pattern cannot contain anything painted with a pattern

Let's assume that we already have an image – is there anything else we can do with it? Yes, you can do much. Here are some examples – you may expect nice results from them: Let's see some examples of photos rich in details and patterns created from them. It is possible to draw the following conclusion from the features: when selecting a photo or a source image to be transformed into a cross-stitch pattern, you should avoid a situation when the basic content consists of details or of elements similar in terms of colour. In the article on the limits of cross-stitch I mentioned, among others, that cross-stitch loses minute details and it has significantly limited colour palette.

There are departures from all the principles given below. This text is rather a set of suggestions and not regulations and it is characterised with the author's subjectivity. Personal pleasure and the feeling of being satisfied with the work are priorities in hobby cross-stitching. You cannot apply any principles in a situation when somebody likes something, and it is the core of cross-stitch. But not all of them and they are not always valid. Many of the suggestions you can find below may be reduced to this statement. The first and basic principle I learnt at creating patterns and admiring ready-made cross-stitch is: “cross-stitch likes contrast”.

HaftiX - a computer application used for creating cross-stitch patterns from images.

Pattern cannot contain anything painted with a pattern