Drop in a logo or piece of line-art and get a real .DST stitch file — running-stitch outlines with optional fill, sized in millimetres, with a live stitch preview. DST is the universal format read by Brother, Bernina, Janome, Tajima, Melco, and every major embroidery machine and design app.
.dst into your embroidery software (PE-Design, Embrilliance, Hatch, Ink/Stitch, or your machine's app) or copy it to the machine on a USB stick. Set your thread colors, hoop your fabric with stabilizer, and always run a test stitch on scrap first.This tool takes an SVG's actual path geometry — or auto-vectorizes a raster upload first — and walks it into a Tajima .DST stitch file, the closest thing embroidery has to a universal format. Two stitch modes are available: with fill checked (default) it posterizes the artwork into up to 6 thread-color regions and packs each with dense serpentine fill rows plus a border stitch, so a solid shape actually sews solid, not hollow. With fill off, it produces a running-stitch outline only, which suits thin line-art, monograms, and single-stroke marks where a filled region would be too dense. You set design width in millimeters, stitch length (1–8mm), and — in fill mode — row spacing to control density (0.3mm is nearly solid; higher spacing is sparser and faster to sew). A built-in complexity check auto-simplifies raster traces or very dense outline paths — above roughly 25,000 stitches — before generating, so you don't end up with an unstitchable file. The live canvas player animates the actual stitch order and jump/trim path point-by-point at your chosen speed, and a fail-closed quality gate in fill mode blocks the download if the result comes out as an unfilled wireframe rather than real embroidery.
It accepts SVG, PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, and BMP as input — raster files are auto-vectorized first — and exports a Tajima .DST stitch file, which nearly every embroidery machine and digitizing app reads.
Both, depending on a checkbox: fill mode posterizes the artwork into thread-color regions and fills each with dense stitch rows plus a border, while outline mode produces running-stitch outlines only, best for thin line-art and monograms.
Designs above roughly 25,000 stitches in outline mode are automatically simplified before re-generating, since a design that dense is too crowded to stitch cleanly; you can also lower stitch density yourself by increasing stitch length or fill spacing.
It's free to try in your browser — every conversion, including vectorization and stitch simulation, runs client-side, so nothing is uploaded — except the optional AI edit assistant, which sends your vector when you use it. Downloading the finished .DST file requires a one-time purchase or Studio Pass.
DST (Tajima format) is the closest thing to a universal embroidery format and is read by Brother, Bernina, Janome, Tajima, Melco, and most other machines and digitizing software such as PE-Design, Embrilliance, Hatch, and Ink/Stitch.
All VectorProof tools — the full suite hub.
ThreadProof AI Embroidery Digitizer — the guided AI version with fabric/hoop presets, three proofed versions, and a stitchability score.
PNG to PES — a workflow tuned for Brother and Baby Lock owners converting a PNG logo.
Image to Embroidery — for photos and general pictures rather than clean vector art.
Stitch-Out Fix — already have a stitch file with a defect? Diagnose and repair it after the fact.