Sugar Skull

Sugar Skull cross-stitch pattern (MD size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

Size

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Medium is a great compromise between the final quality and the time and materials you need to commit to complete it.

Colors

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

Palette

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333 x 480 in 158 colors 159,840 stitches

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Description

Day of the Dead sugar skull

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
B5200
Snow White
75,691
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
16,398
310
Black
14,966
444
Dark Lemon
8,163
972
Deep Canary
3,048
3746
Dark Blue Violet
2,516
Blanc
White
2,449
946
Medium Burnt Orange
2,355
934
Black Avocado Green
1,826
947
Burnt Orange
1,719
973
Bright Canary
1,690
798
Dark Delft Blue
1,367
3371
Black Brown
1,318
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
1,258
535
Very Light Ash Gray
1,243
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
1,104
29
Eggplant
1,055
3041
Medium Antique Violet
927
3042
Light Antique Violet
849
500
Very Dark Blue Green
846
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
828
02
Tin
814
04
Dark Tin
727
928
Very Light Gray Green
656
553
Violet
598
169
Light Pewter
595
25
Ultra Light Lavender
560
3756
Ultra Very Light Baby Blue
541
742
Light Tangerine
505
09
Very Dark Cocoa
477
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
459
415
Pearl Gray
442
608
Bright Orange
437
209
Dark Lavender
426
23
Apple Blossom
405
154
Very Dark Grape
373
3858
Medium Rosewood
363
927
Light Gray Green
348
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
324
783
Medium Topaz
309
501
Dark Blue Green
285
32
Dark Blueberry
281
28
Medium Light Eggplant
277
06
Medium Light Driftwood
270
648
Light Beaver Gray
267
27
White Violet
259
3830
Terra Cotta
250
03
Medium Tin
230
351
Coral
229
779
Dark Cocoa
226
721
Medium Orange Spice
216
3768
Dark Gray Green
214
3722
Medium Shell Pink
203
801
Dark Coffee Brown
194
741
Medium Tangerine
189
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
188
315
Medium Dark Antique Mauve
183
3820
Dark Straw
170
435
Very Light Brown
165
159
Light Gray Blue
153
3687
Mauve
152
451
Dark Shell Gray
149
3836
Light Grape
146
327
Dark Violet
145
722
Light Orange Spice
145
3776
Light Mahogany
141
301
Medium Mahogany
137
552
Medium Violet
136
921
Copper
132
976
Medium Golden Brown
127
318
Light Steel Gray
125
3861
Light Cocoa
119
452
Medium Shell Gray
117
729
Medium Old Gold
117
24
White Lavender
115
922
Light Copper
109
554
Light Violet
102
21
Light Alizarin
100
3860
Cocoa
98
3328
Dark Salmon
93
208
Very Dark Lavender
87
892
Medium Carnation
82
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
81
3826
Golden Brown
81
3852
Very Dark Straw
79
333
Very Dark Blue Violet
79
740
Tangerine
76
3340
Medium Apricot
73
434
Light Brown
71
316
Medium Antique Mauve
69
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
64
436
Tan
59
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
59
728
Topaz
56
3857
Dark Rosewood
53
30
Medium Light Blueberry
46
826
Medium Blue
42
319
Very Dark Pistachio Green
41
35
Very Dark Fuchsia
38
350
Medium Coral
35
3705
Dark Melon
33
22
Alizarin
32
900
Dark Burnt Orange
31
309
Ultra Very Dark Rose
31
680
Dark Old Gold
29
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
28
3803
Dark Mauve
26
918
Dark Red Copper
26
782
Dark Topaz
24
647
Medium Beaver Gray
22
814
Dark Garnet
22
975
Dark Golden Brown
20
3363
Medium Pine Green
20
930
Dark Antique Blue
19
920
Medium Copper
18
433
Medium Brown
17
834
Very Light Golden Olive
17
829
Very Dark Golden Olive
16
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
14
610
Dark Drab Brown
14
822
Light Beige Gray
14
352
Light Coral
13
3064
Desert Sand
11
3866
Ultra Very Light Mocha
11
3750
Very Dark Antique Blue
11
371
Mustard
11
743
Medium Yellow
10
612
Light Drab Brown
8
3801
Very Dark Melon
7
335
Rose
7
3752
Very Light Antique Blue
7
720
Dark Orange Spice
6
503
Medium Blue Green
6
307
Lemon
5
931
Medium Antique Blue
5
347
Very Dark Salmon
5
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
4
158
Medium Very Dark Cornflower Blue
4
3607
Light Plum
4
400
Dark Mahogany
3
602
Medium Cranberry
3
355
Dark Terra Cotta
2
34
Dark Fuchsia
2
832
Golden Olive
2
3023
Light Brown Gray
2
3816
Celadon Green
2
160
Medium Gray Blue
2
919
Red Copper
2
3813
Light Blue Green
2
961
Dark Dusty Rose
2
606
Bright Orange Red
1
523
Light Fern Green
1
3688
Medium Mauve
1
827
Very Light Blue
1
830
Dark Golden Olive
1
522
Fern Green
1
367
Dark Pistachio Green
1
3805
Cyclamen Pink
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 30 ¼" 43 ¾" 36 ¼" 49 ¾"
14 Count Aida 23 ¾" 34 ¼" 29 ¾" 40 ¼"
16 Count Aida 20 ¾" 30" 26 ¾" 36"
18 Count Aida 18 ½" 26 ¾" 24 ½" 32 ¾"
20 Count Aida 16 ¾" 24" 22 ¾" 30"
22 Count Hardanger 15 ¼" 21 ¾" 21 ¼" 27 ¾"
25 Count Evenweave 13 ¼" 19 ¼" 19 ¼" 25 ¼"
28 Count Evenweave 12" 17 ¼" 18" 23 ¼"
32 Count Evenweave 10 ½" 15" 16 ½" 21"

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