Free Santa Claus cross stitch pattern

Santa Claus with rosy cheeks, a cream beard and a gold belt buckle, 28 by 30 stitches in seven DMC colors. Sized for a card, an ornament or a small hoop.

This pattern started as an AI draft and was polished by hand.

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Symbol chart

DMC threads

7 DMC six-strand floss colors, most used first
Symbol	DMC	Color name	Stitches
▲	DMC 817	Very Dark Coral Red	221
■	DMC 739	Ultra Very Light Tan	215
╋	DMC 3371	Black Brown	42
✕	DMC 816	Garnet	34
◇	DMC 3825	Pale Pumpkin	34
▬	DMC 3340	Medium Apricot	14
☆	DMC 972	Deep Canary	8

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What you'll need

Fabric: 14-count Aida, a piece about 20 × 20 cm (8 × 8 in). The 28 × 30 grid comes out about 5.1 cm (2.0 in) × 5.4 cm (2.1 in) on 14-count.
Floss: 7 skeins of DMC six-strand floss, one per color (the list above). Stitch with 2 strands.
Needle: a size 24 tapestry needle.
Hoop: 10 cm (4 in).

Finished size on other fabrics

Fabric	28 × 30 stitches
11-count Aida	6.5 cm (2.5 in) × 6.9 cm (2.7 in)
14-count Aida	5.1 cm (2.0 in) × 5.4 cm (2.1 in)
16-count Aida	4.4 cm (1.8 in) × 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
18-count Aida	4.0 cm (1.6 in) × 4.2 cm (1.7 in)
28-count linen over two	5.1 cm (2.0 in) × 5.4 cm (2.1 in)

How to stitch this

Start from the center, marked by the arrows on the chart.
Red (DMC 817) and cream (DMC 739) do most of the work: 221 and 215 of the 568 stitches.
The darker red, DMC 816, shades the hat and the coat. The buckle is eight stitches of DMC 972 around one stitch of DMC 3371.

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