Mini Christmas motifs
- Medium
- 90×90 stitches
- 6 DMC colors
- ≈ 6 skeins
- Aida 14: 16.3×16.3 cm
Nine small Christmas designs on one chart, each about 26 stitches wide. Stitch them together or one at a time.
- Size
- 90×90
- Stitches
- 3,383
- DMC colors
- 6
- Skeins
- ≈ 6
- Level
- Medium
- Time
- ≈ 34 hours
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Colors
- 347 Salmon Very Dark×971
- B5200 Snow White×626
- 19 Autumn Gold medium Light×588
- 500 Blue Green Very Dark×511
- 434 Brown Light×411
- 939 Navy Blue Very Dark×276
Mini Christmas motifs pattern: description
Nine small designs share this chart, set out in three rows of three, and each one is about 26 stitches wide. The whole sheet is 90 × 90 stitches, a 16.3 cm square on Aida 14, and uses 6 DMC colours. All nine together take about 34 hours, and any single motif can be lifted out and stitched alone.
Which motif is the easiest to start with?
The star needs one thread only, gold 19, and it is a solid shape with nothing to count inside it. The snowflake is also a single colour, navy 939, though its thin branches take more care. After those come the two-colour designs: the stocking, the candy cane and the mitten in red 347 and white B5200, the holly in green 500 and red, the gingerbread heart in brown 434 and white. The bell uses three colours and the tree four, with white baubles, a gold star and a brown trunk.
The slowest two are the candy cane, whose red and white stripes run diagonally and have to be counted row by row, and the gingerbread heart, where a wavy line of white icing winds through the brown. Count the icing first and fill the brown around it. All stitches are full crosses and the outlines have no backstitch.
For the whole sheet, begin with the gingerbread heart in the middle and move outwards, finishing each motif before the next. The fabric between motifs stays bare, so end the thread each time, because red or navy carried across will show through.
Which fabric suits these motifs?
The chart was planned for pale blue fabric, close to DMC 3841. White touches the background only on the stocking, the candy cane and the mitten, so those three need a coloured fabric for their cuffs and stripes to read. The star, snowflake, bell and holly have no white at all and look fine on white or cream if stitched on their own.
What can you make with them?
A single motif fits a gift tag or the front of a card. Several backed with felt and cut to shape make a set of tree ornaments. Two or three in a row work across the end of a towel or on the corner of a napkin. The full sheet can be framed as one picture, 16.3 cm of stitching plus whatever margin your frame needs.
The main colours are DMC 347 Salmon Very Dark (29%), DMC B5200 Snow White (19%), and DMC 19 Autumn Gold medium Light (17%). On 14-count Aida it comes out at 16.3×16.3 cm, on 18-count at 12.7×12.7 cm. You'll need about 6 skeins of DMC floss.
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- Where to start
- the centre: stitch 45, row 45
- Stitched area
- 16.3×16.3 cm on Aida 14
- Aida 14 to buy
- 26×26 cm
- Chart pages in the PDF
- 4 colour + 4 b/w
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DMC floss for the Mini Christmas motifs pattern
Tick the threads you already have at home.
| I have it | Color | DMC | Name | Stitches | Skeins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| symbol ■ | 347 | Salmon Very Dark | 97128.7% | 1 | |
| symbol □ | B5200 | Snow White | 62618.5% | 1 | |
| symbol ▲ | 19 | Autumn Gold medium Light | 58817.4% | 1 | |
| symbol △ | 500 | Blue Green Very Dark | 51115.1% | 1 | |
| symbol ● | 434 | Brown Light | 41112.1% | 1 | |
| symbol ○ | 939 | Navy Blue Very Dark | 2768.2% | 1 |
- 347 Salmon Very Dark1 skein
- B5200 Snow White1 skein
- 19 Autumn Gold medium Light1 skein
- 500 Blue Green Very Dark1 skein
- 434 Brown Light1 skein
- 939 Navy Blue Very Dark1 skein
Every DMC thread color with its number — in the palette
The Mini Christmas motifs pattern by zones
It's easier to stitch in parts: here is what each third of the height holds.
Toprows 1–30
1,095 stitches · 32%
- DMC 347 · 39% Salmon Very Dark
- DMC B5200 · 30% Snow White
- DMC 500 · 26% Blue Green Very Dark
Middlerows 31–60
1,383 stitches · 41%
- DMC 347 · 33% Salmon Very Dark
- DMC 434 · 28% Brown Light
- DMC B5200 · 22% Snow White
Bottomrows 61–90
905 stitches · 27%
- DMC 19 · 36% Autumn Gold medium Light
- DMC 939 · 30% Navy Blue Very Dark
- DMC 500 · 25% Blue Green Very Dark
The Mini Christmas motifs pattern on different fabric
| Fabric | Embroidery | Inches | Fabric with margin | Strands | Needle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aida 11 | 20.8×20.8 cm | 8.2×8.2″ | 31×31 cm | 3 strands | size 22 |
| Aida 14 | 16.3×16.3 cm | 6.4×6.4″ | 26×26 cm | 2 strands | size 24 |
| Aida 16 | 14.3×14.3 cm | 5.6×5.6″ | 24×24 cm | 2 strands | size 26 |
| Aida 18 | 12.7×12.7 cm | 5×5″ | 23×23 cm | 2 strands | size 26 |
How to stitch the Mini Christmas motifs pattern in 4 steps
Prepare the fabric
Cut Aida 14 to 26×26 cm: 5 cm of margin on every side.
Sort the threads
The pattern uses 6 DMC colors: lay the skeins out by the numbers in the table above.
Start in the centre
Find the middle of the fabric and of the chart: the PDF marks the centre with arrows on the page edges.
Mark your progress
Cross off finished areas on the printout, or open the PDF in Pattern Keeper.
Questions about the Mini Christmas motifs pattern
6 DMC colors, about 6 skeins in all, stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida.
90×90 stitches: 16.3×16.3 cm on 14-count Aida, 12.7×12.7 cm on 18-count.
For Aida 14, a piece of 26×26 cm: the design plus 5 cm on every side for the hoop and framing.
The pattern has 3,383 stitches — roughly 34 hours at 100 stitches an hour.
Yes. The symbols in the PDF are text, so Pattern Keeper reads the chart and the legend.
Yes, in the PatternHoop editor: upload a photo, pick the size and the number of colours, and the pattern is ready in a second, for free.
