StitchBuddy

Are you using an embroidery machine and looking for an easy way to work on designs directly on your Mac? With StitchBuddy you can seamlessly organize, preview, modify, convert, and combine embroidery files.

Features:

• Rotate, flip, move, or delete selected parts or the entire design
• Resize selected parts or the entire design (without adjusting the stitch count)
• Copy and paste stitches to duplicate parts, or to combine different designs
• Center a design in its hoop
• Add basting stitches to fix a stabilizer
• Create basic shapes (contour / fill) manually, from macOS fonts, or by importing paths from SVG files
• Apply lock stitches and reverse the stitch order of selections
• Change individual thread colors, or adjust the entire palette to manufacturer thread charts
• Reorder threads and delete color changes
• Various display options incl. zooming, 3D stitch display, or stitch structure / underlay stitches
• Supports millimeters or inches as measurement units
• Extensive printer options including actual size templates
• Easy export of designs to USB media
• Copy designs to the clipboard or drag them to other applications as graphics or text
• Multiple levels of Undo while editing
• Convert designs between different embroidery formats
• Synchronize designs easily e.g. with StitchBuddy's iOS companion using iCloud Drive
• Display embroidery files in the Finder, Mail and other apps with Preview / Thumbnail support
• Search with Spotlight for embroideries based on size, number of stitches or colors
• Automator actions to process designs in workflows

Supported import formats (read):

• Janome JEF, JEF+, JPX, SEW
• Brother PES, PEC
• Melco EXP
• Bernina EXP+ (not in Preview / Thumbnail)
• Tajima DST
• Pfaff VP3, KSM, PCS, PCQ, PCD

Supported export formats (write)

• Janome JEF
• Brother PES v1.0 (130 x 180 mm), PEC
• Melco EXP
• Bernina EXP+ (enable in preferences)
• Tajima DST
• Pfaff PCS

You can test StitchBuddy with all functions for free (saving designs is restricted to files with max. 1,000 stitches and adding text / importing SVG files is limited). Unlock these limitations via In-App purchases if you like StitchBuddy and want to support its development ... and please share your experience with others by leaving a rating or review!

Additional information, FAQs and video tutorials can be found at StitchBuddy's website.