About Turtlestitch

TurtleStitch is a free and open-source web platform for creating and sharing embroidery patterns through code. Built on the block-based programming language Snap!, it requires no prior programming experience — making it accessible to beginners while remaining powerful enough for complex generative designs. Its visual approach bridges computing and textile craft, and is used worldwide in educational workshops, maker spaces, and artistic projects. In 2017, TurtleStitch received the award for Best Open Educational Resource in the German-speaking countries.
Snap!, which TurtleStitch builds upon, is itself influenced and inspired by Scratch, from the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.For more information see
http://snap.berkeley.edu and http://scratch.mit.edu

 

Source Code

Turlestitch is Free Software. Find its source code on GitHub: Turtlestitch
The Cloud platform is also Free Software. You can also find it on GitHub: TurtleNest

Credits Turtlestitch

Project Lead: Andrea Mayr-Stalder
Lead Developer: Michael Aschauer
Cloud Platform UI/UX Designer: Tina Hochkogler

Kindly supported by:

OSEDA
Vienna University Children’s Office

Previous fundings

  TurtleStitch's initial version and latest update were funded by netidee.at

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No824630

 

In 2018, TurtleStitch was successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign