Image to embroidery converter
Upload an image, pick your machine, and get an embroidery file in its format, with an honest green, yellow, or red verdict before you pay.
First design free No card needed Credit back if it does not sew well
A real example, start to finish
An embroidery machine cannot read an image. It reads a stitch file: every needle drop, every jump between shapes, every stop for a new thread color. Turning an image into that file is digitizing, and doing it by hand takes a trained person and paid software.
BobbinBot digitizes the image for you in the browser. It reduces the picture to a few thread colors, chooses fill or satin stitches for each shape, sizes them for the garment, and writes the file your machine reads. Then it runs the same checks a careful digitizer would and tells you plainly whether it will sew well.
A round drawing of green mountains with snow caps under an orange sun.
A real run of the engine on this picture. The stitched picture is a simulation, not a photo of thread.
Three steps
- 1 Upload an image
PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF or HEIC, up to 8 MB. Phone pictures of a drawing work too. Pick what you are sewing on, such as a T-shirt, a cap, a towel, or a patch.
- 2 Pick your machine
Choose your brand and model, or skip it. The file comes in the format your machine reads, sized to fit the hoop you own.
- 3 See the verdict, then download
Look at the simulation, the stitch count and the size. Sign in with your email to download your machine's file, every other format, and the sew-out kit.
Pictures that work, and ones that don't
Thread sews flat color in shapes that need room. The verdict checks this for you, but it helps to start with the right picture.
Sews well
- Flat artwork: logos, stickers, cartoons you drew, simple icons
- Two to eight clear colors with real edges between them
- Shapes big enough to hold stitches, a few millimetres at the size you sew
- A plain or clear background around the subject
Not a good fit
- Photos, watercolors and soft shading: they get a yellow or a red, because thread is flat color
- Very fine lines, small text, and thin outlines around every shape
- Busy backgrounds the cleanup cannot separate from the subject
- Characters, brands or art that belong to someone else
Your machine, its format
Pick your machine in the form and its format comes first. Each brand usually reads:
- Brother: PES
- Baby Lock: PES
- Janome: JEF
- Bernina: EXP
- Husqvarna Viking: VP3
- Pfaff: VP3
- Singer: XXX
Which file format do you need?
Each brand reads its own format: Brother and Baby Lock read PES, Janome reads JEF, Bernina reads EXP, Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff read VP3, Singer reads XXX, and shops and commercial machines often want DST.
You do not have to choose. Pick your machine and that format comes first. Every download also has the others in a zip, and the free converter changes one into another later.
Convert a stitch file to another format, freeHow do I convert an image into an embroidery file?
Upload the image here, choose the item and your machine, and BobbinBot digitizes it into a stitch file. You see a preview and a verdict before you pay, and the first design is free.
Is there a free image to embroidery converter?
Your first design here is free, download included. The preview is free every time. After that, designs come in packs with credits that never expire.
Which images make the best embroidery?
Flat images with a few solid colors and clear edges, such as logos and drawings. Photos and gradients can be stitched, but they lose their shading and usually get a yellow or a red.
Do I need embroidery software?
No. You load the file onto the machine the way you load any design, by USB stick, cable, or the maker's app. The viewer on this site is only for checking a file.
How is this different from a person who digitizes?
A skilled digitizer will still beat any software on a hard logo. BobbinBot is for getting a first sew-out the same day, from a file you can judge before you pay.
What if the design does not sew well?
Tell us on the design page. A bad sew-out gets its credit back and a free new run.
Is this an embroidery pattern generator?
In a way. It does not invent artwork: it turns the image you bring into a machine stitch pattern, with the stitch type, direction and density chosen for each shape.
Related
- PNG to DST converter
Upload a PNG and get a DST stitch file, with a verdict before you pay.
- PNG to PES for Brother and Baby Lock
Upload a PNG and get a PES file for a Brother or Baby Lock machine, with a verdict before you pay.
- Logo digitizing for embroidery
Upload a logo and get an embroidery file sized for shirts, caps or bags, with a verdict before you pay.
See your picture stitched before you pay.
Stitch my pictureThe preview is free. Your first design is free. After that, designs cost from $0.62 each in a pack, and credits never expire.