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🧵 Introducing StitchLab — where traditional embroidery meets modern design tools
For the #configmakeathon, I built StitchLab: a browser-based cross-stitch and tatreez design studio created entirely with Figma Make.
Cross-stitch carried stories through geometric patterns for generations — but many digital embroidery tools still feel outdated, complex, and disconnected from how designers create today.
I wanted to imagine:
What if creating embroidery felt as natural as designing in Figma?
✨ Inside StitchLab you can:
🎨 Design on a real stitch canvas
Draw with X-stitch, half-stitch, and back-stitch tools using real DMC thread colors.
🧩 Create with traditional motifs & shapes
Drag patterns onto your canvas, customize them, transform them, and build your own compositions.
🖼️ Turn inspiration into stitches
Upload images, trace references, or convert visual elements into stitchable artwork.
🗂️ Design like a pro tool
Layers, ordering, locking, hiding, grouping, alignment, flipping, rotation, and precise grid-based editing.
🪡 Move from screen to craft
Export print-ready PDF charts with thread legends, save your artwork, or preview your embroidery on real products.
StitchLab is my attempt to bridge heritage and technology — preserving traditional craft while giving creators the modern tools they deserve.
Would love to see what people create with it 🧵✨
Try it: https://rule-ochre-52042400.figma.site
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