1. Go to Google and search under Images for "fly icon". You need to find very SIMPLE pictures - not photos. Even better is to find true icons since each dot (pixel) can map to a stitch. Since angles are difficult to do without half stitches, try to find images that have very few angles or mostly 45 degree angles. Here’s one example: http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/lyle-zapato/arthropodicons/32/Tsetse-Fly-icon.png
2. Create a pattern that is the same size as the image (in this case, 32x32) and then “underlay” the pattern using the image.
3. If you want a backstitch, I find it easier to do that next by just “tracing” the image with the backstitch. Note you will have to make adjustments as you go since the stitches won’t always match with the image. This is where it takes time to develop a technique that works. It helps to set the “gridline” color in the stitching program to something that stands out from the stitches you are doing.
4. After the backstitch is complete, choose your palette of colors and then fill in the backstitch one section at a time with the color that matches the image the closest.
After doing a few, you get the hang of it and you can do them pretty quick. Hope this helps. Go to top