Creating a Cross Stitch Pattern from Original Scan

© 2002 by Ron McIntyre. All Rights Reserved.

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When my friend came back from her fishing vacation she gave me a gift that she had cross-stitched while resting from fishing. She wanted to cross-stitch several more, but had left the pattern at the lake location and would not be able to get it till next year. Could I help? I said maybe.

As I have never done any cross-stitch myself, but am familiar with how it is done I thought it would be an easy matter to just place a new grid over the scanned picture and make a new pattern. I soon found that I would have to make a complete new pattern using another cross-stitch program and inputting all of the stitches. This could have been done, but I decided to use another approach using CorelDRAW 9 and PHOTO-PAINT 9. Since all of the stitches and colors were already there why not use it as the pattern instead of making a complete new one. This tutorial can be completed in versions 5-9. A photo of the gift is shown at right.

CD-ROM Labels: Design, Cut, & Install From Glossy Photo Paper · Postcards, QSL Cards, Books and the Duplexing Wizard · Use CorelDRAW to Produce Scrolling Text or Graphics From Screen Recording Software · Creating a Cross Stitch Pattern from an Original Scan · Making Those Fancy License Plates · Creating Stencils To Paint On T-Shirts · Constructing Isometric Grid Paper, A Computer Aid · Making a Full Sized Pattern From a Digital Photo · Fabricate Your Own Copper Arrows, Part I · Fabricate Your Own Copper Arrows, Part II

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