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Introduction

KXStitch is a program that lets you create cross stitch patterns and charts. Patterns can be created from scratch on a user defined size of grid, which can be enlarged or reduced in size as your pattern progresses. Alternatively you can import images from many graphics formats or scan images using any Sane supported scanner. Both of these options allow you to restrict the conversion to full stitches or optionally use fractional stitches. You may also use an image as a background. These imported images can then be modified using the supplied tools to produce your final design.

There are many tools to aid designing your pattern, from open and filled rectangles and ellipses, filled polygons and lines and backstitching. Additionally cut, copy and paste can be used to duplicate selected areas. Selected areas can also be rotated 90, 180 and 270 degrees anti clockwise, or mirrored horizontally or vertically.

There is also a pattern library that can be used to store small and not so small portions of patterns that can then be reused in other patterns. The patterns in these library are stored in a hierarchial list that makes it easy to sort and navigate them to find the ones you want.

When your ready, you can print out your design in several formats. There are options to print out cover sheets, instructions and a floss key including amount of thread used and number of stitches.

Latest Information

I have released V0.8.3 which has a new view mode to hightlight stitches using the currently selected floss.

Looking to the future, I have decided that the 0.8.x series of KXStitch will remain a bug fix set of releases with the occasional new feature. Now that KDE4 is on general release, I am going to concentrate my development efforts on that. The major rewrite I have been working on, although not particularly advanced will form the basis for this new set of releases starting at version 0.9.

With this in mind, CVS will be dedicated to the older 0.8.x KDE3 code and I will be using SVN to manage the 0.9.x KDE4 code.

If anyone is having any trouble with anything, please feel free to email me and I will do my best to fix anything that is broken. Any new feature requests will be considered during the redevelopment phase for inclusion in 0.9.x and possible 0.8.x

Intended Platform

KXStitch is being developed for Linux using KDE/QT

Features

For a more in depth look at the feature list, check out the features page.

Licensing

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Download

Version 0.8.3 of KXStitch is now available for download. Changelog is available here

Go to the project page for the following packages.

The current code is available via CVS on the Project Page.

Contacts

There are currently 2 mailing lists available:

To subscribe to either of these lists, use the Mailing Lists link on the left.

If you wish to get in touch with the developer to make suggestions or requests you can email me, use the public areas of the project page or use my email address to add me to msn

Last modified Wednesday, 04-Feb-2009 22:24:57 UTC