A pixel-art style cross stitch design showing a girl in a red dress and a boy in blue and grey holding a large red heart together between them.

Valentine's Couple Holding a Heart

Love & RomanceIntermediate11 coloursAbout 5 days of stitching (~8 hrs/day)

This charming design captures a young couple tenderly holding a large red heart between them, making it a thoroughly heartfelt addition to any stitcher's collection. The warm tones and affectionate scene come together beautifully in thread, whether you're stitching it as a gift for someone special or as a romantic decoration for your own home.

Perfect for Valentine's Day and beyond, this pattern suits stitchers who enjoy figurative scenes with plenty of personality. It's a wonderful choice to frame as a lasting reminder of love and togetherness.

  • Festive
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Romance
  • Seasonal
  • Valentines Day

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Pattern details

Size count
100 × 110
Colours
11
Stitches
5,611
Difficulty
Intermediate

Finished size by fabric count

Fabric countInchesCentimetres
14 per inch7.1 × 7.9 in18.1 × 20 cm
16 per inch6.3 × 6.9 in15.9 × 17.5 cm
18 per inch5.6 × 6.1 in14.1 × 15.5 cm

Thread shopping list

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

LengthDMC
7.6 m(1,781 stitch)310Black
5.5 m(1,283 stitch)154Grape Very Dark
3.9 m(903 stitch)677Old Gold Very Light
1.8 m(429 stitch)791Cornflower Blue Very Dark
1.4 m(316 stitch)3801Melon Very Dark
1.3 m(309 stitch)498Red Dark
1 m(238 stitch)3341Apricot
93 cm(215 stitch)632Desert Sand Ultra Very Dark
42 cm(97 stitch)3810Turquoise Dark
25 cm(27 stitch)3746Blue Violet Dark
25 cm(13 stitch)891Carnation 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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