Stitch'n'Glitch is free open-source software to corrupt images and convert them cross stitch patterns. It takes inspiration from computer histories and sharing cultures.

New Features

• Accurate and Reliable Colour Reduction
• Predefined Palettes
• User-defined palettes
• Faster operations; bigger images
• Choose colours for your pattern symbols
• Resizable image frame
• DMC, Anchor and Madeira floss conversion
• Test the results of various properties for the same glitched image

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Some nice things people have said:

“Stitch 'n' Glitch is incredibly cool. I like how it creates cross stitch pattern that subverts the traditional by making use of its pixel properties to create digitized patterns. ”

“Stitch n Glitch is really an awesome piece of work.”

“Taking something that has been praised for its perfection and creating a program to perfectly create the right imperfections. Fascinating.”

“WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE”

“Stitch n glitch = brilliant”

A video tutorial

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A word from Frank: