Custom-shape pixelation is also useful for cross-stitching. However, the requirements are slightly different.

• Cross-stitching is usually done with a much larger amount of individual colors. For those, the current color display is no longer viable.
• Shapes and sizes follow a different naming. There is no such thing as a gauge.
• There are various stitch shapes. Therefore, simple rectangles may not be sufficient. Instead, some brush-like customizable shape may come in more handy.
• It is possible that a different type of representation makes more sense - this may require further investigation as to how cross-stitching patterns are written down, in particular for non-cross stitches.