Embroidery of portraits in ancient times was available only to aristocrats, but in the 21st century everyone can treat themselves to such an exquisite gift. A neat embroidered portrait is an unusual and memorable gift and a wonderful interior decoration. Embroidery of portraits from a photo is especially in demand as a gift for newlyweds or a birthday present.

We recommend machine embroidery because it creates a neat and beautiful image. Machine embroidery of portraits looks more realistic than handmade cross-stitch, the image is photographically accurate. Plus, our embroidery does not shed or fade over time.

Since 2007, we have been embroidering portraits both for ourselves and as a gift. Not only photographically accurate embroidered portraits are popular, but also more original paintings. For example, portraits in the old style or stylization of one or another type of art, from impressionism to cubism. For each, we create the very embroidery that he was looking for. Contact us, we are happy to embroider for you!

Portrait embroidery, photo

Portrait embroidery, photo for fans of the series Breaking Bad. Photo

Embroidery of a portrait to order in the technique of "photostitch"

The minimum order is 1 portrait. Wholesale embroidery of pictures to order is possible. Our production is located in Moscow, but we cooperate with any regions and countries remotely. The sketch for an embroidered portrait can be based on any photograph or drawing.

We can embroider a portrait on a piece of material so that you can then insert it into a frame, or we can embroider on clothes and products. Portraits on T-shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts are especially in demand. We can embroider on your products or purchase clothes for application from different price categories.

To make machine embroidery of portraits even more beautiful, we offer Additional services: convex 3D embroidery, sequin embroidery, rhinestone decor. We also make portraits in the form of stripes, embroidered magnets and key rings, badges. It is possible to embroider a portrait from a photograph.

The price of an embroidered portrait is calculated individually and depends on the size of the work and the degree of attention to detail. To calculate the exact cost of an embroidered portrait, please send a sketch by mail, indicate the size, number of copies and your wishes. V work time we will reply within 15 minutes.

We embroider portraits to order with a cost of 2000 rubles. A finely crafted portrait costs more, if you need to save money, we recommend ordering contour embroidery. It is also possible to machine-embroider portraits from photographs with a cross: portraits, paintings, patterns.

Select the desired item on each line and add the prices listed to get the retail order price.

Design. This is your image, translated into a format that the embroidery machine can understand. The price and terms depend on the number of small worked details. The price of a design based on complex pictures and photographs is calculated individually. The design is paid once, when re-embroidering, you do not need to pay for the design. If there are several different images on the product, each new design paid separately.

Embroidery. Retail prices are indicated for an embroidery order from 1 piece.

Products and material. Usually we embroider portraits on a piece of nylon, this is a strong and durable material. The only thing left for you to do is to frame the finished portrait. However, according to your desire, you can embroider portraits on any garments and textiles. Portrait embroidery on T-shirts and T-shirts, sweatshirts and bathrobes, towels and pillows is especially in demand. As for materials, we work with any fabrics, from silk and organza to jeans and terry. We also embroider to order on leather and knitted fabric.

Application size. The maximum size of a single embroidery is 120x64 cm, wholesale - 36x45 cm. For an additional fee, we do the docking, and then the embroidery reaches a length of 2 m. The minimum size depends on the study of small details and the hairiness of the material.

Colors and special threads. Up to 12 colors are used in one image, we suggest looking at the thread catalog. Using more colors will greatly complicate the embroidery technology, but we can do this for an additional fee. It is possible to make photographic embroidery. We also offer metallic, glow-in-the-dark, ultraviolet-luminous and melange threads.

Special offers. An outline portrait made using 3D embroidery looks interesting and stylish. A bright addition to the portrait will be decor with rhinestones; embroidery of female portraits is especially good with such an addition. Unusual technique - embroidering the outline of a portrait with sequins.

To make embroidery from a photo, you need to create a design for machine embroidery in a special program. This is done by our designer. He manually prescribes the settings for each stitch. Our designers are the best craftsmen in Moscow and Russia, they perfectly cope with the task of making embroidery photographically accurate.

Embroidery of portraits to order is sometimes done using stylizations. Someone wants an antique portrait, in sepia colors. Someone wants to leave only the contours. Someone loves works of art in the style of impressionism. All this is possible with the help of embroidery for a portrait!

Sometimes they ask you to embroider a portrait of your favorite pet in satin stitch. Cats in the pocket are especially popular. A custom-embroidered portrait of a pet will be a great gift!

Embroidered portraits, photo

Large embroidered portraits are a wonderful gift for a wedding anniversary or anniversary. Sometimes the head of a large department seeks to order an embroidered portrait, or they order a portrait of the head of state. In addition, custom-made portrait embroidery helps to perpetuate your favorite actors and singers, in such cases they prefer to decorate clothes.

To make a cross stitch pattern from a photo, it is enough to have a computer and install a special program. Sooner or later, cross stitch lovers are faced with the question of how to make a cross stitch pattern from a photo. At first glance, this may seem impossible, but it is not as difficult as it seems. In the computer age, you do not need to sit with a pencil in your hands drawing a pattern for embroidery.

There are photos that you want not only to look at, but to make a masterpiece out of them. Cross-stitched favorite photos are the dream of all embroiderers. To realize this dream, experience with programs that create circuits is required.

How to make cross stitch from a photo can be described as follows:

• First you need to select a photo on which the embroidery will be made;
• Then download a special program for creating diagrams for free;
• Next, upload the selected photo to the program;
• By clicking on the corresponding button, create a scheme;
• Wait for the download of the scheme to the computer.

An excellent gift for newlyweds is an embroidery made from a wedding photo.

When developing a scheme, great attention should be paid to faces, especially eyes. When looking at an embroidered picture, it should attract, win over. Then everything depends on the skill of needlewomen.

Creating a unique painting requires a lot of patience and diligence. The finished result of embroidery will delight for a long time if the canvas is fixed in a frame.

Cross stitch from photographs: ways to realize your plans

Cross-stitching from photographs is like drawing portraits, only instead of a pencil and paints - threads and needles. Creating diagrams, selecting photographs, processing with a program and the embroidery process itself are creative work. A picture-photo can be embroidered in any color option. It can be black and white, three-color or have a full palette of colors.

There are several ways to make a pattern for embroidering photographs and turning them into originality:

• With the help of specialized programs;
• Using graph paper and colored pencils;
• Via graphic editor photoshop.

With the resulting scheme, the same should be worked on. It is necessary to evaluate the number of colors that the program offers.

Many of them can be excluded, and, if possible, single crosses can be removed. Each of these methods will ideally translate an artistic idea into reality. Embroidery will bring great pleasure when portraits are made with soul. An embroidered portrait can be made as a gift for a wedding or anniversary, or simply presented as an original gift.

Original cross-stitch with photos: the secrets of success

Photos can not only be stored in photo albums, on flash drives and personal pages sites. There is another very original way to save a memorable image - cross-stitch with photographs. Photos must be selected without strong glare, better taken in sunny in the shade or cloudy weather. If the required quality of the photo is simply not there, then the existing one will have to be carefully processed.

An embroidered canvas has a lot of advantages over ordinary photographs:

• An embroidered photograph is not just an image, it is an art exhibition;
• The canvas with an embroidered photograph is not afraid of getting wet;
• Embroidered photos cannot be formatted or erased;
• You can always make an original copy.

Among the advantages of embroidering from a photo, it should be noted the ability to very quickly make a pattern again if something went wrong

Embroidered and framed photographs will easily decorate any interior. The paintings will be unique, unique and very memorable. Cross stitching is more than a hobby, it combines sewing needle skills with artistic drawing skills.

Realistic cross-stitch: make a pattern from a photo

For the first experience of cross-stitching from a photograph, it is necessary to study the entire process in detail. It is practically no different from embroidery of other images that are not related to photography. The cross stitch pattern itself from the photo also does not differ from any other pattern. Although this is not just a scheme, it should convey all facial features, his facial expressions. The face should be without distortion and have the most natural tone.

However, it is still worth studying the steps:

• It is necessary to prepare the material on which the photograph will be embroidered, it is called canvas;
• Then choose the best program for creating cross stitch patterns;
• Process the photo in the program and, if necessary, correct the image;
• Next, select the area that will be embroidered;
• Pick up threads;
• Create a schema;
• And you can start embroidering.

The program in which the scheme is made from a photograph allows you to make various changes, so that the embroidery will look perfect

Here, perhaps, are the most basic stages of preparation for cross-stitching from a photo. The resulting scheme can be printed on a color printer, or you can embroider directly from the monitor. It is necessary to pay attention to the matter, which is the basis for embroidery. Canvas serves as the basis for the image in the same way as paper for the artist.

Canvas is a soft mesh weave. This type of fabric is used not only for embroidery, it is used to make bags for storing various herbs.

Learning how to make a cross stitch pattern from a photo (video)

Canvas for embroidery can be not only fabric weaving, but also as a plastic mesh base. There is another type of canvas - water-soluble, it is used for applying embroidery to fabric. After the embroidery is completed, it is enough to soak the fabric in water, and it will dissolve.

In detail: how to make a cross stitch pattern from a photo (photo examples)

In this master class, I want to talk about one of the ways to create a cross stitch pattern. In fact, there are several of them and are suitable for different pictures. different ways, but everyone chooses for himself the one that he likes best. Perhaps someone will use the method I suggested.

I warn you right away - it is not suitable for photographs. This method is suitable for working with pictures!

In this master class, I will focus not on technical points work in the program, namely at the stages of creating a cross stitch pattern.

That is, this master class is more useful for those who already have some experience in the Pattern Maker for Cross Stitch program. It will be more difficult for beginners, because they will have to simultaneously master the program (manuals for working in Pattern Maker are available on the net) and learn how to make patterns.

To make a pattern, we need a picture that you would like to embroider, a program for creating patterns (I have Pattern Maker) and a color map (you can use just skeins of thread instead if you already have a large selection of colors). I am using a card.

We will make a scheme for the master class according to such an old postcard:

I like bright embroideries and don't like to embroider a monotonous background for a long time. Therefore, I will make the scheme with a free background, and the outlines of all elements will be clearer and brighter (cornflowers, greens, a ribbon on a hat). As a result, we will get an embroidery pattern with such types of stitches as a cross, half-cross and backstitch (hereinafter referred to as back).

Step 1. Making a run

It will be more convenient to print the picture on a color printer. It's easier than switching between windows on your computer all the time. First you will need to determine for yourself the maximum and minimum size of embroidery that you want to get in the end. Also at this stage, you need to decide whether you will crop the picture and remove some elements, what types of seams will be used. I like to work with half cross, back, french knots. Almost all the schemes that I make have these elements.

After you figured it all out, using the program we make a diagram from the picture. We start from the minimum size that we determined before and see how good the result is.

This step - creating a draft diagram in the program - will need to be repeated with increasing size until the result suits you. I usually go in increments of 20-30 crosses wide.

If maximum size, which you have determined for yourself, has already been achieved, and there is still not enough normal detail, you will either have to accept what you have, or reconsider the size, or completely abandon the creation of the scheme, at your own peril and risk.

Also at this stage, you need to set the number of colors in the embroidery. Usually I make the size a little smaller than it seems optimal at this stage, and I put the number of colors a little more. The back usually allows you to greatly increase the detail, and with a diagram with large quantity colors will then be easier to work with.

Here's what happened:

Picture width - 20 cm, colors - 40

At this step, we got the so-called "run". I think almost everyone has come across this concept.

Run is a circuit that has not been processed, just a product of the program's work without subsequent self made with a picture. In the runs, the colors are usually incorrectly transferred (and this is only visible when you start to embroider), there are many single crosses, and some colors are transferred in a checkerboard pattern. It's hard to embroider, and the result is completely unpredictable.

Step 2. Draw the contours

Outlines should be drawn with backing. The backing should almost always be brighter and darker than the element that we circle with this backing.

Blonde hair - dark brown background.
Peach skin - back brown.
Cornflowers are bright blue - the backing is dark blue.

I prefer to add colors to the palette one at a time as I start working with each new element. If you start to circle some element, it is better to finish the work, do not jump from detail to detail, otherwise it will be easy to get confused. It is convenient to draw on a greatly enlarged diagram. Colors will need to be selected by eye according to the palette or color map, and not according to the colors that the program suggested. You can not look at the program colors at all.

Here is the hat circled in the diagram:

Here is a close-up of a short section of the circuit:

For this work, I chose the display method in solid cells

Step 3. Remove everything from the scheme except the backing

I have some colors left on the diagram, because the colors for the background
accidentally matched what the program suggested

All programs that I know cannot render colors accurately. Therefore, I prefer not to work with what the program produces in such schemes, so you can avoid the appearance of singles, checkerboards and distorted colors. On hand-drawn schemes, the colors are relatively monolithic, and it is then easy and pleasant to embroider according to such schemes.

Step 4: Draw the Diagram

Now we take a color printout of the picture and begin to draw the actual diagram from it. Again, draw each element as a whole, do not jump between elements.

We select colors as follows: in a single-color element, usually from three to seven shades, from highlight to shadow.

Shadow- this is not a more saturated color, but a colder and grayer one. The thickest shadows are usually black or dark gray, remember this.

glare- usually not the brightest color, but the closest to white or even white.

We select colors either starting from the darkest, or starting from the lightest shade. I usually paint starting with highlights. Do not forget to soften the transitions between colors, but without fanaticism, otherwise it is difficult to embroider according to the scheme.

Here I drew a hat with crosses:

At this stage, the color scheme will be very different from the original image. The program renders colors inaccurately, so a hat, for example, appears darker. You just need to keep this in mind and remember that you should try not to make an imitation as close as possible to the picture (imitation is an unloading from the program), but to choose the right colors for embroidery. The color scheme in the program will differ from the original picture, this is normal.

We draw curls:

The most difficult thing to draw is the human face.

It became noticeable that the face was drawn inaccurately. Correcting.

I usually try not to add too many colors to the main palette. This time I used the same colors for the hat and collar, just the lighter part of the palette went for the collar.

cornflowers

Now we start working with a half-cross. For this, too, I usually try to use the same colors that have already been used with the cross, adding new threads if that is the only way to achieve the best effect. Don't forget to soften the transitions between colors.

After everything is drawn, we reduce the diagram and look at it, as it were, from afar. Fix something if needed. Here's what we got:

The imitation now seems rough, these are color rendering flaws. In the process of embroidery, the greenery will be embroidered in one addition of the thread, this will achieve lightness and airiness.

The half-cross is now rendered as very small double crosses. It’s inconvenient to work with this, so I always duplicate all the colors that are also used for the cross, and then I make the whole embroidery as if it were embroidered with a cross. As a result, the imitation is unloaded from one file, which shows that there is a half-cross on the embroidery, and the scheme for embroidery is from another. It turns out that in the scheme one color will be indicated by two or three symbols: one for the cross, the second for the half-cross, the third - if the half-cross comes with different addition of threads.

Step 5: Final Check

After completing all the work, it would be good to check the scheme. To do this, you need to postpone it for a couple of days, and then decrease-increase it again to see if everything suits you. This is important because there is a lot of work ahead: the actual embroidery.

It would also be nice to check the circuit for the presence of single crosses just in case. To do this, select each color in turn and see how it is distributed. If necessary, we make adjustments.

If it was made only for yourself, you can already embroider. If not, or do not rely on memory, you can customize different types lines for backing: lines, dots, dotted lines. This will make it easier to navigate later. If you have a color printer, you might want to set different colors for similar characters. No - no worries.

If there is a lot of backing and it makes it difficult to distinguish characters, it may be worth making two versions of the scheme: with and without backing.

How to remove backing from a diagram

To remove the backing, you can patiently select each line and press del a few hundred times. And you can remove everything at once.

For this you need right click mouse click on the free field of the menu (this is above the diagram, where all the symbols and tabs end, on the boring gray field).

A small menu will drop out, in it you will need to select the Selected stith types item.

Another menu with symbols will drop out. In it, those symbols that are used in the scheme will be bright blue, and those symbols that are not present will be gray and muted.

Now you need to select the entire scheme. To do this, press the Ctrl + A keys (you can select the entire scheme with the mouse, or click Select all in the Edit tab). A dotted line should move around the selected scheme.

Now we click on the “cross” stitch in the last drop-down menu, while the crosses seem to rise, and the rest of the characters remain a little recessed.

We do the same for the half-cross, if it is in the diagram. Now we press the Delete key on the keyboard, and all the backing should be deleted.

Before all these manipulations, just in case, I would advise you to do backup schemes with backing - you never know, something will not work out, it will be a shame to be left without a scheme at all.

For information: the size of the future embroidery on the 16th aida is 20 by 24.76 cm, 126 by 156 crosses. The number of flowers is about 30.

Cross-stitching is not just a hobby, but also a professional activity of some people. It requires special knowledge, experience in creating patterns for cross stitch and a whole mass of material. To facilitate this process, we have created special programs, allowing you to optimize any image for the desired number of colors and elements - crosses.

Embroidery software trials (limited, paid)

Free cross stitch programs

- a good utility for Windows, which stands out for its very rich functionality. It has almost everything to turn an image into a clear diagram. Users note that this is one of the the best programs of a kind. And this is confirmed by the high rating and mass of reviews.

The working interface of Embrobox is divided into several zones. This allows anyone to understand it. The first zone is a thumbnail of the uploaded image, showing general form. The second one shows a smaller fragment. The third - focuses on the embroidered element. The fourth one differs from the previous ones in that the colors are indicated in it, the desired characteristics of the thread are signed.

This embroidery program works very simply: you just need to upload an image, select the degree of detail and the number of shades, and then start converting. As a result, you will get a convenient and understandable scheme.

This miniature cross stitch program is suitable for both beginners and experienced embroiderers. Its functionality allows you to transform any image into digital circuits. Of a number of similar programs, it can be called one of the best utilities.

By loading an image into the Stitch Art Easy! window, you can select an existing set of threads (DMC or others), and then get a clear pattern. Among analogues, this program is distinguished by its simplicity of working with the finished image. In it, you can increase individual segments to understand them better. Stitch Art Easy can be downloaded for free in Russian, and then enjoy its functionality.

The interface of the program is very similar to products from Microsoft (Exel, Word, and so on), which makes it more understandable and familiar to the user.

If you have any questions, ask in the comments, we will definitely help.

The process of creating your own patterns with Stitch Art Easy!

I will create an embroidery scheme according to your photo with a cross and beads.

*Development cost cross schemes:

On request, I complete a complete set for cross-stitching according to your photo: a printed embroidery scheme, canvas, a set of floss threads.

* The cost may vary depending on the size of the scheme, as well as the presence or absence of a background.

* Cleaning of single crosses with color + from 750 rubles to the cost, with sepia + from 450 rubles.

The cost of a complete SET FOR EMBROIDERY WITH BEADS :

The beadwork kit includes:

• Embroidery pattern printed on fabric
• Czech beads Preciosa
• Two needles for beads

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* When ordering from the site, your application is considered out of turn:

Frequently asked Questions:

What are your benefits?

1. I do quality work well-designed embroidery schemes from a photo. For the development of one scheme, I spend about 40 working hours.

2. My schemes are max. close to the original photographs (there are no additions, simplifications, the colors correspond to the original ones, but on the face it is naturally bodily), I check all color transitions on “live” threads.

3. I process photos of almost any quality to the desired result.

4. Never do not publish photos of works without the permission of the customer.

5. On my site you can get acquainted with ready-made examples of embroidered works according to my plans.

6. After completing the work, I maintain a relationship with the customer, answer questions that arise, help with the purchase of thread etc.

7. I do even small diagrams, with clear facial features in the photo.

How to order a scheme?

To order the development of a scheme, Submit your application using the form above. I will answer you email soon. Then you can send me a photo, indicating the approximate desired size and other wishes. (For example, whether to remove the background, crop the photo, and also want color embroidery, or sepia.)
Within two or three days I will make a preliminary version and send it to you to look at and discuss. If everything suits you, then for further work on embroidery, you make an advance payment.

Are thread colors and footage correct?

Each schema contains verbose key colors and dimensions thread.

Do you complete the kit with threads and canvas?

On request, I complete and send a complete set: threads, canvas and printed pattern by mail.
The cost of the set depends on the size of the image and the number of colors. On average, it is from 3.5-4.5 thousand rubles.

How to pay?

If you are satisfied with the preliminary version, then to continue working on your scheme, you make an advance payment to Sberbank card(advance payment by agreement). Pay the rest after receiving the scheme by e-mail.

If you order full set, then you make an additional payment at the post office at the time of receiving the set.

Where do you send the diagram?

I send the diagram by e-mail. Full set send by post of the Russian Federation cash on delivery.

What size will the embroidery from the photo be?

The size of the finished embroidery depends on the original image (photo) and your wishes.

In what threads do you make the scheme?

I make the scheme in the thread palette dmc, as well as Czech beads.

Below are examples of images of embroidery from a photo:

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Photo courtesy of Natalia Pugacheva, Kireevsk. Natalia embroidered a portrait of the children.

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Beadwork in bw tones by Maria Tagunova. Murom, Russia.

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Raisa Krasheninnikova embroidered a portrait of her children. Ramenskoye, Russia.

Download images of embroidery from a photo one archive:

Do you work with other cities?

I work on the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad.

On what canvas do you make the diagram?

I make the scheme on canvas Aida 14, 16, 18.

What will the finished scheme look like?

The finished embroidery scheme according to the photo is divided into A4 sheets for the convenience of embroidery, contains a key of colors and footage.

What is "single cleaning"?

In any scheme, there are “single crosses” - crosses of the same color, next to which there are no similar ones nearby. It is possible to embroider with single crosses, but it is more convenient when there are a minimum number of them on the diagram. It does not affect the quality of embroidery in any way.