Victorian poppies and wheat pillow needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 13 colors · 10 × 10 in · 13 mesh
Colors: Red poppies on blackChange
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Three red poppies with dark gray centers rise among three ears of gold wheat, one upright in the middle and one leaning out at each side. Two green buds nod on curled stems above them, on a black ground with no border.
Size and details
The chart is 130 × 130 stitches: a pillow on 13 mesh canvas.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Advanced: 13 colors. Changes of color are about 3.6 stitches apart, leaving out the background around the picture. With 10 colors or more, closer than 4.5 apart is Advanced, 4.5 or more is Intermediate, and a design with this many colors is never Beginner.
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 13 × 13 in 33 × 33 cm | 17 × 17 in 43.2 × 43.2 cm |
| 12 | 10.8 × 10.8 in 27.5 × 27.5 cm | 14.8 × 14.8 in 37.7 × 37.7 cm |
| 13 | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm | 14 × 14 in 35.6 × 35.6 cm |
| 14 | 9.3 × 9.3 in 23.6 × 23.6 cm | 13.3 × 13.3 in 33.7 × 33.7 cm |
| 18 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.5 × 28.5 cm |
Mesh is the number of canvas threads to the inch; the row in bold is the mesh this chart is sized for. Canvas to cut includes a margin of 2 in (5.1 cm) of bare canvas on every side. Leave at least that much.
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Threads and canvas
Red poppies on black
- DMC 310 Black 12,703 stitches about 121 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 974 stitches about 10 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 753 stitches about 8 yards
- DMC 987 Dark Forest Green 666 stitches about 7 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 510 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 252 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 227 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 351 Coral 206 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 728 Topaz 183 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3011 Dark Khaki Green 129 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 522 Fern Green 118 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 98 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 81 stitches about 1 yard
16,900 stitches in the chart, about 167 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 13 mesh.
Red poppies on cream
- DMC ECRU Ecru 12,703 stitches about 121 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 974 stitches about 10 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 753 stitches about 8 yards
- DMC 987 Dark Forest Green 666 stitches about 7 yards
- DMC 782 Dark Topaz 510 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 310 Black 252 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 227 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 351 Coral 206 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 183 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3011 Dark Khaki Green 129 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 522 Fern Green 118 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 98 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 81 stitches about 1 yard
16,900 stitches in the chart, about 167 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 13 mesh.
Thread colors are approximate screen matches to DMC numbers. Check against real thread before you buy.
The numbers are DMC color numbers, which its six-strand cotton and its pearl cotton share. Wool and silk are numbered differently: match those by eye. For how many strands and which needle, see which thread suits which mesh.
The yards are of thread as it is threaded in the needle: stitched with several strands together, a thread takes that many yards of single strand for every yard listed. For six-strand cotton on 13 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 7 or 8 strands.
You also need blank needlepoint canvas (mono canvas) in the mesh you choose (see mesh sizes), cut to the size in the table above, and a tapestry needle.
An estimate. The length of thread one stitch uses on the front and back of the canvas, times the number of stitches, plus 30 percent for starting, ending and the tail left in the needle. Each count is estimated as basketweave or continental and rounded up to a whole yard, so the yards in all are a little more than the thread calculator gives for every stitch at once. The 30 percent is this site's own choice. The thread calculator works the same estimate for any count and mesh.
Getting it onto your canvas
This is a counted chart: one square of the chart is one stitch. Find the center of your canvas and the center of the chart (the red arrows above and to the left of the chart), and count out from there, a color at a time.
Nothing is printed on the canvas, so no transfer is needed. How to needlepoint covers the first stitches.
Downloads
- Chart for US Letter paper PDF · 5 pages
- Chart for A4 paper PDF · 5 pages
Each file has the thread key and the sizes on its first page, then the chart with a symbol in every square and a heavier line every ten. A chart too large for one page is divided over several, with two rows or columns repeated in gray where the pages join; a page may be turned on its side for a part that is wider than it is tall.
For your own stitching, gifts and handmade pieces you sell. Do not resell or share this PDF.
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