Sugar Skull

Sugar Skull cross-stitch pattern (SM size, High colors, Diamond Art palette)

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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

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

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250 x 360 in 153 colors 90,000 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
40,815
310
Black
8,892
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
7,678
444
Dark Lemon
4,051
Blanc
White
2,544
972
Deep Canary
1,595
973
Bright Canary
1,393
946
Medium Burnt Orange
1,176
947
Burnt Orange
1,157
3746
Dark Blue Violet
1,083
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
945
934
Black Avocado Green
752
890
Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
745
3756
Ultra Very Light Baby Blue
642
798
Dark Delft Blue
621
3041
Medium Antique Violet
589
645
Very Dark Beaver Gray
568
535
Very Light Ash Gray
556
3371
Black Brown
553
762
Very Light Pearl Gray
547
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
533
500
Very Dark Blue Green
530
3042
Light Antique Violet
524
414
Dark Steel Gray
517
928
Very Light Gray Green
400
413
Dark Pewter Gray
389
415
Pearl Gray
387
3743
Very Light Antique Violet
383
838
Very Dark Beige Brown
341
317
Pewter Gray
293
553
Violet
293
209
Dark Lavender
288
3022
Medium Brown Gray
281
3807
Cornflower Blue
277
646
Dark Beaver Gray
276
783
Medium Topaz
263
154
Very Dark Grape
259
168
Very Light Pewter
253
742
Light Tangerine
205
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
201
927
Light Gray Green
198
648
Light Beaver Gray
194
3820
Dark Straw
185
3858
Medium Rosewood
175
351
Coral
173
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
168
680
Dark Old Gold
166
435
Very Light Brown
161
333
Very Dark Blue Violet
158
3830
Terra Cotta
141
501
Dark Blue Green
134
318
Light Steel Gray
131
159
Light Gray Blue
126
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
126
3838
Dark Lavender Blue
121
721
Medium Orange Spice
119
921
Copper
117
301
Medium Mahogany
113
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
108
3852
Very Dark Straw
107
741
Medium Tangerine
104
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
101
779
Dark Cocoa
96
801
Dark Coffee Brown
95
3862
Dark Mocha Beige
92
900
Dark Burnt Orange
91
3753
Ultra Very Light Antique Blue
90
3836
Light Grape
89
3721
Dark Shell Pink
88
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
87
839
Dark Beige Brown
86
729
Medium Old Gold
85
3834
Dark Grape
84
327
Dark Violet
81
3826
Golden Brown
76
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
73
452
Medium Shell Gray
71
935
Dark Avocado Green
69
3837
Ultra Dark Lavender
68
554
Light Violet
67
970
Light Pumpkin
66
550
Very Dark Violet
63
552
Medium Violet
57
3835
Medium Grape
57
822
Light Beige Gray
56
3861
Light Cocoa
56
782
Dark Topaz
55
153
Very Light Violet
52
832
Golden Olive
52
433
Medium Brown
50
524
Very Light Fern Green
49
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
46
610
Dark Drab Brown
44
898
Very Dark Coffee Brown
43
3687
Mauve
43
356
Medium Terra Cotta
42
3722
Medium Shell Pink
37
3740
Dark Antique Violet
37
316
Medium Antique Mauve
36
892
Medium Carnation
35
3363
Medium Pine Green
34
3768
Dark Gray Green
32
728
Topaz
32
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
30
920
Medium Copper
30
3863
Medium Mocha Beige
28
924
Very Dark Gray Green
28
158
Medium Very Dark Cornflower Blue
28
161
Gray Blue
26
3866
Ultra Very Light Mocha
25
740
Tangerine
22
975
Dark Golden Brown
22
210
Medium Lavender
22
918
Dark Red Copper
19
647
Medium Beaver Gray
17
3817
Light Celadon Green
17
977
Light Golden Brown
17
725
Medium Light Topaz
16
336
Navy Blue
16
930
Dark Antique Blue
14
300
Very Dark Mahogany
14
208
Very Dark Lavender
14
155
Medium Dark Blue Violet
9
819
Light Baby Pink
9
831
Medium Golden Olive
8
307
Lemon
7
814
Dark Garnet
7
722
Light Orange Spice
7
778
Very Light Antique Mauve
6
3803
Dark Mauve
5
3340
Medium Apricot
5
919
Red Copper
4
3608
Very Light Plum
4
961
Dark Dusty Rose
4
902
Very Dark Garnet
3
3854
Medium Autumn Gold
3
834
Very Light Golden Olive
3
601
Dark Cranberry
3
966
Medium Baby Green
3
3821
Straw
3
602
Medium Cranberry
3
931
Medium Antique Blue
2
826
Medium Blue
2
166
Medium Light Moss Green
2
747
Very Light Sky Blue
2
820
Very Dark Royal Blue
1
3053
Green Gray
1
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
1
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
1
743
Medium Yellow
1
3819
Light Moss Green
1
3827
Pale Golden Brown
1
893
Light Carnation
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 22 ¾" 32 ¾" 28 ¾" 38 ¾"
14 Count Aida 17 ¾" 25 ¾" 23 ¾" 31 ¾"
16 Count Aida 15 ¾" 22 ½" 21 ¾" 28 ½"
18 Count Aida 14" 20" 20" 26"
20 Count Aida 12 ½" 18" 18 ½" 24"
22 Count Hardanger 11 ¼" 16 ¼" 17 ¼" 22 ¼"
25 Count Evenweave 10" 14 ½" 16" 20 ½"
28 Count Evenweave 9" 12 ¾" 15" 18 ¾"
32 Count Evenweave 7 ¾" 11 ¼" 13 ¾" 17 ¼"

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