Fly Agaric – Cross-Stitch Pattern (Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596–1610)

Fly Agaric – counted cross-stitch pattern

After Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596–1610. 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 (13 pages each)

- Colour chart and black-and-white symbol chart (4 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: 120 × 110 stitches (5,427 full cross stitches, background left unstitched)

- Colours: 15 DMC colours

- Difficulty: Intermediate

- Finished size on 14-count aida: 8.6 × 7.9 in (21.8 × 20.0 cm)

- Finished size on 18-count aida: 6.7 × 6.1 in (16.9 × 15.5 cm)

- Suggested fabric: Antique white or cream aida (the paper background is left unstitched)

- Full cross stitch only, no backstitch or fractional stitches

About the artwork

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt was court physician to Emperor Rudolf II in Prague and an early naturalist. Around 1596–1610 he had natural-history watercolours made from life, including this red-capped fly agaric. The mushrooms stand on bare fabric, which keeps the stitch count low and the design crisp.

Source: Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), draftsman (artist): Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, Prague; Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object RP-T-BR-2017-1-11-75. Public domain in the EU and US; image released as Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Rijksmuseum open data; object marked Public Domain, CC0 metadata).

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

Instant digital download. By purchasing you agree the download starts immediately, which waives the 14-day withdrawal right for digital content.