Embroidery file converter

Open a design in almost any machine format, see how it sews, and export it in any of ten. Free, in the browser, and the stitches stay exactly as they were.

Open a design

How it works

Open the file. Drag it onto the editor. Around thirty machine formats open, including DST, PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, HUS, SEW, XXX, PEC and U01.
Look at it properly. Scrub through the stitch simulation, measure it, check the colour list and the stitch count.
Export what you need. DST, PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, PEC, XXX, U01, TBF or PMV. The stitches are written out exactly as they were made.

30+ formats open
10 formats export
Lossless stitches stay as they were
Free no card, no install

Which format does which machine read

DST

Tajima and nearly every commercial multi-needle. Stores stitches, jumps, trims and colour changes, but no thread names, which is why a DST often opens in the wrong colours.

PES

Brother, Babylock and most Bernina home machines. Stitches plus thread colours from the maker's chart.

JEF

Janome and Elna. Stitches plus colours.

VP3

Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff. Stitches plus colours.

EXP

Melco commercial machines. Stitches, with colours in a companion file.

Five more to export, thirty to open

PEC, XXX, U01, TBF and PMV export as well. HUS, VIP, SEW, SHV, TAP, CSD, EMD, 10O and more open for checking and re-export.

What a conversion cannot recover. A machine file is a list of needle positions, so converting rewrites the same stitches into another container. It cannot give you back the shapes behind them, which is why a converted design should not be resized by much. Keep the editable project file alongside whatever you sew from.

Reading a design you did not make

What to look at before you hoop anything.

Stitch count and size

What it will cost in time and thread.

The sew order

The simulation plays it through, including the jumps and trims you will be cutting by hand.

True view

How it will look in thread rather than as lines on a screen.

The colour list

How many thread changes to plan for, and in what order.

More on formats Which machine reads what, what each format throws away, and why you should keep an editable copy. Read the formats guide

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Common questions

How do I convert a DST file to PES?

Open the DST in StitchConsole and export it as PES. The stitches are written out exactly as they were made. Because DST carries no thread names, set the colours before exporting if they matter.

Is converting between embroidery formats lossless?

For the stitches, yes: the needle positions, jumps, trims and colour changes carry across. What no conversion can restore is the editable shapes behind them, because a machine file never contained them.

Can I resize a converted design?

A little. Stitch files hold finished stitches, so scaling changes the density and the pull compensation that were chosen for the original size. Beyond about ten percent, redigitize at the new size instead.

Which embroidery formats can I open?

Around thirty, including DST, PES, PEC, JEF, EXP, VP3, HUS, VIP, SEW, SHV, XXX, U01, TAP, CSD, EMD and 10O. Export is to ten of them: DST, PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, PEC, XXX, U01, TBF and PMV.

Is it really free?

Yes. Opening designs, viewing them and exporting to any of the ten formats are all on the free plan, with no card and no watermark.