Convert JPG to DST embroidery files
DST is the Tajima format and the closest thing embroidery has to a universal standard: almost every commercial machine reads it, and most digitizers send it by default.
DST runs on Tajima, Barudan, ZSK and most commercial machines. DST stores stitches only. The order of colour changes survives, the actual colours do not — use the colour table under the preview as your thread guide.
JPG is what most photos and scans are. Heavy compression leaves faint halos around edges; the engine smooths them before tracing, but a clean source always stitches better than a re-saved one.
The output format below is already set to DST. Digitizing, the preview and the file are free — no account needed.
Other formats: JPG to PESJPG to JEFJPG to VP3JPG to EXPJPG to XXXJPG to PECJPG to U01PNG instead
What it does
Upload a logo, drawing or piece of artwork. The engine turns it into real stitches — satin columns along thin strokes, tatami fill across solid areas — and writes a file your embroidery machine can run. No software to install.
What you get
A machine file in the format your brand uses:
DST · PES · JEF · VP3 · EXP · XXX · PEC · U01
Tajima, Brother, Janome, Husqvarna, Bernina, Singer, Barudan.
What it costs
Free. Digitize, preview and download the machine file — no account, no watermark, no card.
We are new and want to hear how the files sew. If you run one on your machine, a line to hello@converttostitch.com helps a lot.