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Word, yo
I'm doing this with GIMP, but you can do this with any photo manipulation program. Accept Paint. Okay, any program with a SHARPEN and a TEXT WRITING tool.

Posted by Miss_Fit from St Catharines, Ontario, Canada • Published See Miss_Fit's 35 projects »
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  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 1
    Step 1

    Select a font.

    For this, I'm going to use a font creatively named 04B_30__

    For this project, I suggest using a strong font that doesn't rely on subtlety that can still be readable when shrunk very small. Some experimentation may be in order.

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 2
    Step 2

    Select a saying/word/whatever.
    Not too long remeber:
    1 pixel = 1 stitch

    My thing is gonna say "word"

    Remeber: Colour after. Start with black

    (this is at 800% zoom)

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 3
    Step 3

    Make it all one layer, so that you can manipulate it freely.

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 4
    Step 4

    Make it all one layer, so that you can manipulate it freely.

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 5
    Step 5

    Sharpen the image until the edges are as crisp as they are going to be.

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 6
    Step 6

    You can either leave it at that

    OOORRRR

    Trim the canvas to match the blurb. It will look like that

  • Step 7

    Save that image as a PNG and you can now exit out of there.

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 8
    Step 8

    Open KG Stitch

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 9
    Step 9

    Import the PNG image into the program

  • How to make a patterns. Fonts Into Cross Stitch Pattern - Step 10
    Step 10

    AAAANNND...... STITCH

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