Cross Stitch Pattern List

Kipling-La Farge

Rudyard Kipling

The Cat That Walked By Himself
An illustration for one of Kipling's "Just So Stories". He described the picture this way:

This is the picture of the Cat that Walked by Himself, walking by his wild lone through the Wet Wild Woods and waving his wild tail. There is nothing else in the picture except some toadstools. They had to grow there because the woods were so wet. The lumpy thing on the low branch isn't a bird. It is moss that grew there because the Wild Woods were so wet.

The background is not stitched, and the pattern is designed for white fabric. (1902)

Paul Klee

Red and White Domes
A strongly-colored impression of a city featuring domed buildings. (Cubist, 1914)

Gustav Klimt

The Kiss
Two lovers kneeling on a bed of flowers wrapped in a close embrace. They are both wearing elaborately decorated bright yellow robes, the man's with black, white and gray rectangles, the woman's with many-colored circular flower motifs. The background is dark, spattered with gold. [Previously incorrectly titled "The Beethoven Frieze (detail)".] We also offer a pattern of a detail of the full painting; see KLI001-D. (Art Nouveau, 1902)

The Kiss (detail)
Two lovers wrapped in a close embrace. They are both wearing elaborately decorated bright yellow robes, the man's with black, white and gray rectangles, the woman's with many-colored circular flower motifs. The background is dark, spattered with gold. This is a detail of the full painting; see KLI001 for a pattern of the complete painting. (Art Nouveau, 1902)

Farm Garden with Sunflowers
Many-colored flowers and sunflowers

Portrait of Emilie Floge
A portrait of a woman in an ornately decorated blue dress with a high collar

Lady with Fan
A lady in an elaborately decorated gown holding a red fan. She is shown against a golden background with peacocks and other fabulous flowers and birds. See KLI004-L for a larger version (more stitches, more detail) of this pattern, or compare them side by side. (Art Nouveau, 1917-18)

Lady with Fan (larger)
A lady in an elaborately decorated gown holding a red fan. She is shown against a golden background with peacocks and other fabulous flowers and birds. See KLI004 for a smaller version (fewer stitches, less detail) of this pattern, or compare them side by side. (Art Nouveau, 1917-18)

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Adele Bloch-Bauer, a notable Viennese hostess and wife of a wealthy sugar merchant, in a fanciful golden gown with Byzantine motifs. Klimt painted her in a shower of gold reminiscent of Zeus' golden shower upon Danae, so that it is hard to tell where the dress ends and the background begins. The original painting was plundered by the Nazis and only returned recently to the rightful heirs, who sold it in 2006 for a record $135 million. See KLI005-D for a detail of detail of the painting with less background. (Art Nouveau, 1907)

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauser I (detail)
Adele Bloch-Bauer, a notable Viennese hostess and wife of a wealthy sugar merchant, in a fanciful golden gown with Byzantine motifs. Klimt painted her in a shower of gold reminiscent of Zeus' golden shower upon Danae, so that it is hard to tell where the dress ends and the background begins. The original painting was plundered by the Nazis and only returned recently to the rightful heirs, who sold it in 2006 for a record $135 million. This is a detail of the full portrait; see KLI005 for the full painting. (Art Nouveau, 1907)

Water Serpents I
A fanciful depiction of two women with long waving golden hair as water serpents or mermaids. They are entwined against a background of billowing draperies patterned with swirls, flowers, and checks, and swirling water plants. A large fish swims past. The upper corners are not stitched; white fabric is suggested. (Art Nouveau, 1904-7)

Fulfillment
A portion of a panel from the Stoclet Frieze of an embracing couple representing Fulfillment. Behind them are the curling branches of the Tree of Life. They are wrapped in robes patterned with ovals, fish, birds, mosaics, eyes, and flowers. We also offer patterns of a detail of the couple, the full panel, just the tree, and Expectation, which makes a good companion to Fulfillment. (Art Nouveau, 1905-9)

Fulfillment (detail)
A portion of a panel from the Stoclet Frieze of an embracing couple representing Fulfillment. Behind them are the curling branches of the Tree of Life. They are wrapped in robes patterned with ovals, fish, birds, mosaics, eyes, and flowers. We also offer a pattern of the full length figures. (Art Nouveau, 1905-9)

Pallas Athena
The goddess Athena wearing a golden helmet, her red hair streaming below it, and the Aegis or breastplate with the head of Medusa the Gorgon in the center and bordered with serpents. In her left hand she holds a golden spear; in her right, a tiny figure of a woman with her arms outstretched standing on a miniature globe. Behind her is a scene styled after Greek pottery showing Hercules wrestling the Triton. Her companion owl is dimly seen behind her also.

...Her terrible eyes shining... (Iliad I.200)

(Art Nouveau, 1898)

The Tree of Life
A panel from the Stoclet Frieze showing Klimt's interpretation of the Tree of Life, with curling branches, eyes on stalks, and triangular fruit. A black bird perches on one branch. On the left, a dancing woman representing Expectation is looking right. Her gown is decorated with triangles indicating her tension. On the right is an embracing couple representing Fulfillment, with robes decorated with ovals, which give them a mellower look. All along the bottom are small flowers in a variety of colors and shapes. We also offer patterns of Fulfillment, Expectation, and just the tree. (Art Nouveau, 1905-9)

The Tree of Life (detail)
A portion of a panel from the Stoclet Frieze showing Klimt's interpretation of the Tree of Life, with curling branches, eyes on stalks, and triangular fruit. A black bird perches on one branch. All along the bottom are small flowers in a variety of colors and shapes. We also offer patterns of the full panel, Fulfillment, and Expectation. (Art Nouveau, 1905-9)

Expectation
A portion of a panel from the Stoclet Frieze of a dancing woman representing Expectation. Behind her are the curling branches of the Tree of Life. She is dressed in robes patterned with gold and multicolored striped triangles, and wears gold bracelets and headdress. We also offer pattern of the full panel, just the tree, and Fulfillment, which makes a good companion to Expectation. (Art Nouveau, 1905-9)

Mother and Child
A detail from "The Three Ages of Woman" showing a nude young mother holding her sleeping baby. Her head, with flowing golden hair decorated with flowers and ferns, rests on the baby's curly brown hair. The background is abstract dots and circles. (Art Nouveau, 1905)

Ivan Kramskoy

Portrait of an Unknown Woman
An elegantly-dressed young woman seated in an open carriage. She is wearing a black velvet coat trimmed with fur and satin ribbons and holding a matching muff. Her hat is also black velvet and is trimmed with a white ostrich feather. The background is city buildings seen dimly through mist. (1883)

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert

Lion and His Prey
An African lion standing over his kill, a springbok (or perhaps another kind of antelope), in a grassy area under a large bush. He sniffs the air and switches his tail tensely. (1894)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Miyamoto Musashi Killing a Giant Nue
The famed ronin, or wandering samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, spearing a nue. A nue is a legendary creature with the head of a monkey, the body of a racoon dog, the legs of a tiger, and a snake's tail, and it can transform itself into a black cloud and fly. This particular monster appears to be more of an alligator or dragon. Miyamoto Musashi was a real person but after his death many incredible stories were told about him, giving him a larger-than-life persona. Here he stands with one foot on the nue as he stabs it, scowling fiercely. (We also offer a version without the text annotations.)

Miyamoto Musashi Killing a Giant Nue (without writing)
The famed ronin, or wandering samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, spearing a nue. A nue is a legendary creature with the head of a monkey, the body of a racoon dog, the legs of a tiger, and a snake's tail, and it can transform itself into a black cloud and fly. This particular monster appears to be more of an alligator or dragon. Miyamoto Musashi was a real person but after his death many incredible stories were told about him, giving him a larger-than-life persona. Here he stands with one foot on the nue as he stabs it, scowling fiercely. (This version omits the text annotations of the original.)

John La Farge

Peacocks and Peonies I
A domed stained-glass window showing a peacock sitting on a peony tree bearing red and white flowers, with another peacock at the base of the tree. The background is a deep blue sky above an intensely green hill. The border of the window consists of abstract geometric and floral elements. The background (upper corners) is not stitched, and white fabric is recommended. We also offer a version without the borders, Peacocks and Peonies I (detail) and the companion window, Peacocks and Peonies II. (Art Nouveau, 1893)

Peacocks and Peonies I (detail)
A section of a stained glass window showing a peacock sitting on a peony tree bearing red and white flowers, with another peacock at the base of the tree. The background is a deep blue sky above an intensely green hill. We also offer a companion, Peacocks and Peonies II (detail) as well as the full window, Peacocks and Peonies I. (Art Nouveau, 1893)

Peacocks and Peonies II
A domed stained-glass window showing a peacock perched on a peony tree bearing red and white flowers overlooking an intensely green valley and blue sky. The border of the window consists of abstract geometric and floral elements. The background (upper corners) is not stitched, and white fabric is recommended. We also offer a version without the borders, Peacocks and Peonies II (detail), as well as the companion window, Peacocks and Peonies I. (Art Nouveau, 1893)

Peacocks and Peonies II (detail)
A section of a stained glass windows showing a peacock perched on a peony tree bearing red and white flowers overlooking an intensely green valley and blue sky. We also offer a companion, Peacocks and Peonies I (detail) as well as the full window, Peacocks and Peonies II. (Art Nouveau, 1893)

Peonies Blown in the Wind
A stained glass window of red, pink, and white peonies on intense blue with a green border

Ipomoea
A watercolor of a blue morning glory flower and leaf

Peonies in a Breeze
Pink and white peonies fluttering in a breeze against a deep blue sky and hills.