Star Birth

by NASA

Star Birth cross-stitch pattern by NASA (SM size, High colors, Diamond Art palette)

Size

Choose a size
XL LG MD SM XS

Small can save time and materials if you don't mind sacrificing some detail, or are limited by canvas size such as Diamond Art.

Colors

Choose a color

High color is for very colorful patterns or the smoothest possible gradients with less noticeable dithering.

Palette

Choose a color palette

Selected Variation

360 x 209 in 255 colors 75,240 stitches

Access to the single pattern (selected size, color, and palette above).

Can't decide? Get the complete pack of all 21 pattern variations!

Description

This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Called the Cosmic Cliffs, Webb’s seemingly three-dimensional picture looks like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening. In reality, it is the edge of the giant, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, and the tallest “peaks” in this image are about 7 light-years high. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The blistering, ultraviolet radiation from the young stars is sculpting the nebula’s wall by slowly eroding it away. Dramatic pillars tower above the glowing wall of gas, resisting this radiation. The “steam” that appears to rise from the celestial “mountains” is actually hot, ionized gas and hot dust streaming away from the nebula due to the relentless radiation.

This pattern will enable you to reproduce the image using the medium of cross-stitch or diamond painting. The custom charting technology we developed produces the highest quality cross-stitch and diamond-art patterns available with new levels of detail and color matching to accurately reproduce the images in whatever size and color combination you prefer. Not every image will look as good with the lowest colors at extra small size but not every image needs maximum colors at extra large size. We create every combination and provide accurate mockups so you can select the pattern that is right for you.

You can be confident that the pattern you buy from us will produce a piece that you will be proud to hang on your wall or gift to a loved one, to be admired for generations to come.

Patterns are available to download in PDF format immediately after purchase and will also appear in our pattern viewer and tracking application. This is the pattern only and does not include any paper copy or the materials you need to complete the project - you can purchase these from your local crafting store or online supplier of choice and the pattern will detail the number of skeins required based on the material type and stitching style you use.

Color Palette

The complete color palette including DMC code, description and stitch count for the selected pattern is shown below. The downloaded PDF pattern or our app will give you the complete estimate of thread-skeins required based on the canvas type and number of strands used for stitching.

Code
Description
Count
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
4,714
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
2,943
3722
Medium Shell Pink
2,446
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
2,399
798
Dark Delft Blue
2,300
3021
Very Dark Brown Gray
2,283
356
Medium Terra Cotta
2,249
333
Very Dark Blue Violet
2,023
3776
Light Mahogany
1,920
435
Very Light Brown
1,767
839
Dark Beige Brown
1,558
779
Dark Cocoa
1,512
500
Very Dark Blue Green
1,424
301
Medium Mahogany
1,391
930
Dark Antique Blue
1,285
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
1,189
3371
Black Brown
1,118
797
Royal Blue
1,079
436
Tan
1,038
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
1,003
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
930
3859
Light Rosewood
913
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
913
3858
Medium Rosewood
910
826
Medium Blue
888
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
849
3807
Cornflower Blue
836
158
Medium Very Dark Cornflower Blue
812
3860
Cocoa
780
729
Medium Old Gold
763
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
745
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
662
352
Light Coral
645
3834
Dark Grape
644
833
Light Golden Olive
591
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
581
3830
Terra Cotta
554
3746
Dark Blue Violet
549
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
538
610
Dark Drab Brown
522
413
Dark Pewter Gray
520
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
506
407
Dark Desert Sand
473
3740
Dark Antique Violet
461
840
Medium Beige Brown
456
3838
Dark Lavender Blue
450
3031
Very Dark Mocha Brown
448
3778
Light Terra Cotta
446
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
438
518
Light Wedgwood
413
934
Black Avocado Green
409
451
Dark Shell Gray
407
3861
Light Cocoa
396
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
377
799
Medium Delft Blue
360
3790
Ultra Dark Beige Gray
344
977
Light Golden Brown
341
3787
Dark Brown Gray
333
841
Light Beige Brown
331
924
Very Dark Gray Green
322
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
319
3064
Desert Sand
317
317
Pewter Gray
309
3041
Medium Antique Violet
307
3839
Medium Lavender Blue
304
791
Very Dark Cornflower Blue
295
167
Very Dark Yellow Beige
289
921
Copper
289
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
275
825
Dark Blue
273
223
Light Shell Pink
272
612
Light Drab Brown
268
3760
Medium Wedgwood
260
3712
Medium Salmon
252
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
245
535
Very Light Ash Gray
239
3726
Dark Antique Mauve
238
801
Dark Coffee Brown
231
813
Light Blue
227
3768
Dark Gray Green
220
3328
Dark Salmon
219
161
Gray Blue
218
3827
Pale Golden Brown
206
976
Medium Golden Brown
206
922
Light Copper
201
760
Salmon
191
809
Delft Blue
189
680
Dark Old Gold
187
414
Dark Steel Gray
186
152
Medium Light Shell Pink
184
807
Peacock Blue
180
3771
Ultra Very Light Terra Cotta
178
3032
Medium Mocha Brown
178
422
Light Hazelnut Brown
160
611
Drab Brown
157
156
Medium Light Blue Violet
155
340
Medium Blue Violet
150
995
Dark Electric Blue
150
437
Light Tan
143
3836
Light Grape
137
517
Dark Wedgwood
132
550
Very Dark Violet
129
155
Medium Dark Blue Violet
127
402
Very Light Mahogany
122
327
Dark Violet
118
758
Very Light Terra Cotta
116
676
Light Old Gold
115
208
Very Dark Lavender
113
341
Light Blue Violet
109
778
Very Light Antique Mauve
108
209
Dark Lavender
107
3837
Ultra Dark Lavender
107
3864
Light Mocha Beige
107
3843
Electric Blue
104
3721
Dark Shell Pink
104
334
Medium Baby Blue
99
3828
Hazelnut Brown
98
3042
Light Antique Violet
93
640
Very Dark Beige Gray
92
318
Light Steel Gray
90
734
Light Olive Green
90
3755
Baby Blue
89
931
Medium Antique Blue
87
3023
Light Brown Gray
85
224
Very Light Shell Pink
84
415
Pearl Gray
83
738
Very Light Tan
81
834
Very Light Golden Olive
81
3046
Medium Yellow Beige
79
160
Medium Gray Blue
78
950
Light Desert Sand
78
371
Mustard
70
316
Medium Antique Mauve
69
159
Light Gray Blue
68
211
Light Lavender
63
453
Light Shell Gray
62
452
Medium Shell Gray
60
169
Light Pewter
60
794
Light Cornflower Blue
59
553
Violet
59
842
Very Light Beige Brown
59
935
Dark Avocado Green
57
210
Medium Lavender
56
370
Medium Mustard
55
932
Light Antique Blue
54
543
Ultra Very Light Beige
52
3835
Medium Grape
51
552
Medium Violet
49
945
Tawny
49
3022
Medium Brown Gray
44
644
Medium Beige Gray
44
646
Dark Beaver Gray
40
554
Light Violet
40
3045
Dark Yellow Beige
40
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
38
3840
Light Lavender Blue
37
157
Very Light Cornflower Blue
37
153
Very Light Violet
37
3779
Very Light Rosewood
37
3743
Very Light Antique Violet
36
3072
Very Light Beaver Gray
36
3325
Light Baby Blue
36
3774
Very Light Desert Sand
36
168
Very Light Pewter
34
3747
Very Light Blue Violet
33
519
Sky Blue
33
754
Light Peach
32
3756
Ultra Very Light Baby Blue
31
677
Very Light Old Gold
31
648
Light Beaver Gray
30
3033
Very Light Mocha Brown
27
3727
Light Antique Mauve
27
3752
Very Light Antique Blue
24
3750
Very Dark Antique Blue
24
642
Dark Beige Gray
24
962
Medium Dusty Rose
24
3782
Light Mocha Brown
22
3821
Straw
22
829
Very Dark Golden Olive
22
3013
Light Khaki Green
21
3854
Medium Autumn Gold
21
3856
Ultra Very Light Mahogany
21
3822
Light Straw
21
522
Fern Green
20
3688
Medium Mauve
19
335
Rose
19
822
Light Beige Gray
18
3865
Winter White
17
Blanc
White
17
3608
Very Light Plum
17
3866
Ultra Very Light Mocha
16
739
Ultra Very Light Tan
16
433
Medium Brown
16
800
Pale Delft Blue
15
Ecru
Ecru
14
3012
Medium Khaki Green
14
647
Medium Beaver Gray
13
3845
Medium Bright Turquoise
13
3354
Light Dusty Rose
13
3047
Light Yellow Beige
13
3011
Dark Khaki Green
13
927
Light Gray Green
12
322
Dark Baby Blue
12
3689
Light Mauve
12
165
Very Light Moss Green
12
3733
Dusty Rose
11
3841
Pale Baby Blue
10
372
Light Mustard
8
613
Very Light Drab Brown
7
3687
Mauve
7
3053
Green Gray
7
926
Medium Gray Green
6
772
Very Light Yellow Green
6
746
Off White
6
3348
Light Yellow Green
6
828
Ultra Very Light Sky Blue
5
747
Very Light Sky Blue
5
819
Light Baby Pink
5
3609
Ultra Light Plum
5
3607
Light Plum
5
353
Peach
5
3825
Pale Pumpkin
5
3024
Very Light Brown Gray
5
975
Dark Golden Brown
5
336
Navy Blue
4
3819
Light Moss Green
4
225
Ultra Very Light Shell Pink
4
604
Light Cranberry
4
3806
Light Cyclamen Pink
4
472
Ultra Light Avocado Green
4
761
Light Salmon
3
948
Very Light Peach
3
3326
Light Rose
3
523
Light Fern Green
3
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
3
B5200
Snow White
2
3761
Light Sky Blue
2
3078
Very Light Golden Yellow
2
744
Pale Yellow
2
3833
Light Raspberry
2
3855
Light Autumn Gold
2
3820
Dark Straw
2
783
Medium Topaz
2
832
Golden Olive
2
3363
Medium Pine Green
2
961
Dark Dusty Rose
2
820
Very Dark Royal Blue
1
502
Blue Green
1
959
Medium Seagreen
1
369
Very Light Pistachio Green
1
3824
Light Apricot
1
725
Medium Light Topaz
1
727
Very Light Topaz
1
3052
Medium Green Gray
1
3362
Dark Pine Green
1

All our patterns are the highest quality that can be created for the given size and color constraints. Occasionally this results in some threads that are only used for a handful of stitches in a pattern but we include them because they are the best matches for those colors. You can stitch them as-is or you can use your own judgement and may decide to replace them with another similar color that is already used elsewhere in the pattern. Use our closest DMC thread-color lookup tool to select candidates for replacement.

Image Sizes

Patterns can be used with any canvas type, all that will change is the physical dimensions of the completed image. To allow for mounting a cross-stitch piece in a frame we recommend a canvas size with at least 3 additional inches on each edge.

Completed Image Size Suggested Canvas Size
Canvas Type Width Height Width Height
11 Count Aida 32 ¾" 19" 38 ¾" 25"
14 Count Aida 25 ¾" 15" 31 ¾" 21"
16 Count Aida 22 ½" 13" 28 ½" 19"
18 Count Aida 20" 11 ½" 26" 17 ½"
20 Count Aida 18" 10 ½" 24" 16 ½"
22 Count Hardanger 16 ¼" 9 ½" 22 ¼" 15 ½"
25 Count Evenweave 14 ½" 8 ¼" 20 ½" 14 ¼"
28 Count Evenweave 12 ¾" 7 ½" 18 ¾" 13 ½"
32 Count Evenweave 11 ¼" 6 ½" 17 ¼" 12 ½"

Why Buy from Thread-Bare?

  • Our custom developed charting engine and professionally calibrated color palette creates the highest quality charts available
  • Accurate mockups show the exact stitch detail that each pattern will produce with no added detail or colors
  • Your pattern PDF is available in 10 different combinations of print sizes, color or B&W format, including 1:1 diamond painting size
  • Pattern PDFs are super clear and easy-to-follow with thread-list, skein estimates, page index-sheet and unambiguous symbols with page-continuation pointers and overlap areas.
  • Free viewer & progress tracking app with cloud sync, compatible with Android, iPhone, iPad, MacOS, Windows, and Linux
  • Upto 50% of each sale of licensed artwork is paid directly to the artist, the highest royalty percentage in the industry by far
Giving You More
10 PDF formats of each pattern included, no charge to re-download
Supporting Artists
We pay upto 50% of revenue to arists who license their art to us
Sell Your Art

We offer the highest royalty rates in the industry. Other pattern sellers may charge $20 or more per pattern but only around $1.50 - $2.00 of it actually reaches the artist. We're committed to paying 50% of the revenue from each sale directly to the creator of the art licensed to us. Contact us to learn more.