Van Gogh Wheat Field Cross Stitch Pattern (Free PDF)
A golden wheat field under swirling clouds with a dark cypress on the right, painted by Van Gogh near Saint-Rémy in 1889. The bands of field, hills and sky are easy to read, which helps on a chart of this size.
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What you need
The full chart is 118 stitches wide and 90 high: 10,620 full cross stitches in 28 DMC colors, rated advanced. On 14-count Aida, cut a piece at least 14.5 × 12.5 in (37 × 32 cm), which leaves 3 in spare on every side, and a 12-in hoop holds the whole design. One skein of each color is enough.
| DMC thread | Stitches | Spread over | Thread | Of a skein | If it is out of stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3023 Brown Gray Light | 1,120 | 67 areas | 14.9 m | 62 % | 647 Beaver Gray Medium |
| 931 Antique Blue Medium | 1,041 | 86 areas | 13.9 m | 58 % | 3839 Lavender Blue Medium |
| 831 Golden Olive Medium | 853 | 44 areas | 11.4 m | 47 % | 370 Mustard Medium |
| 414 Steel Gray Dark | 771 | 176 areas | 10.3 m | 43 % | 169 Pewter Light |
| 926 Gray Green Medium | 749 | 124 areas | 10.0 m | 42 % | 598 Turquoise Light |
| 986 Forest Green Very Dark | 623 | 67 areas | 8.3 m | 35 % | 935 Avocado Green Dark |
| 3799 Pewter Gray Very Dark | 593 | 51 areas | 7.9 m | 33 % | 844 Beaver Gray Ultra Dark |
| 3768 Gray Green Dark | 589 | 148 areas | 7.9 m | 33 % | 3809 Turquoise Vy Dark |
| 318 Steel Gray Light | 503 | 84 areas | 6.7 m | 28 % | 04 Tin Dark |
| 830 Golden Olive Dark | 490 | 101 areas | 6.5 m | 27 % | 3862 Mocha Beige Dark |
| 780 Topaz Ultra Very Dark | 459 | 45 areas | 6.1 m | 26 % | 781 Topaz Very Dark |
| 3022 Brown Gray Medium | 274 | 86 areas | 3.7 m | 15 % | 522 Fern Green |
| 503 Blue Green Medium | 252 | 19 areas | 3.4 m | 14 % | 992 Aquamarine Light |
| 987 Forest Green Dark | 244 | 27 areas | 3.3 m | 14 % | 367 Pistachio Green Dark |
| 3051 Green Gray Dark | 230 | 81 areas | 3.1 m | 13 % | 535 Ash Gray Very Light |
| 3362 Pine Green Dark | 226 | 60 areas | 3.0 m | 13 % | 367 Pistachio Green Dark |
| 520 Fern Green Dark | 202 | 59 areas | 2.7 m | 11 % | 367 Pistachio Green Dark |
| 924 Gray Green Vy Dark | 188 | 56 areas | 2.5 m | 10 % | 3808 Turquoise Ultra Very Dark |
| 829 Golden Olive Very Dark | 180 | 56 areas | 2.4 m | 10 % | 3862 Mocha Beige Dark |
| 3848 Teal Green Medium | 170 | 49 areas | 2.3 m | 9 % | 3810 Turquoise Dark |
| 824 Blue Very Dark | 167 | 22 areas | 2.2 m | 9 % | 312 Baby Blue Very Dark |
| 934 Avocado Grn Black | 148 | 39 areas | 2.0 m | 8 % | 935 Avocado Green Dark |
| 3363 Pine Green Medium | 143 | 38 areas | 1.9 m | 8 % | 988 Forest Green Medium |
| 3814 Aquamarine | 125 | 33 areas | 1.7 m | 7 % | 943 Green Bright Medium |
| 890 Pistachio Grn Ultra Very Dark | 99 | 22 areas | 1.3 m | 6 % | 500 Blue Green Very Dark |
| 937 Avocado Green Medium | 81 | 19 areas | 1.1 m | 4 % | 904 Parrot Green Very Dark |
| 517 Wedgewood Dark | 58 | 11 areas | 0.8 m | 3 % | 3760 Wedgewood Medium |
| 869 Hazelnut Brown Very Dark | 42 | 14 areas | 0.6 m | 2 % | 610 Drab Brown Dark |
Thread for 2 strands on 14-count (how it is worked out).
Reading this chart
The center of the chart is column 59, row 45, a Steel Gray Dark stitch.
Pewter Gray Very Dark has the largest connected block, 438 stitches. Steel Gray Dark is the most scattered: 771 stitches in 176 separate spots, 83 of them single stitches.
A row uses about 47.4 separate runs of thread on average; the busiest is row 66, with 60. Only 0 % of the grid stays bare, so the fabric color barely shows.
Budget roughly 53 hours to 106 hours (how we estimate that). New to charts? Read how to read one.
Finished size
| Fabric | Finished size | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| 11-count | 10.7 × 8.2 in | 27.2 × 20.8 cm |
| 14-count | 8.4 × 6.4 in | 21.4 × 16.3 cm |
| 16-count | 7.4 × 5.6 in | 18.7 × 14.3 cm |
| 18-count | 6.6 × 5.0 in | 16.7 × 12.7 cm |
Ideas for using it
- Landscape for a living room
- Country-style gift
- Companion to our Starry Night
Stitching tips
- Stitch the dark cypress first as a landmark.
- Work the field in short rows to echo the brush strokes.
- Grid your fabric every 10 stitches so the wide sky stays easy to follow.
About the artwork
This chart is based on Wheat Field with Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh (1889), which is in the public domain. Image source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0). We made the chart with our own pattern maker, which reduces the picture to a grid of stitches and a set of DMC threads, so expect a simplified version of the original rather than an exact copy. It has not been stitched by us, so check the preview and try a small area first.
Free for personal use, and you may sell a few pieces you stitched yourself. Details in the terms.
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