Wheat Field with Cypresses – Cross-Stitch Pattern (Vincent van Gogh, 1889)

Wheat Field with Cypresses – counted cross-stitch pattern

After Vincent van Gogh, 1889. A full-colour cross-stitch chart made from an open-access museum image, matched to DMC stranded cotton and cleaned up by hand so you aren't left with hundreds of single stray stitches.

What you get

PDF pattern in A4 and US Letter (17 pages each)

Colour chart and black-and-white symbol chart (6 parts each), with bold 10-stitch grid, numbered rows and columns, centre arrows and a page map

Thread key with DMC numbers, colour names, stitch counts and skein estimates for 14- and 18-count

Chart overview, stitching guide and a page about the original artwork and its source

Pattern details

Design size: 190 × 148 stitches (28,120 full cross stitches)

Colours: 28 DMC colours

Difficulty: Intermediate

Finished size on 14-count aida: 13.6 × 10.6 in (34.5 × 26.9 cm)

Finished size on 18-count aida: 10.6 × 8.2 in (26.8 × 20.9 cm)

Suggested fabric: Antique white, ivory or cream aida

Full cross stitch only, no backstitch or fractional stitches

About the artwork

Van Gogh painted Wheat Field with Cypresses in the summer of 1889 at Saint-Rémy, and thought of it as one of his best summer pictures. Swirling clouds, golden wheat and the dark flame of the cypress make a rich, textured design for a confident stitcher.

Source: Wheat Field with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise), 1889. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access), object 436535 / 1993.132. Public domain in the EU and US; image released as CC0 1.0 (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).

Good to know

This is a digital PDF pattern. No fabric, thread, hoop or kit is shipped; the hoop and frame photos are illustrations.

Screen and printed colours differ from real thread. Go by the DMC numbers.

Licence: for your own stitching. You're welcome to sell or give away pieces you stitch by hand from it, but please don't share or resell the PDF or the chart.

The artwork is in the public domain. The chart, colour selection and layout are by Bright Sheets Gallery. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any museum or by DMC.

Support

Questions? gallery@brightsheetsstudio.com – Bright Sheets Studio

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