Mexico on a single sheet: the map in green, the golden sun behind the pyramid, the eagle with the snake in its beak, an agave on one side and a prickly pear on the other, the sombrero, and underneath MEXICO in big letters finished with a garland. It is 108 x 127 stitches in 9 colors, about 20 by 23 centimetres on 14-count.
Look at the thread list before you start: the dark green, DMC 890, appears just twenty-five times, always as single isolated stitches. That is a whole skein for twenty-five stitches, so you can skip it and work them in the main green instead — you will barely tell the difference. That is exactly the kind of decision this pattern leaves to you, because it is free: open it, change it and publish your version.
Essential Mexico
This pattern is free: open it, change it however you like and publish your version in the gallery, under your name.
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 24.9 x 29.3 cm | 9.8 x 11.5 in | 41 x 45 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 19.6 x 23.0 cm | 7.7 x 9.1 in | 36 x 39 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 17.1 x 20.2 cm | 6.8 x 7.9 in | 33 x 36 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 15.2 x 17.9 cm | 6.0 x 7.1 in | 31 x 34 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 13.7 x 16.1 cm | 5.4 x 6.4 in | 30 x 32 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 12.5 x 14.7 cm | 4.9 x 5.8 in | 28 x 31 cm |
* The fabric to buy allows 8 cm on each side for the hoop and the frame. The highlighted row is 14-count, the most common: the pattern has the same number of stitches on every fabric, what changes is how big each one is.
Suggested fabric: white.
The threads
| Thread | Stitches | Of the total | Skeins * |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 909 | 3,074 | 40.4 % | 2 |
| DMC 801 | 1,566 | 20.6 % | 1 |
| DMC 972 | 1,309 | 17.2 % | 1 |
| DMC 666 | 670 | 8.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 3774 | 518 | 6.8 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 160 | 2.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 3032 | 155 | 2.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 644 | 138 | 1.8 % | 1 |
| DMC 890 | 25 | 0.3 % | 1 |
| 9 threads | 7,615 | 100 % | 10 skeins |
* The skeins are a guide: they assume about 1,700 stitches per skein with two strands on 14-count, rounded up. Finer thread goes further, doubled thread goes less far.
What this one asks of you
All 7,615 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 77 lone stitches, 1.0 % of the total, and 33 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.



