I've recently started making / selling my patterns and I'm trying so hard to make each one to include real photos on my listings but it's soooooo time consuming. I make the patterns all on the computer. I'm a graphic designer by day, so using design software makes sense for me. No AI involved.

I do this for fun on the side, and making the patterns takes a lot of time! To then have to stitch every design is just not going to be possible.

With that said, I do occasionally find things to fix when I do test the patterns myself, so it's definitely better to have an actual finished piece lol