Easter Cross with Lilies Cross Stitch Pattern

A wooden cross with Easter lilies at its foot and a soft sunrise behind. A peaceful piece for Easter and all year.

This free easter cross cross stitch pattern is 140 x 179 stitches with 13,409 full cross stitches in 31 DMC colors. It also uses backstitch outlines and French knots. It comes as a printable PDF, and you can also follow it on a tablet or phone in our free Stitch Tracker.

What you get

• A pattern PDF: cover, overview, a start-here page with the threads and the center, the chart with symbols on colored squares, and the thread key
• A second PDF made for the Pattern Keeper app (Android)
• The chart in our free Stitch Tracker: mark your stitches as you go on an iPad, phone or computer

Pattern details

• Design size: 140 x 179 stitches
• Finished size on 14-count Aida: 10.0 x 12.8 in (25.4 x 32.5 cm)
• Finished size on 18-count Aida: 7.8 x 9.9 in
• Fabric to cut: 17 x 19 inches (43 x 48 cm) of 14-count Aida (3 inches spare on every side)
• Stitching time: about 99 to 148 hours for most stitchers
• Threads: 31 DMC threads, one skein of each is plenty
• Skill level: advanced

DMC threads used

• DMC 05 Light Driftwood
• DMC 07 Driftwood
• DMC 16 Light Chartreuse
• DMC 370 Mustard Medium
• DMC 434 Brown Light
• DMC 435 Brown Very Light
• DMC 436 Tan
• DMC 437 Tan Light
• DMC 469 Avocado Green
• DMC 471 Avocado Green Very Light
• DMC 612 Drab Brown Light
• DMC 642 Beige Gray Dark
• DMC 712 Cream
• DMC 730 Olive Green Very Dark
• DMC 739 Tan Ultra Very Light
• DMC 801 Coffee Brown Dark
• DMC 819 Baby Pink Light
• DMC 829 Golden Olive Very Dark
• DMC 841 Beige Brown Light
• DMC 948 Peach Very Light
• DMC 3046 Yellow Beige Medium
• DMC 3078 Golden Yellow Very Light
• DMC 3345 Hunter Green Dark
• DMC 3347 Yellow Green Medium
• DMC 3371 Black Brown
• DMC 3782 Mocha Brown Light
• DMC 3790 Beige Gray Ultra Dark
• DMC 3823 Yellow Ultra Pale
• DMC 3863 Mocha Beige Medium
• DMC 3866 Mocha Brown Ultra Very Light
• DMC B5200 Snow White

How to stitch it

1. Print the PDF or open it on a tablet, and buy the threads from the list above.
2. Cut your fabric, find its center by folding it in half both ways, and put it in your hoop.
3. Find the center of the chart with the arrows at its edges and start stitching there.
4. Use two strands for the cross stitches and one strand for any backstitch outlines.

New to cross stitch? Our free lessons show you what you need to start and how to make your first stitches, and the guide on how to read a cross stitch pattern explains the chart. Want a different size? The cross stitch calculator works it out for any fabric.

The pictures show a digital preview of the finished stitching and pages from the PDF. This pattern is for personal use: stitch it for yourself or as a gift, and send friends a link to this page instead of the PDF.

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