The Stitch Pattern / Premade patterns
Toadstool
A spotted red cap on a cream stem, sitting in a tuft of grass. Six colours and small enough to finish in a weekend.
Open this pattern Free — chart, floss list and printable PDF
The chart
- 30 × 30 stitches, 477 of them worked, the other 423 left as bare fabric.
- 6 DMC colours, about 6 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 | 2.7 × 2.7 in | 7 × 7 cm |
| 14-count Aida | 2.1 × 2.1 in | 5 × 5 cm |
| 16-count Aida | 1.9 × 1.9 in | 5 × 5 cm |
| 18-count Aida | 1.7 × 1.7 in | 4 × 4 cm |
Add three inches all round for hooping and framing: on 14-count that means cutting about 9 × 9 inches.
Floss list
| Colour | Name | Stitches | Skeins |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 666 | Red, Bright | 165 | 1 |
| DMC B5200 | Snow White | 146 | 1 |
| DMC 498 | Red, Dark | 60 | 1 |
| DMC 822 | Beige Gray, Light | 56 | 1 |
| DMC 988 | Forest Green, Medium | 32 | 1 |
| DMC 986 | Forest Green, Very Dark | 18 | 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.