Cross Stitch Pattern List

Muckley-Nonnenbruch

William Jabez Muckley

Poppies
A large bouquet of red and purple oriental poppies lying on a ledge. Most of the flowers are fully open but there are a few buds and a seed pod. Leaves fill most of the spaces between flowers. The ledge has low-relief classical figures carved on it. (1870)

Edvard Munch

The Scream
A figure standing on a bridge over a dark blue fjord holding its head and screaming. Two figures in the distance seem indifferent. The sky is streaked with red and orange. The artist said the painting was born of his personal anguish -- "I was stretched to the limit -- nature was screaming in my blood..." (Symbolist, 1893)

The Sun
A glorious sun bursting with energy rising over the ocean and framed by two rocky hills. There is a grassy strip between the hills at the edge of the water. (Expressionist, 1906)

Emile Munier

Autrefois
A queen in purple velvet teaches her daughter from an illuminated book

The New Pets
A young woman with a cat and lapful of kittens cautions an eager boy and girl to be gentle with them

Gabriele Munter

Girl with Doll
Barefoot girl sitting in a chair holding her doll

Beach at Bornholm
People sunning, swimming, and playing on a sandy beach with a church across an inlet

In Schwabing
View of brightly-painted houses in a town

The Murnau Moors
Mountains and moors at sunset with a hayfield in the foreground

Main Street, Murnau
A view along the main street of the Bavarian village of Murnau. The narrow street is densely lined with many-colored houses and shops. In the foreground is a girl carrying a doll. (Expressionist, 1908)

Still Life, Red
Flowers and fruit on a table with an American flag

The Chestnut Tree
Chestnut tree in flower with house and garden in the background

Gerald Murphy

Watch
A Cubist-influenced and rather surreal rendering of a pocket watch, deconstructed to show all of its gears, springs, flywheels, dials, ratchets, stem, regulator, and so on, in a single plane. Its simple color scheme is just black, yellow, tan, white, and shades of gray. (1925)

Razor
A gray safety razor with a knurled handle, a red fountain pen with gold nib and clip, and a red and yellow box of Three Stars Safety Matches, arranged in a flattened cubist-like space of gray, gold, and purple boxes. The white area around the design is not stitched; use white fabric. (1924)

Cocktail
A still life of a cocktail glass, box of Cuban cigars with tax stamp, cocktail shaker, corkscrew, and lime arranged with abstract shapes in a flattened space. The cigar box label shows a female figure pointing to Cuba on a globe amid a plethora of other allegorical objects. (1927)

Bibliotheque
A stylized impression of a library. It includes references to literature, classical architecture, and philosophy. Many of the specific items are taken from Murphy's father's library: the bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the globe, the books, the magnifying glass, and the architectural elements. (1926-7)

Wasp and Pear
A stylized wasp and pear. The wasp is very large in relation to the pear, and part of one leg is magnified. The pear is sliced open and both the outside and inside are shown, along with a fruit knife and honeycomb. (1929)

Thomas Nast

Merry Old Santa Claus
Santa Claus with his white beard and plump red cheeks wearing his now-familiar red suit with wide belt and a red cap trimmed with holly smoking a meerschaum pipe. He wears a pack on his back and in his arms carries a doll, picture books, a watch, a toy sword, wooden horse, and other toys. Nast was the creator of our modern popular idea of Santa. (1881)

Joseph Nigg

Corbeille de Fleurs
Still life of a glorious wicker basket filled with pink cabbage roses, smaller white roses, orange poppies, red and blue anemones, yellow, orange, and purple chrysanthemums, deep blue delphiniums, blue morning glories, daffodils, forget-me-nots, and other flowers on a marble block. For charts in which the background is not stitched, see NIG001-B (black background) or NIG001-BE (ecru background). (About 1850)

Corbeille de Fleurs (black background)
Still life of a glorious wicker basket filled with pink cabbage roses, smaller white roses, orange poppies, red and blue anemones, yellow, orange, and purple chrysanthemums, deep blue delphiniums, blue morning glories, daffodils, forget-me-nots, and other flowers on a marble block. The background is not stitched. Black fabric is recommended. See NIG001 for the original painting with background, or NIG001-BE for a version to be stitched on ecru fabric. (About 1850)

Corbeille de Fleurs (ecru background)
Still life of a glorious wicker basket filled with pink cabbage roses, smaller white roses, orange poppies, red and blue anemones, yellow, orange, and purple chrysanthemums, deep blue delphiniums, blue morning glories, daffodils, forget-me-nots, and other flowers on a marble block. The background is not stitched. Ecru fabric is recommended. See NIG001 for the original painting with background, or NIG001-B for a version to be stitched on black fabric. (About 1850)

Flowers in a Blue Vase
Still life of pink and white lilies, a white rose and single-flowered yellow roses, pink morning glories, a rose-colored peony, blue asters, red anemones, an orange carnation, and other flowers in a blue porcelain vase with ornate gold decorations on a marble table. (About 1850)

Bowl of Flowers in a Landscape
A lush bouquet of flowers standing on a small platform at the base of a large gnarled tree. The arrangement includes roses, poppies, foxgloves, buttercups, delphiniums, marguerites, and carnations, and beside it are bunches of purple, red, and white grapes, peaches, and figs. Browsing the grass nearby is guinea pig, and more trees and shrubs are in the background. A few butterflies hover around the bouquet. (1850)

Bouquet of Flowers
A bouquet of roses, tulips, hyacinths, poppies, and irises on a table with peaches and grapes

Max Nonnenbruch

Evening by the Lake
A woman in a pale blue Greek toga with a golden sash standing pensively by a lake just after sunset. There are just a few ripples on the lake, and a few strands of graceful tall grass at its edge. Dim hills are seen on the far side. (Academic Classical)