Free Vintage Cross Stitch Patterns
This collection adapts classic artwork and retro design into stitchable charts - the kind of pieces that look like they took a professional to plot. Many are drawn from public-domain paintings and posters, so you can stitch a little art history without worrying about rights. Fair warning: the more painterly charts reward patience and a higher fabric count. Every pattern is free to open, resize, and print.
Tattoo Snake
96 × 96 · 10 colors
Dagger
96 × 96 · 13 colors
Floral Bicycle
185 × 95 · 30 colors
Anatomical Heart
96 × 96 · 9 colors
Pixel Adventure
185 × 101 · 30 colors
John Adams Map of England and Wales 1679 printed 1699 — Large
230 × 151 · 40 colors
John Adams Map of England and Wales 1679 printed 1699 — Small
120 × 79 · 20 colors
John Adams Map of England and Wales 1679 printed 1699 — Mini
80 × 52 · 12 colors
Vintage Map of Australia 1817 — Large
230 × 200 · 40 colors
Vintage Map of Australia 1817 — Medium
170 × 148 · 28 colors
Vintage Map of Australia 1817 — Small
120 × 104 · 20 colors
Vintage Map of Australia 1817 — Mini
80 × 70 · 12 colors
Matchbox label - Circus Magician - Soviet Union (circa 1960s) - MBP1173071300 — Small
80 × 120 · 20 colors
Matchbox label - Circus Balance - Moldova (circa 1940s) - MBP1187021803 — Medium
128 × 170 · 28 colors
Matchbox label - Circus Balance - Moldova (circa 1940s) - MBP1187021803 — Small
90 × 120 · 20 colors
Summer in New England (3530737987) — Medium
113 × 170 · 28 colors
Summer in New England (3530737987) — Mini
53 × 80 · 12 colors
Peru of the Incas (4505509946) — Medium
97 × 169 · 28 colors
Summer in New England (3530737987) — Large
153 × 230 · 40 colors
Summer in New England (3530737987) — Small
80 × 120 · 20 colors
Peru of the Incas (4505509946) — Small
69 × 120 · 20 colors
See Europe next (3530712031) — Medium
112 × 170 · 28 colors
Tasmania. The anglers' paradise (3531482146) — Large
142 × 231 · 40 colors
See Europe next (3530712031) — Large
152 × 231 · 40 colors
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New to cross stitch? Start with the fabric count guide, estimate your project with the fabric size calculator, or turn a photo into a chart with the photo-to-pattern tutorial.