A photo, a pattern,
and a little patience.
Kinusaiga uses pieces of fabric tucked into grooves in a base board to build a picture. A useful pattern gives every piece a clear boundary, a color and enough fabric around the edge for tucking.
1. Choose a picture with room to simplify
Start with one clear subject and good contrast. A flower against a plain background is easier to make than a crowd, fine fur or overlapping branches. Try Simple complexity first. Increase detail only when you are comfortable making smaller pieces.
2. Set the size of the finished board
Measure the board you intend to use, then enter its width and height in the studio. Keep proportions locked to preserve the image shape. Larger physical dimensions make the same regions larger; shrinking the board can turn a comfortable piece into a difficult sliver.
3. Make the pattern workable
Click or tap a region to select it. Change its color, or choose Merge neighbor and tap a piece that shares an edge. Pieces touching only at a corner cannot merge. Replacing a palette swatch changes every piece using that color. Inspect the numbered view and the making checks, especially around eyes, petals, thin stems and tight corners.
4. Choose the fabric allowance
The groove pattern sets the finished picture geometry. The cutting templates add fabric around those boundaries. Internal and outer edges have separate allowances; changing them does not change the board dimensions or groove positions. The suggested 3 mm internal and 5 mm outer allowances are starting points. Try a small scrap with your own board and fabric before cutting the full project.
5. Print and check the scale
Download the PDF kit and select A4 or US Letter. Print at 100% or Actual size, with Fit to page turned off. Measure the 100 mm calibration line in both printing directions before transferring the pattern. If the ruler is wrong, correct the print settings. Match row and column labels and registration marks to assemble overlapping pages.
6. Prepare the board and fabric
Transfer the groove pattern to your chosen board and prepare the grooves using tools and techniques suitable for that material. Use the numbered page to keep track of regions. Cut fabric from the matching allowance templates, then tuck and adjust one piece at a time. Keep the color reference and fabric list nearby. The fabric list estimates area; it does not account for fabric grain, print placement, packing or mistakes.
Keep your project for another day
The studio saves the current project in this browser. Download a .kinusaiga file to keep a portable copy; local browser storage may be cleared by your device. You can reopen a project and edit or export it even when new photo generation is paused.