The Creation of Adam

by Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam cross-stitch pattern by Michelangelo (SM size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

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360 x 163 in 183 colors 58,680 stitches

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Description

The Creation of Adam (Italian: La Creazione di Adamo) is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become iconic of humanity. Michelangelo's Creation of Adam is one of the most replicated religious paintings of all time.

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
168
Very Light Pewter
3,250
02
Tin
2,583
927
Light Gray Green
2,041
159
Light Gray Blue
2,009
3787
Dark Brown Gray
1,636
928
Very Light Gray Green
1,618
3817
Light Celadon Green
1,470
413
Dark Pewter Gray
1,396
26
Pale Lavender
1,377
3752
Very Light Antique Blue
1,329
936
Very Dark Avocado Green
1,010
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
970
3743
Very Light Antique Violet
903
3768
Dark Gray Green
813
300
Very Dark Mahogany
763
738
Very Light Tan
749
422
Light Hazelnut Brown
739
3011
Dark Khaki Green
728
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
677
341
Light Blue Violet
673
3813
Light Blue Green
658
3790
Ultra Dark Beige Gray
641
730
Very Dark Olive Green
640
611
Drab Brown
604
437
Light Tan
597
400
Dark Mahogany
595
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
586
610
Dark Drab Brown
572
841
Light Beige Brown
557
937
Medium Avocado Green
551
01
White Tin
509
503
Medium Blue Green
507
935
Dark Avocado Green
503
975
Dark Golden Brown
499
3861
Light Cocoa
486
433
Medium Brown
475
754
Light Peach
475
06
Medium Light Driftwood
470
167
Very Dark Yellow Beige
466
648
Light Beaver Gray
462
801
Dark Coffee Brown
454
371
Mustard
454
3753
Ultra Very Light Antique Blue
451
932
Light Antique Blue
433
07
Driftwood
430
3828
Hazelnut Brown
421
3760
Medium Wedgwood
414
3864
Light Mocha Beige
390
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
387
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
385
160
Medium Gray Blue
364
3859
Light Rosewood
359
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
343
987
Dark Forest Green
340
3774
Very Light Desert Sand
340
640
Very Dark Beige Gray
335
830
Dark Golden Olive
335
931
Medium Antique Blue
323
453
Light Shell Gray
319
3363
Medium Pine Green
312
924
Very Dark Gray Green
309
318
Light Steel Gray
308
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
300
415
Pearl Gray
294
372
Light Mustard
289
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
289
163
Medium Caledon Green
282
3811
Very Light Turquoise
281
169
Light Pewter
279
647
Medium Beaver Gray
274
25
Ultra Light Lavender
271
451
Dark Shell Gray
267
729
Medium Old Gold
265
3816
Celadon Green
261
3860
Cocoa
254
827
Very Light Blue
244
644
Medium Beige Gray
240
3810
Dark Turquoise
236
505
Jade Green
234
966
Medium Baby Green
233
500
Very Dark Blue Green
232
597
Turquoise
227
436
Tan
219
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
215
518
Light Wedgwood
212
3858
Medium Rosewood
210
402
Very Light Mahogany
205
3814
Aquamarine
205
831
Medium Golden Olive
202
3848
Medium Teal Green
198
3808
Ultra Very Dark Turquoise
197
3021
Very Dark Brown Gray
188
992
Light Aquamarine
185
676
Light Old Gold
183
3042
Light Antique Violet
182
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
163
156
Medium Light Blue Violet
161
734
Light Olive Green
156
224
Very Light Shell Pink
149
310
Black
149
3031
Very Dark Mocha Brown
144
798
Dark Delft Blue
142
646
Dark Beaver Gray
135
3348
Light Yellow Green
127
898
Very Dark Coffee Brown
124
414
Dark Steel Gray
119
959
Medium Seagreen
113
334
Medium Baby Blue
110
353
Peach
106
3041
Medium Antique Violet
105
895
Very Dark Hunter Green
102
3779
Very Light Rosewood
98
336
Navy Blue
98
320
Medium Pistachio Green
96
912
Light Emerald Green
94
04
Dark Tin
93
3721
Dark Shell Pink
91
775
Very Light Baby Blue
89
822
Light Beige Gray
84
471
Very Light Avocado Green
81
3827
Pale Golden Brown
78
3053
Green Gray
77
800
Pale Delft Blue
77
920
Medium Copper
76
3347
Medium Yellow Green
76
826
Medium Blue
75
225
Ultra Very Light Shell Pink
72
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
69
3072
Very Light Beaver Gray
65
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
65
913
Medium Nile Green
62
563
Light Jade
59
976
Medium Golden Brown
57
3847
Dark Teal Green
57
3371
Black Brown
52
3809
Very Dark Turquoise
51
943
Medium Aquamarine
49
3688
Medium Mauve
47
153
Very Light Violet
47
162
Ultra Very Light Blue
45
3844
Dark Bright Turquoise
43
29
Eggplant
38
311
Medium Navy Blue
37
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
36
832
Golden Olive
36
911
Medium Emerald Green
36
368
Light Pistachio Green
35
918
Dark Red Copper
33
823
Dark Navy Blue
33
355
Dark Terra Cotta
31
517
Dark Wedgwood
28
472
Ultra Light Avocado Green
28
921
Copper
26
470
Light Avocado Green
26
782
Dark Topaz
26
3850
Dark Bright Green
25
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
24
910
Dark Emerald Green
24
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
23
554
Light Violet
23
818
Baby Pink
23
322
Dark Baby Blue
22
977
Light Golden Brown
20
722
Light Orange Spice
17
814
Dark Garnet
17
3825
Pale Pumpkin
14
3843
Electric Blue
14
834
Very Light Golden Olive
14
967
Very Light Apricot
12
3341
Apricot
10
3855
Light Autumn Gold
10
703
Chartreuse
10
701
Light Green
10
581
Moss Green
10
3340
Medium Apricot
9
919
Red Copper
6
783
Medium Topaz
4
3812
Very Dark Seagreen
4
725
Medium Light Topaz
3
605
Very Light Cranberry
3
3078
Very Light Golden Yellow
3
704
Bright Chartreuse
2
702
Kelly 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" 14 ¾" 38 ¾" 20 ¾"
14 Count Aida 25 ¾" 11 ¾" 31 ¾" 17 ¾"
16 Count Aida 22 ½" 10 ¼" 28 ½" 16 ¼"
18 Count Aida 20" 9" 26" 15"
20 Count Aida 18" 8 ¼" 24" 14 ¼"
22 Count Hardanger 16 ¼" 7 ½" 22 ¼" 13 ½"
25 Count Evenweave 14 ½" 6 ½" 20 ½" 12 ½"
28 Count Evenweave 12 ¾" 5 ¾" 18 ¾" 11 ¾"
32 Count Evenweave 11 ¼" 5" 17 ¼" 11"

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