Cross Stitch Pattern List

Reynolds-Rousseau

Sir Joshua Reynolds

The Age of Innocence
A little girl wearing a white dress, seated under a tree. She has short brown wavy hair, tied up with a ribbon. There are dark trees and a rather foreboding sky as background. (Rococo, about 1788)

Diego Rivera

La Fiesta del Maiz
Mexican peasants weaving a corn stalk into a cross and decorating it with tulips and daisies. Children are placing flowers and other offerings, and a woman kneels with them. All are dressed in white. Behind them is a field of corn stubble, and behind that cacti and Joshua trees. Corn is traditionally an important staple in Mexico and the festival was originally to worship the corn goddess but it eventually became blended with Catholic worship. From the cycle Political Vision of the Mexican People. (Social Realism, 1923-4)

Baile en Tehuantepec
Also known as "Dance in Tehuantepec". Couples in brightly-colored traditional dress dancing in the square of a small southern Mexican town. Multi-colored flags are hung around the square, and behind a row of banana and fruit trees more ladies are seated, watching the dancing. (Social Realism, 1928)

Los Hijos de mi Compadre (Retratos de Modesto y Jesus Sanchez)
Also known as "My Godfather's Sons (Portraits of Modesto and Jesus Sanchez)". A portrait of two small solemn Hispanic boys dressed similarly, in pink and white striped jackets, yellow pants, and yellow hats. They are barefoot and posed against a two-tone orange wall. (Social Realism, 1930)

Nina con Alcatreces
Also known as "Girl with Calla Lilies". A young girl with ribbons braided into her hair holds an enormous bunch of calla lilies. She is facing away from us and wears a simple white blouse, pink belt, black skirt, and is barefoot. (Social Realism, 1941)

Cargador de Flores
Also known as "The Flower Carrier". A Mexican peasant man in white clothes, a yellow hat, and sandals crouches, with a huge wicker basket of pink daisies on his back supported by a yellow sling. A woman in a lavender shawl and orange skirt steadies the basket as the man attempts to rise to carry his flowers to market. (Social Realism, 1935)

Norman Rockwell

Freedom From Want
A large family, young and old, happily gathered around a Thanksgiving table. The grandmother is setting a large turkey on a platter at the head of the table, with the grandfather behind her ready to carve. We also offer Freedom From Fear, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, and a detail of this full painting (1943)

Freedom From Want (detail)
A grandmotherly woman about to set down a large turkey on a platter, with the grandfather behind her ready to carve. We also offer a pattern of the full painting; see Freedom from Want. (1943)

Freedom From Fear
A mother tenderly pulls the covers up around her sleeping children. The father looks on. Although he is holding a newspaper with headlines filled with war news, the children are not affected. We also offer Freedom From Want, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of Worship. (1943)

Freedom of Speech
A man casually dressed in a brown jacket and blue plaid shirt stands to speak at a public meeting. The other attendees are listening attentively. We also offer Freedom From Want, Freedom From Fear, and Freedom of Worship. (1943)

Freedom of Worship
A collage of people of all races and creeds worshiping. We also offer Freedom From Want, Freedom From Fear, and Freedom of Speech. (1943)

Santa at the Map
Santa Claus sitting on a stepladder, holding a book titled "Extra Good Boys and Girls". He is sitting next to a large stained and faded world map, on which he is marking a route with red ribbon and red flags. He is dressed all in red, wearing a vest, blousy shirt, knee breeches, wool socks and slippers, and a white-trimmed cap. We also offer a detail of the painting showing mainly Santa's upper body and book. (1939)

Santa at the Map (detail)
Santa Claus sitting next to a large stained and faded world map, holding a book titled "Extra Good Boys and Girls". He is marking a route with red ribbon and red flags. He is dressed all in red, wearing a vest, blousy shirt, and a white-trimmed cap. This is a detail of the full painting, which we also offer. (1939)

Doctor and the Doll
A small girl bundled up in warm clothes holds her doll up while an elderly doctor solemnly listens to its heart. He is seated at an old-fashioned desk, with his doctor's bag at his feet. (1929)

Making Friends
A ragged young boy kneeling to stroke an elegant collie sitting beside a pile of expensive luggage. His arm is around his own scrubby pup, and the pup and the collie are touching noses. (1929)

Happy Birthday, Miss Jones
A smiling teacher faces her class sitting quietly in their seats. Her neat blackboard full of arithmetic problems has been overwritten with birthday wishes, and crushed chalk and an eraser on the floor testify to the children's haste to get back to their seats. On her desk are flowers, apples, and wrapped gifts for the teacher. (1956)

Runaway
A police officer and a young runaway boy seated on stools at a lunch counter. The boy's bundle of belongings is done up in a red bandanna tied to a stick. The policeman is preparing to buy lunch for the boy as the smiling counterman listens to their conversation. (1958)

Marriage License
A young couple filling out an application for a marriage license in a dingy county clerk's office. The bride-to-be, dressed in a yellow dress, stands on tiptoe to reach the top of the old rolltop desk, while her fiance looks on. The clerk watches as a tabby cat rubs itself against his chair. The other furnishings are a dusty bookcase, a potbellied stove, and a brass spittoon with cigarette butts littered around it. We also offer a pattern of a detail of the painting showing just the couple. (1955)

Marriage License (detail)
A young couple filling out an application for a marriage license in a dingy county clerk's office. The bride-to-be, dressed in a yellow dress, stands on tiptoe to reach the top of the old rolltop desk, while her fiance looks on. This is a portion of the original painting; we also offer a pattern of the full painting. (1955)

Severin Roesen

Floral Still Life with Bird's Nest
A bouquet of roses, poppies, irises, tulips, morning glories and other flowers in a glass vase on a marble ledge. A bird's nest with 3 eggs in it sits next to the vase. (About 1850)

Still Life: Flowers and Fruit
A lush and colorful bouquet of flowers in a footed glass bowl standing on a marble ledge alongside a heap of fruit. The bouquet includes pink, white, yellow, and red roses, morning glories, daisies, tulips, irises, and other flowers; the fruit is white, red, and purple grapes, pink raspberries, pineapple, oranges, peaches, and a pomegranite. There is also a bird's nest containing three white eggs. (1850-55)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Bower Meadow
Two women playing antique instruments in a garden while other women dance

Henri Rousseau

The Sleeping Gypsy
A gypsy in Arab dress sleeping in the desert under a full moon, while a lion noses him

The Dream
A nude woman reclining among jungle foliage with lions, snake, birds, and lotus flowers

Surprised! Tiger in a Tropical Storm
A tiger running through the jungle, startled by a sudden peal of lightening and a thunderclap. A strong wind is driving the rain and blowing the brightly colored foliage around him. (Post-Impressionist, 1891)

Carnival Evening
A couple arm in arm on their way to Carnival. He is dressed as Pierrot, and she as Columbine. The sun has set but the red tints of sunset still show in the sky along with a full moon, a few stars, and a couple of stray clouds. They are in front of a dense line of trees, and a small pavilion is on the left. (Post-Impressionist, 1886)