

The photo is averaged down to one color per square, then every square gets the closest color in the brand's real color card, measured the way the eye sees color difference (CIEDE2000). Colors are then merged, least-used and most-similar first, until no more than your limit are left, and lone single squares are folded into their neighbors so you don't stitch confetti.

Color cards

Color data: MakeBead craft-color-codes (CC BY 4.0). Brand names are trademarks of their owners, who don't make or endorse this site.

Your photo

Only you can see your photo and patterns. Photos are deleted automatically within 30 days, and you can delete them, your patterns or your account at any time.

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