Professional needlepoint design software
The studio built for professional needlepoint designers — superior tools, real thread palettes, and smart repeats that do the tedious work, so your hours go to the art instead of the grid.
Runs in your browser · installs on your PC or Mac · design on iPad · 7-day free trial
Why designers switch
Most charting software was built for hobbyists and never grew up. Needlepoint Studio was built for the working designer — the precision, speed, and output of a professional studio, with none of the busywork slowing you down.
Layers, motif libraries, one-click repeats, and photo-to-stitch handle the tedium — so the hours go into designing, not re-charting the same border by hand.
Every stitch lands exactly where you mean it. Non-destructive move and true undo let you experiment freely and never lose your place.
Build palettes from actual brands and numbers — the chart your customer receives is one they can source and stitch, down to the skein.
The toolkit
Everything you need to chart a monogram, a bargello repeat, a pet portrait, or a full canvas — and hand off a file that's ready to paint, print, or stitch.
Build your chart in stacked layers, like paint. Rearrange, hide, and refine any element — a border, a motif, the background — without disturbing the rest.
Draw, erase, lines, shapes, fill, and text — all snapping cleanly to the grid, so your first pass looks like a finished chart.
Save motifs to a library and tile any element into an all-over pattern with full spacing control — a whole canvas from a single stitch.
Import a photo and turn it into accurate thread coverage automatically, or trace over a reference by hand with full control.
Export a file your painters and printers can work straight from — add a blank margin, stamp on your color palette, and drop in your signature, all in a single click.
Switch instantly between full-color, printable symbols, or both — then export a clean PDF chart with a complete thread key, ready to sell or stitch.
Paint mode
The feature hand-painted-canvas designers ask for by name. Turn any finished chart into a painting companion: tap two points to read the exact stitch count across and down, pan smoothly as you work, and save counts as you go — so every painted line lands on the right mesh intersection.
Works where you do
One design, always in sync — however you like to work. Start in your browser, install it to your desktop, or design by hand on iPad.
Web & Windows PC
Open it in any browser and start in seconds, or install it straight to your Windows PC, Mac, or Chromebook, where it runs like a native app right from your desktop — online or off.
Open the web appWindows · Chromebook · any browser · works offline
Mac & iPad
Get Needlepoint Studio on macOS and iPad from the App Store — draw by hand with the Apple Pencil and automatic palm rejection, and keep every design in sync.
Download on the App StoremacOS · iPadOS · Apple Pencil
Simple pricing
Start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Redeeming the 50% code? On Mac & iPad · On the web — enter STITCH50 at checkout.
Your ideas
Found a bug, want a feature, or just have a thought? Send it straight to the studio — it comes right to us.
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Ready when you are
It runs right in your browser — no install, no setup. Your first canvas is one click away, and the 7-day trial is on us.