Turn a Photo into a Tapestry Pattern
Convert any photo or picture into a charted tapestry pattern with a matched thread guide, stitched in wool or cotton on a mono canvas. Preview your pattern free before you pay anything. Sign up for a free account to save your patterns and get your first pattern credit included.
Tapestry, needlepoint, same craft, two names
What UK stitchers call tapestry is what US stitchers call needlepoint: tent stitch worked over a stiff open-weave canvas, covering every intersection so the finished piece is solid stitching. (It's distinct from woven wall tapestry, despite the shared name.) If you've been searching either term, you're in the right place, our needlepoint converter is the same tool described in American 😊.
From photo to stitchable tapestry chart
Upload a photo in the pattern editor, choose your canvas size and a color count, and the converter produces a counted chart with each square mapped to a real thread code. Tapestry work suits photos beautifully: because every square is stitched, the finished piece reads like a woven image with no fabric showing through. Mono canvas in 12, 14, or 18 mesh covers most projects, 12 for cushions and larger pieces in tapestry wool, 18 for finer framed work.
What you get
The preview is free.
Sign up is free, plus you get 1 pattern credit.
You can track your patterns previews and paid pattern history. Access digital canvas to edit and refine your pattern digitally, swap thread shades, tidy edges, remove stray single stitches, so you can stitch it with confidence Plus a printable chart, a colour key, and a bill of materials with thread quantities. Our guides cover picking the right photo and colour count, and the gallery shows what converted photos look like as finished charts.
Quick facts
- Any JPG, PNG, or WebP photo: portraits, pets, houses
- 2 to 50 colours with matched thread codes
- Mono canvas guidance for 12, 14, and 18 mesh
- Free preview; pay only to unlock the editable chart
Preview Your Tapestry Pattern
Free to try, see your photo as a charted pattern in about a minute.
Or check out our photo to plastic canvas patterns