Plum Garden at Kamata – Cross-Stitch Pattern (Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857)

Plum Garden at Kamata – counted cross-stitch pattern

After Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857. 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: 130 × 200 stitches (26,000 full cross stitches)

- Colours: 27 DMC colours

- Difficulty: Intermediate

- Finished size on 14-count aida: 9.3 × 14.3 in (23.6 × 36.3 cm)

- Finished size on 18-count aida: 7.2 × 11.1 in (18.3 × 28.2 cm)

- Suggested fabric: Antique white, ivory or cream aida

- Full cross stitch only, no backstitch or fractional stitches

About the artwork

Hiroshige made this view of the plum garden at Kamata for One Hundred Famous Views of Edo in 1857. Plum blossom was the first flower of the Japanese year, and Edo residents walked out to Kamata to see it. Twisted trunks, a pink evening sky and the edge of a palanquin in the foreground make it a lovely spring piece.

Source: Plum Garden at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), 1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access), object 53681 / JP2510. Public domain in the EU and US; image released as CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication.

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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