Somehow I ran into this today without looking for it. I did not even know an embroidery machine could do this. I can convert your pictures into a embroidery design/picture. How neat is that :shock: :?: Here is the addy for the free program.

http://www.pixelhobby-usa.com/software.aspx

When I was dickering prices over my embroidery machine with the dealer he threw in a program like this and also one that converts pictures into cross stitch. I haven't played with them yet, but it is on the list for this summer. You need a big variety of thread colors to get all of the shading correct.