American flamingo cross stitch pattern

Free patterns · Animal · A pink flamingo bending its neck to the water, from John James Audubon’s Birds of America (1838).

American flamingo cross stitch chart, 88 by 120 stitches, 24 colors, DMC 3722, 772, 3832, 3831, 3768, 3799, 523, 3021, 3731, 926, 902, 3802, 3032, 543, 352, 3823, 822, 777, Ecru, 504, 3350, 3787, 3776, 3855

stitches: 88 × 120
DMC colors: 24
on 14-count: 6.3 × 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: Audubon’s print has a plain cream background, so you can leave it unstitched on cream Aida and stitch only the bird and the shore. That saves nearly half the stitches.

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
⊕	3722	Shell Pink Med	51	1
⊠	772	Yellow Green Vy Lt	50	1
■	3832	Raspberry Medium	603	1
□	3831	Raspberry Dark	279	1
▣	3768	Gray Green Dark	73	1
▬	3799	Pewter Gray Vy Dk	237	1
▮	523	Fern Green Lt	235	1
▲	3021	Brown Gray Vy Dk	587	1
△	3731	Dusty Rose Very Dark	283	1
◆	926	Gray Green Med	557	1
◇	902	Garnet Very Dark	276	1
◉	3802	Antique Mauve Vy Dk	66	1
○	3032	Mocha Brown Med	291	1
●	543	Beige Brown Ult Vy Lt	4748	3
◐	352	Coral Light	190	1
◧	3823	Yellow Ultra Pale	94	1
★	822	Beige Gray Light	411	1
☆	777	Raspberry Very Dark	263	1
♣	Ecru	Ecru	222	1
♥	504	Blue Green Vy Lt	308	1
✖	3350	Dusty Rose Ultra Dark	314	1
✚	3787	Brown Gray Dark	344	1
⬡	3776	Mahogany Light	34	1
⬢	3855	Autumn Gold Lt	44	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	6.3 × 8.6 in (16.0 × 21.8 cm)	12.3 × 14.6 in
16-count Aida	5.5 × 7.5 in (14.0 × 19.1 cm)	11.5 × 13.5 in
18-count Aida	4.9 × 6.7 in (12.4 × 16.9 cm)	10.9 × 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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