A cross stitch pattern based on Vincent van Gogh's Irises that is both exciting and challenging. As with many experiences in life, the more challenging the process, the more satisfying the outcome. Tackling a full coverage cross stitch pattern may be different than other cross stitch patterns that you have attempted. It may be different in respect to length, complexity, or style.
Irises is one of several paintings of irises by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, and one of a series of paintings he made at the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890.
Van Gogh started painting Irises within a month of entering the asylum, in May 1889, working from nature in the hospital garden.[1] There is a lack of the high tension which is seen in his later works. He called painting "the lightning conductor for my illness" because he felt that he could keep himself from going insane by continuing to paint.
Irises by Vincent van Gogh Cross Stitch Pattern
Grid Area 300 x 235 = 16.7 x 13.1 in
Used Area 300 x 235 = 16.7 x 13.1 in
Palette 216
Used: 216
Stitches 70500
B/S 0
Beads 0
Knots 0300 x 235 Stitches
14 ct (54.4 x 42.6 cm) (21.4 x 16.8 in.)
16 ct (47.6 x 37.3 cm) (18.8 x 14.7 in.)
18 ct (42.3 x 33.2 cm) (16.7 x 13.1 in.)
20 ct (38.1 x 29.8 cm) (15.0 x 11.8 in.)
22 ct (34.6 x 27.1 cm) (13.6 x 10.7 in.)
25 ct (30.5 x 23.9 cm) (12.0 x 9.4 in.)
28 ct (27.2 x 21.3 cm) (10.7 x 8.4 in.)
32 ct (23.8 x 18.7 cm) (9.4 x 7.3 in.)