Toolbar Reference

Opens a tabbed settings panel with three sections:

• Canvas - cell size, canvas dimensions, thread brand
• Display - grid lines, centre lines, textured stitch view, fabric colour, and colour/opacity controls for grid and centre lines
• Symbols - toggle symbol overlays (Off, Overlay, or Symbols Only for a monochrome chart)

Only visible on touch devices. Toggles between Pan mode (finger scrolls the canvas) and Draw mode (finger draws stitches). The button turns purple when in Draw mode. If you use a stylus, the stylus always draws regardless of this setting.

Move a selection around the canvas. Select an area first (with the Select tool), then switch to Move to drag it to a new position.

Select an area of the canvas. Opens a picker with three selection modes: Marquee (drag a rectangle), Magic Wand (click to select connected same-colour cells), and By Colour (click to select every cell of that colour on the layer). Once selected, you can move, delete, or copy the selection.

The main drawing tool. Click or drag to place stitches in your selected colour. Click again to open brush options where you can set the size (1-5 cells) and enable pressure sensitivity for stylus users. Supports stroke smoothing for cleaner lines.

Draws curved and circular strokes with 3/4 stitches automatically applied at the edges so curves don't look pixelated. An auto-outline option adds backstitch along the edge of your stroke in the same pass, so a motif with smoothed curves and clean outlines comes together quickly. Ideal for circles, petals, faces and other rounded shapes.

Draw freehand reference lines on a sketch layer. Use this to plan your design before committing stitches. Sketch strokes appear on a separate layer and don't affect the final pattern. Click again to adjust pencil width and snap-to-grid settings.

Removes stitches. Works like the brush but deletes instead of placing. Same size controls (1-5 cells). On a sketch layer, click individual strokes to remove them.

Flood-fills a connected area with your selected colour. Click on any cell and all adjacent cells of the same colour will be filled. Great for quickly colouring large areas.

Click any stitch on the canvas to pick up its colour, making it your active colour. You can also hold Alt (Option on Mac) from any tool to temporarily switch to the eyedropper - release the key to return to your previous tool.

Place pre-made pixel art designs onto your canvas. Over 200 icons across eight categories (animals, food, nature, seasonal, dinosaurs, transport, objects, people). Stamps can be scaled up/down and flipped horizontally or vertically. Multi-colour stamps add their colours to your palette automatically.

Draw geometric shapes by clicking and dragging. Choose from rectangle, circle, diamond, triangle, or line. Toggle between filled shapes and outlines. A live preview shows while you drag.

Removes stray single-colour stitches ("confetti") by replacing them with their surrounding colour. Brush over messy areas to clean them up, or use "Clean All" to sweep the entire canvas at once. Adjustable strength controls how aggressively it removes isolated stitches. Learn more about confetti stitches and how to deal with them.

Opens a dropdown with specialty stitch types for adding detail to your pattern:

Drag between grid corners to draw outline stitches. Used for lettering, borders, and fine detail that runs along grid edges rather than filling whole cells.

Click on a grid corner to place a French knot. Used for small decorative dots - eyes, flower centres, and textured accents.

Click a cell corner to fill that triangle with a half cross stitch. Creates a lighter, more textured look than a full stitch - great for shading and backgrounds.

Click a cell corner to fill just that quadrant. Even finer detail than a half stitch - useful for curves and smooth diagonal edges.

Click or drag to remove backstitches, French knots, half stitches, and quarter stitches. Only affects specialty stitches - leaves full cross stitches untouched.

Add text to your pattern as a separate layer. Opens a multi-tab panel where you can type your text, choose a cross-stitch font, set colours (solid, gradient, or rainbow), adjust letter/line spacing, and add a stroke or border. Each text block lives on its own layer so you can reposition it.

Add a decorative border around the edge of your canvas. Choose from different border styles and colours. The border is applied to the full canvas perimeter.

Mirror everything you draw across one or two axes. Choose horizontal (left-right), vertical (top-bottom), or both (quadrant - draw in one corner and all four fill in). Works with all drawing tools. Dashed guide lines show the mirror axes on the canvas when active.

Undo your last action. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on Mac). On touch devices, two-finger tap to undo.

Redo an undone action. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y (Cmd+Shift+Z or Cmd+Y on Mac). On touch devices, three-finger tap to redo.

Shows your currently selected colour. Click to open the full palette panel where you can switch colours, see stitch counts per colour, recolour (swap one colour for another across the whole pattern), or open the colour picker to edit a colour.

Adds a new random colour to your palette. Maximum 54 colours per pattern (matching the number of unique symbols available in the PDF chart).

Manage layers in your pattern. Add, delete, rename, reorder, duplicate, and merge layers. Each layer can be hidden, locked, or have its opacity adjusted. Layers can be flipped or rotated independently. Sketch layers and text layers are separate from your stitch layer.