The Stitch Pattern / Premade patterns
Easter Eggs
Three painted eggs — striped, chevroned and spotted — nestled in the grass. Seven pastel DMC shades and a chart you can finish over a long weekend.
Open this pattern Free — chart, floss list and printable PDF
The chart
- 39 × 24 stitches, 549 of them worked, the other 387 left as bare fabric.
- 7 DMC colours, about 7 skeins in total.
- Whole cross stitches only — no backstitch, no fractional stitches, nothing to unpick at midnight.
Finished size
| Fabric | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 11-count Aida | 3.5 × 2.2 in | 9 × 6 cm |
| 14-count Aida | 2.8 × 1.7 in | 7 × 4 cm |
| 16-count Aida | 2.4 × 1.5 in | 6 × 4 cm |
| 18-count Aida | 2.2 × 1.3 in | 6 × 3 cm |
Add three inches all round for hooping and framing: on 14-count that means cutting about 9 × 8 inches.
Floss list
| Colour | Name | Stitches | Skeins |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 989 | Forest Green | 97 | 1 |
| DMC 3713 | Salmon, Very Light | 96 | 1 |
| DMC 210 | Lavender, Medium | 90 | 1 |
| DMC 745 | Yellow, Light Pale | 86 | 1 |
| DMC 3811 | Turquoise, Very Light | 72 | 1 |
| DMC 3348 | Yellow Green, Light | 65 | 1 |
| DMC 3608 | Plum, Very Light | 43 | 1 |
Skein counts include a 20% margin, because running out of a dye lot halfway through is the one mistake you cannot stitch your way out of.
Make it yours
Open the pattern and every square is editable: repaint any stitch, swap a shade for one of the other 455 on the DMC card, or erase parts back to bare fabric. The printable PDF is built from whatever is on screen when you download it.