Vectorize patch art that actually stitches.
Trace it free below to see auto-trace keep every unstitchable color — then a human rebuilds it stitch-aware, color-reduced and bordered, ready to digitize.
You can vectorize patch art free with our instant tracer — but it keeps every blended color and hairline detail, none of which will stitch. For an embroidered patch, a human redraw reduces the art to a limited thread palette, sizes detail to hold at stitch density, and adds a merrow-border allowance — digitizer-ready in 24 hours.
Thread isn't ink. A patch has its own rules.
A needle can't fade between colors or hold a one-pixel line. Auto-trace ignores all of that — it keeps every gradient blend and hairline detail from the original art, producing a vector that looks fine on screen and is impossible to stitch. There's also no allowance for the merrow border or hot-cut edge a finished patch needs.
A designer rebuilds the art for the medium: reduced to a limited thread palette, detail sized to survive at stitch density, clean color breaks instead of blends, and a border allowance built in. The result hands straight to a digitizer, who turns the paths into DST or PES. We do not produce stitch files.
Send the art
Any image of the design plus your patch size and finish.
We make it stitchable
A human reduces colors, sizes detail, cleans the breaks and adds border allowance.
Ready in 24h
Stitch-aware SVG/AI/EPS plus a stitch note sheet for your digitizer.
Same art. One stitches, one doesn't.
| For embroidery | Human redraw · VectorWiz | Instant auto-trace |
|---|---|---|
| Thread colors | Reduced & matched | Hundreds, unstitchable |
| Fine detail | Sized to hold | Won't stitch |
| Border allowance | Merrow / hot-cut ready | None |
| Color breaks | Clean, flat fills | Muddy blends |
Before you send it to the machine.
Can I vectorize patch artwork for free?
Yes — the instant tracer above does it free. But it keeps every color and fine detail, which won't stitch, so a patch needs a human redraw to reduce colors and rebuild stitch-viable shapes.
Do you reduce the colors to thread?
Yes — we reduce the art to a limited, stitchable thread palette and can match your thread chart, so it's producible without muddy blends.
Is this a digitized stitch file?
This is clean stitch-aware vector art ready to digitize, with detail sized to hold and a border allowance. Your digitizer produces the DST or PES; we do not.
What files do I get?
Stitch-ready SVG, AI, EPS and PDF plus a stitch note sheet, in 24 hours, with a 100% remake guarantee. We do not deliver DST or PES files.
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Get patch art that runs on the machine.
Drop the artwork, we'll rebuild it stitch-aware and color-reduced and have digitizer-ready art back in 24 hours — guaranteed.