Colorful Pigeon

Title: Bird Cross Stitch Pattern - Colorful Pigeon, Urban Bird Portrait in Purple, Blue & Green, Modern DIY Embroidery for Bird Lovers, City Decor Description: Celebrate the often-overlooked beauty of city wildlife with this Pigeon Cross Stitch Pattern, featuring a bold and colorful portrait of a pigeon in all its iridescent glory. With a rich palette of purples, greens, blues, and peachy undertones, this design transforms an everyday urban bird into a modern work of art. Perfect for bird watchers, nature enthusiasts, or lovers of urban-inspired decor, this pattern turns the humble pigeon into a vibrant statement piece. The striking gaze and close-up composition give the design an artistic edge, ideal for framing and displaying in contemporary living spaces or eclectic gallery walls. With no backstitching and only full cross stitches, this is a fun and engaging project for any stitcher who loves working with bold color blends and unique subjects. Pattern Details: Design Area: Approximately 140 x 210 stitches Actual Number of Cross Stitches: 14,027 Fabric: 14 Count Aida (recommended) Stitch Types: Full cross stitches only (no backstitching or half stitches) Colors Required: 25 DMC colors Color Palette: A rich spectrum including plum purple, emerald green, soft sky blue, warm peach, and dark charcoal—capturing the light-play and vibrancy of pigeon feathers What's Included: PDF Full-color chart with DMC color codes PDF Black & white chart with DMC color codes PDF optimized for Pattern Keeper SVG Pattern files in color and black & white Why You'll Love This Pattern: A bold and unique subject for modern cross stitchers Rich, expressive colors and artistic realism Perfect for city lovers, bird watchers, or statement wall art Skill Level: Suitable for all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced Instant Download: This pattern is a digital download, available instantly after purchase. No waiting—just download, print, and stitch! SOME COMMON CROSS STITCH TERMINOLOGY Aida – the most popular fabric to use for cross stitch with brands including DMC, Zweigart and Charles Craft. Threads are woven evenly to form squares and the most popular counts are 14 and 16 (see Count below) Back Stitch – a method of stitching to outline a cross stitch piece, usually in a dark colour. Beads – can be stitched onto a project to add depth, colour and detail. Blending – (also called Tweeding) using two or more colours of thread (usually one strand of each) in the same needle at the same time to blend the colours together when stitching. Confetti – single stitches of different colours looking like little confetti being thrown! Chart – the cross stitch pattern to work from when stitching. Count – the number of holes per inch. Often you will hear ’14 count’ meaning 14 holes (or squares) in one inch of the fabric. Counted Cross Stitch – the fabric is plain and you use a printed or digital pattern as a guide to help you place each stitch. DMC – one of the most popular brands of thread (or floss) used for embroidery and cross stitch. It comes in hundreds of different colours and effects. © 2025 littlethingsbyjoe by Jolene Underwood