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Poppy Field cross stitch pattern

Free patterns · Famous painting · Red poppies on a summer hillside with a mother and child, from Claude Monet’s 1873 painting.
Poppy Field cross stitch chart, 120 by 91 stitches, 26 colors, DMC 813, 407, 734, 642, 822, 598, 523, 928, 3023, 3051, 927, 3011, 434, 612, 644, 611, 3013, 3021, 3363, 934, 520, 3371, 640, 3022, 3768, 918
stitches
120 × 91
DMC colors
26
on 14-count
8.6 × 6.5 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: A soft, pale painting with small red poppy dots across the field. Stitch the poppies and the two figures first, then the grass and sky around them.

Made from a picture by Claude Monet (public domain).

Thread key

Everything to buy for this pattern, by DMC number.
SymbolDMCNameStitchesSkeins
⊕813Blue Light1171
⊠407Desert Sand Med841
⌂734Olive Green Lt281
■642Beige Gray Dark17231
□822Beige Gray Light2811
▣598Turquoise Light1501
▬523Fern Green Lt1791
▮928Gray Green Vy Lt1621
▲3023Brown Gray Light9791
△3051Green Gray Dk2601
◆927Gray Green Light8671
◇3011Khaki Green Dk2021
◉434Brown Light1261
○612Drab Brown Lt2651
●644Beige Gray Med31392
◐611Drab Brown1601
◧3013Khaki Green Lt1571
★3021Brown Gray Vy Dk4171
☆3363Pine Green Md2011
♣934Avocado Grn Black1611
♥520Fern Green Dark3531
✓3371Black Brown191
✖640Beige Gray Vy Dk3851
✚3022Brown Gray Med4131
⬡3768Gray Green Dark361
⬢918Red Copper Dark561

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.
FabricFinishedCut
14-count Aida8.6 × 6.5 in (21.8 × 16.5 cm)14.6 × 12.5 in
16-count Aida7.5 × 5.7 in (19.1 × 14.4 cm)13.5 × 11.7 in
18-count Aida6.7 × 5.1 in (16.9 × 12.8 cm)12.7 × 11.1 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.

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