No more paper or losing your place, cross stitch made simple!
Track stitches, highlight colours and zoom to any size. Import your favourite charts, or create your very own unique cross stitch patterns, right on your own device.
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Professionally designed pattern library with text and AI tools
Keep your project on track, the easy way...
The problem with paper
The HobbyTub way
Hard to keep track
Always know your place
You lose your place easily, especially on detailed patterns.
Mark stitches digitally with one tap and never lose track.
Messy highlights & marks
Neat & tidy progress
Pen scribbles, smudges and worn markings.
No smudges, scribbles or worn markings, everything stays clear and easy to read on screen.
Complex fixed patterns
View only the thread you are working on
Overcomplicated patterns make it hard to focus on your stitching.
Easily see the current thread colour you are working with, clear the clutter and stay focused.
No undo button
Fix mistakes instantly
Make a mistake? Too bad!
Marked a wrong stitch? Just remove it with a click.
Awkward to carry around
Stitch anywhere
Folded pages, crumpled print outs or bulky pattern books.
Forget folded pages and bulky books, take HobbyTub with you on your iPad, phone, tablet, laptop or desktop.
Easy to damage or lose
Always safe & saved
One spilled drink or misplaced page and your progress is gone.
We’ve got you covered with progress auto-saves. Reuse the same pattern over and over.
Slow & frustrating
More time stitching
Flipping back and forth, scanning rows with your finger, it slows you down!
No page flipping or scanning rows, with row and column markers, just smooth, focused stitching.
One time use
Do the same pattern again & again
Once you’ve marked your progress, the pattern is no longer usable.
Reuse your patterns as many times as you like, your progress is always saved separately.
Similar shades, tiny symbols
Never mix up your threads
Look-alike colours and hard-to-read printed symbols make it easy to grab the wrong thread.
Show a symbol or letter on every square, matched to your thread list, so you always pick the right colour.
Transform ideas into beautiful patterns
Smart progress tracking
Never lose track of your stitching progress. Mark full crosses, backstitch, French knots and beads as you go, colour by colour, with one quick tap.
Pattern library
Access our exclusive library of professionally designed cross stitch patterns. New patterns added every month.
Photo to pattern
Turn any photo into a cross stitch pattern right in your browser. Crop it, set the size and colours, drop the background, and watch a live preview snapped to real threads from 11 brands including DMC and Anchor.
AI pattern creation
Describe your idea in words and let AI turn it into a completely custom pattern. Generate up to 50 unique patterns every month.
Track anywhere
Mark stitches on your phone on the bus and carry on from a tablet at home, with nothing to export and import. Open a project once and it stays on your device, so you can keep going in the garden or anywhere the signal drops out, and your progress syncs the moment you are back online.
Across all your devices
Powerful pattern editor, no extra install required
Whether you're editing an existing pattern or building a brand new one from scratch, our full-featured editor gives you the precision and flexibility to get it just right on any device, wherever you stitch.
- Full drawing toolkitPencil, shapes, flood fill, erase and more to effortlessly draw and edit any pattern.
- Zoom & panNavigate large patterns effortlessly with smooth zoom and pan controls.
- Precision selectionMarquee tool to select, copy, paste and move any region of your pattern.
- Thread colour pickerHundreds of DMC, Anchor, Madeira, Cosmo, J&P Coats, Presencia, Ariadna, CXC, Gamma, Luca-S and Sullivans thread colours at your fingertips.
- Palette managerBuild, reorder and swap your thread palette instantly.
- Backstitch, knots & beadsDraw backstitch lines, French knots and beads with dedicated tools, just like a printed chart.
- Text & letteringAdd names, dates and messages, position and align them perfectly, then convert to stitches when you’re happy.
- Resize your fabricGrow or shrink your canvas from any edge or corner without losing your work.
See your entire pattern on the fabric, with your complete toolkit always at hand.
Precisely select any area of your pattern to copy, move or modify.
Choose from hundreds of DMC, Anchor, Madeira, Cosmo, J&P Coats, Presencia, Ariadna, CXC, Gamma, Luca-S and Sullivans thread colours and build your perfect palette.
Bring your existing charts with you, import and keep stitching
Keep your favourite chart files, patterns, progress and tools together in one place with HobbyTub.
Your patterns are yours to take with you. With Premium, anything you make, import or build from a photo can be downloaded again as an OXS file or a printable PDF chart.
PDF imports
FlossCross and Pattern Keeper files
Bring compatible PDF chart files into HobbyTub without rebuilding the pattern by hand.
OXS imports
Open XML charts
Bring OXS chart files across from other pattern software and carry on where you left off.
PAT imports
PCStitch files
Import PAT files from PCStitch and continue with the same pattern inside HobbyTub.
XSD imports
PatternMaker charts
Open XSD chart files from PatternMaker and make them part of your HobbyTub library.
Every imported pattern gets the full HobbyTub toolkit
No matter which supported file format you start with, you can track stitches, zoom in close, highlight the thread you are working on and edit your pattern, with every colour matched to real DMC, Anchor, Madeira, Cosmo, J&P Coats, Presencia, Ariadna, CXC, Gamma, Luca-S and Sullivans threads. Your progress stays safely saved across all your devices.
FlossCross, Pattern Keeper, PCStitch, and PatternMaker are trademarks of their respective owners. References are for compatibility identification only.
From start to stitched in just 3 simple steps...
1. Choose or create
Start with a ready-made library pattern, import one of your own digital charts, turn a photo into a pattern, create one from scratch in the editor, or let AI design it for you.
2. Start stitching
Pick up your needle and start your pattern, everything’s ready to go. We’ll tell you how much thread you’ll need, and you can swap any colour for a thread from your own stash.
3. Track as you go
Mark off stitches, hide or show colours, and track your progress as you stitch. We’ll even estimate your completion date!
Simple, all-inclusive pricing
Premium
Access to all features
- Access to our pattern library
- New patterns added monthly
- Progress tracking tools
- Unlimited projects, neatly organized
- Import PDF, OXS, PAT & XSD charts
- Turn any photo into a pattern
- Create & edit patterns by hand
- Customize patterns with text
- Thread palettes from DMC, Anchor, Madeira, Cosmo, J&P Coats, Presencia, Ariadna, CXC, Gamma, Luca-S and Sullivans
- Create patterns with AI
- Access to premium patterns
- Export your own patterns as OXS or printable PDF