Blue jays cross stitch pattern

Free patterns · Animal · Three blue jays on a flowering branch, from John James Audubon’s Birds of America (1831).

Blue jays cross stitch chart, 106 by 120 stitches, 24 colors, DMC 3687, 18, 644, 924, 3802, 640, 712, Ecru, 799, 3799, 3815, 3828, 926, 822, 310, 158, 793, 986, 834, 413, 844, 3838, 809, 08

stitches: 106 × 120
DMC colors: 24
on 14-count: 7.6 × 8.6 in

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For when you have a few projects behind you: many colors and soft shading, made from a picture. Free to stitch for yourself, as a gift, or to sell the finished piece.

Stitching tip: The background is plain cream paper: on cream Aida you can skip it and stitch only the birds and the branch, which saves hours.

Made from a picture by Robert Havell after John James Audubon (CC0).

Thread key

Everything to buy for this pattern, by DMC number.

Symbol	DMC	Name	Stitches	Skeins
⊕	3687	Mauve	67	1
⊠	18	Yellow Plum	63	1
■	644	Beige Gray Med	2347	2
□	924	Gray Green Vy Dark	228	1
▣	3802	Antique Mauve Vy Dk	85	1
▬	640	Beige Gray Vy Dk	142	1
▮	712	Cream	128	1
▲	Ecru	Ecru	714	1
△	799	Delft Blue Medium	186	1
◆	3799	Pewter Gray Vy Dk	621	1
◇	3815	Celadon Green Dk	183	1
◉	3828	Hazelnut Brown	71	1
○	926	Gray Green Med	271	1
●	822	Beige Gray Light	5318	3
◐	310	Black	101	1
◧	158	Cornflower Blu M V D	100	1
★	793	Cornflower Blue Med	561	1
☆	986	Forest Green Vy Dk	146	1
♣	834	Golden Olive Vy Lt	125	1
♥	413	Pewter Gray Dark	316	1
✖	844	Beaver Gray Ult Dk	363	1
✚	3838	Lavender Blue Dark	494	1
⬡	809	Delft Blue	40	1
⬢	08	Driftwood Dark	50	1

Finished size

How big it comes out on each Aida count. The cut size adds 3 inches on every side so the fabric fits the hoop.

Fabric	Finished	Cut
14-count Aida	7.6 × 8.6 in (19.2 × 21.8 cm)	13.6 × 14.6 in
16-count Aida	6.6 × 7.5 in (16.8 × 19.1 cm)	12.6 × 13.5 in
18-count Aida	5.9 × 6.7 in (15.0 × 16.9 cm)	11.9 × 12.7 in

How to stitch it

Fold the fabric in half both ways to find the middle, match it to the center of the chart, and work outward. Each square is one full cross in 2 strands of floss.

Thread key

Finished size

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