Cross stitch design of a bright green frog with red eyes sitting on a round green lilypad with a peach underside.

Frog on a Lily Pad

Wild AnimalsBeginner9 colours20 hours of stitching

This delightful design captures a bright green frog sitting contentedly on a round lilypad, rendered in a charming, characterful style that brings a touch of pond-side nature into your home. The bold colours and compact composition make it a satisfying stitch from start to finish.

Whether you are stitching for yourself or creating a gift for a fellow wildlife enthusiast, this pattern works beautifully as a framed piece. It suits stitchers of all levels looking for a fun and rewarding nature-themed project.

  • Amphibian
  • Animal
  • Frog
  • Nature
  • Pond
  • Water
  • Wildlife

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Pattern details

Size count
100 × 60
Colours
9
Stitches
3,042
Difficulty
Beginner

Finished size by fabric count

Fabric countInchesCentimetres
14 per inch7.1 × 4.3 in18.1 × 10.9 cm
16 per inch6.3 × 3.8 in15.9 × 9.5 cm
18 per inch5.6 × 3.3 in14.1 × 8.5 cm

Thread shopping list

9 thread colours, sorted by the amount you'll need. Lengths are based on 16 stitches per inch.

LengthDMC
3.1 m(720 stitch)310Black
2.7 m(625 stitch)989Forest Green
1.9 m(450 stitch)165Moss Green Very Light
1.9 m(433 stitch)520Fern Green Dark
1.3 m(310 stitch)402Mahogany Very Light
1.3 m(306 stitch)988Forest Green Medium
49 cm(113 stitch)221Shell Pink Very Dark
31 cm(70 stitch)3830Terra Cotta
25 cm(15 stitch)3801Melon Very Dark

CXC and Sullivans skeins carry the DMC number, so the codes above cover them too.

These lengths include the thread lost to tails and travelling, so they are what to buy rather than what ends up on the fabric. A spare skein of your main colours is still worth having, because dye lots vary between batches and matching one part way through is the hard part.

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