Jesus Hugging a Child Cross Stitch Pattern

Jesus kneels to hug a little girl in a peach dress. A loving faith piece about comfort, for a child, a grandchild or a hard season.

This free jesus hug cross stitch pattern is 120 x 166 stitches with 8,156 full cross stitches in 22 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: 120 x 166 stitches
• Finished size on 14-count Aida: 8.6 x 11.9 in (21.8 x 30.1 cm)
• Finished size on 18-count Aida: 6.7 x 9.2 in
• Fabric to cut: 15 x 19 inches (38 x 48 cm) of 14-count Aida (3 inches spare on every side)
• Stitching time: about 58 to 87 hours for most stitchers
• Threads: 22 DMC threads, one skein of each is plenty
• Skill level: intermediate

DMC threads used

• DMC 03 Medium Tin
• DMC 07 Driftwood
• DMC 451 Shell Gray Dark
• DMC 646 Beaver Gray Dark
• DMC 647 Beaver Gray Medium
• DMC 648 Beaver Gray Light
• DMC 712 Cream
• DMC 738 Tan Very Light
• DMC 739 Tan Ultra Very Light
• DMC 801 Coffee Brown Dark
• DMC 844 Beaver Gray Ultra Dark
• DMC 869 Hazelnut Brown Very Dark
• DMC 3024 Brown Gray Very Light
• DMC 3072 Beaver Gray Very Light
• DMC 3371 Black Brown
• DMC 3774 Desert Sand Very Light
• DMC 3782 Mocha Brown Light
• DMC 3828 Hazelnut Brown
• DMC 3856 Mahogany Ultra Very Light
• DMC 3863 Mocha Beige Medium
• DMC 3864 Mocha Beige Light
• DMC ECRU Ecru

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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