Sugar Skull

Sugar Skull cross-stitch pattern (MD size, Low 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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Low color is best suited for images with fewer colors at the risk of sometimes increasing dithering.

Palette

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333 x 480 in 90 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
75,672
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
16,271
310
Black
15,027
444
Dark Lemon
8,154
972
Deep Canary
3,057
Blanc
White
2,463
946
Medium Burnt Orange
2,365
3746
Dark Blue Violet
2,202
934
Black Avocado Green
1,871
947
Burnt Orange
1,718
973
Bright Canary
1,693
3371
Black Brown
1,344
413
Dark Pewter Gray
1,324
798
Dark Delft Blue
1,298
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
1,297
29
Eggplant
1,264
3042
Light Antique Violet
1,206
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
969
3041
Medium Antique Violet
920
500
Very Dark Blue Green
828
317
Pewter Gray
791
928
Very Light Gray Green
782
168
Very Light Pewter
755
04
Dark Tin
722
25
Ultra Light Lavender
643
169
Light Pewter
596
553
Violet
593
415
Pearl Gray
567
09
Very Dark Cocoa
563
3756
Ultra Very Light Baby Blue
552
742
Light Tangerine
541
3807
Cornflower Blue
534
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
519
648
Light Beaver Gray
518
327
Dark Violet
479
27
White Violet
477
3858
Medium Rosewood
472
608
Bright Orange
442
209
Dark Lavender
423
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
420
23
Apple Blossom
419
154
Very Dark Grape
389
783
Medium Topaz
302
351
Coral
289
06
Medium Light Driftwood
286
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
285
501
Dark Blue Green
279
28
Medium Light Eggplant
270
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
270
3830
Terra Cotta
256
301
Medium Mahogany
244
435
Very Light Brown
242
3721
Dark Shell Pink
240
721
Medium Orange Spice
226
976
Medium Golden Brown
201
921
Copper
195
3776
Light Mahogany
185
3820
Dark Straw
184
741
Medium Tangerine
182
451
Dark Shell Gray
155
3836
Light Grape
148
552
Medium Violet
146
3687
Mauve
145
554
Light Violet
138
3778
Light Terra Cotta
131
3861
Light Cocoa
129
722
Light Orange Spice
129
3860
Cocoa
124
452
Medium Shell Gray
122
729
Medium Old Gold
121
801
Dark Coffee Brown
111
892
Medium Carnation
93
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
92
3852
Very Dark Straw
84
3340
Medium Apricot
82
740
Tangerine
77
3835
Medium Grape
73
350
Medium Coral
71
316
Medium Antique Mauve
71
977
Light Golden Brown
70
30
Medium Light Blueberry
46
924
Very Dark Gray Green
42
932
Light Antique Blue
41
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
40
782
Dark Topaz
31
3363
Medium Pine Green
21
612
Light Drab Brown
11
726
Light Topaz
10
3023
Light Brown Gray
7
3607
Light Plum
3

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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