Turn any picture into a machine-ready embroidery file
Upload any common image — a logo, mark, or drawing in PNG, JPG, WebP, or SVG — and ThreadProof's AI digitizer fills the regions with real stitches, simulates the stitch-out, and scores it before you sew. You get a proofed, filled embroidery design — not a hollow outline — ready to run on Brother, Baby Lock, and every other embroidery brand.
Machine-ready workflow: upload your image, get a proofed, filled stitch design and a DST file now (EXP too; PES coming). Nearly every machine — including Brother and Baby Lock — reads DST via USB, so your design stitches out today while native PES / JEF / VP3 export lands on the roadmap.
How image → embroidery works
Four steps, all in your browser. Upload any common picture and watch it become thread — no account required to preview.
Upload your image
Drop a PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, or SVG — a logo, mark, or drawing. Your picture is auto-vectorized for thread.
AI fills with stitches
The AI digitizer fills each region with real stitches and picks fill type, density, underlay, and pull compensation.
Preview + quality gate
Watch a live stitch simulation and a ThreadProof score. A quality gate blocks bad, outline-only output before you buy.
Download
Export a machine file — a proofed, filled DST today (EXP too; PES on the roadmap) — and stitch it from USB.
Any common image works
Upload the picture you already have. ThreadProof accepts every common raster and vector format and turns it into a filled stitch design.
Raster images (PNG, JPG, WebP) are traced into regions; SVG paths are used directly. Either way, the AI fills the shapes with real stitches — it does not just outline them.
From flat image to a filled stitch-out
An image is flat pixels. An embroidery file is a path of thread. ThreadProof plans the fill so the shapes become real stitches — here is the idea.
Your image
Flat pixelsFilled stitch-out
Thread pathThis is an illustration of how fill stitching is planned — your real preview is generated from your own image inside the tool.
Every file gets a ThreadProof Score
Before you download, ThreadProof grades stitchability so you know the file will run — and the quality gate blocks bad, outline-only output. Example below.
Ready to StitchRegions filled with real stitches; density, underlay, and pull compensation all within safe range for the selected fabric.
- Stitches4,120
- Colours3
- Design size90 × 38 mm
- Est. run time~7 min
Static example. Your score and specs are calculated from your own image, fabric, and hoop.
Supported output
Export a machine-ready stitch file plus proof assets. More native machine formats are landing on the roadmap.
DST and EXP export today. PES, JEF, and VP3 native export are on the roadmap — until then, DST loads on Brother, Baby Lock, and virtually every other machine straight from USB.
Image to embroidery — frequently asked
Straight answers about converting an image to an embroidery file.
What kind of images work best?
A clean, high-contrast image with clear shapes works best — a logo, mark, or line drawing on a plain background, in PNG, JPG, WebP, or SVG. Crisp edges and flat colour areas give the tightest stitch-out. Blurry photos, heavy gradients, and busy backgrounds are harder to stitch, and ThreadProof flags those risks in the preview before you commit.
How high does the resolution need to be?
Higher resolution and sharper edges give a cleaner vectorization and a better fill, so a crisp image beats a tiny or heavily-compressed one. There is no strict minimum, but very small or pixelated pictures leave less detail for the AI to trace. SVG artwork is resolution-independent and usually produces the cleanest regions. ThreadProof will warn you when an image is too soft for the size you chose.
Does it fill the shapes or just outline them?
It fills. The AI digitizer packs each region with real fill stitches — not a hollow outline — and picks fill type, density, underlay, and pull compensation for your fabric and hoop. A quality gate checks the result and blocks bad, outline-only or under-filled output before you can download, so you never pay for a file that would stitch out empty.
Which machines can use the file?
Nearly every embroidery machine — including Brother and Baby Lock — reads DST files directly from a USB stick, so the DST ThreadProof generates loads and stitches without extra software. DST carries stitch paths but not thread colours, so you set thread colours at the machine or in your embroidery software. PES, JEF, and VP3 native export are on the roadmap. No conversion guarantees a perfect result on every image — always check the preview and score first.
Ready to convert your image?
Upload any picture, watch the AI fill it with stitches, check the ThreadProof score, and download a machine-ready file — all in your browser.