Colors that don't go muddy
Perceptual matching so portraits keep their skin.
- True-to-life skin and shadow
- Sharp detail, not a smear
- Confetti you control
Photo to pattern · licensed art · free tracker
See every stitch before you buy.
TrueView is the real chart on fabric — not a pretty overlay of the original photo. Convert yours for $9.99, or pick from 1,500+ licensed designs.
- 1:1 stitch preview
- Instant PDF
- Free stitch tracker
- Licensed artwork
TrueView mockups · every stitch, not the source photo
- Try before you buy
- Full 1:1 preview of the chart
- Iterate in seconds
- Instant conversion, pay when it's right
- Charts you can follow
- Clear symbols, pages that don't get you lost
- Yours for good
- Re-download anytime. Tracker is free.
Why stitchers pick Thread-Bare
Three jobs. One place.
Most tools give you a muddy chart and a PDF that fights you. Thread-Bare is the conversion, the pattern, and the companion for actually stitching it.
Charts that don't get you lost
Lookalike symbols gone, page pointers + overlap, every print style anytime.
- Unambiguous symbols
- Page pointers and overlap
- Every print style we offer, anytime after purchase
A tracker, not a dead PDF
Zoom as far as you need, mark stitches off, and pick up on another device.
- Infinite zoom
- Find the next stitch of this color
- Stash and shopping list
This is the chart on fabric. If the mockup isn't something you'd stitch, don't buy it.
The quality gap
Tired of blurry, muddy patterns?
We don't guess at DMC. Thread colors are sampled from real skeins, then matched the way your eye sees them so darks don't swallow the picture. Difficulty rating, time estimate, fabric-color preview — pay when the 1:1 mockup is the one you'd stitch.
- No surprise colors (sampled DMC, not a generic RGB dump)
- License checks for artist work
- Shareable settings
Licensed art
Or skip the photo. Shop a finished design.
1,500+ patterns from real artists, same TrueView preview, same PDF and tracker. From $9.99, instant download.
Got a photo?
Upload, iterate, then pay.
Full-stitch preview is free to play with. $9.99 when you want the PDF. Re-download for life, with the tracker included.