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Stitch People Color Guide — Cross-Stitch Portrait Color Resource

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Category: DIY Portrait Patterns

The Ultimate Cross-Stitch Portrait Color Resource

Take the guesswork out of color matching your cross-stitching portraits with the Stitch People Color Guide! This digital PDF is designed to become indispensable to you, helping cross-stitchers effortlessly choose the perfect colors for custom family portraits. Say goodbye to the guesswork with comprehensive color groupings that include skin tones, hair colors, and neutral shades.

What You'll Get:

📥 Instant PDF download - Start color matching immediately
🎨 Extensive color groupings - Blacks, whites, greys, skin tones, browns, reds, and blondes
🖌️ Large-scale swatch patterns - Floss palette patterns for 7" or 8" hoops
🧵 Small-scale swatch patterns - Specific color groupings in strip format
🔄 DMC-to-Anchor conversion list - Seamlessly transition between floss brands
📚 31-page comprehensive guide - Complete color resource
Expertly organized - Makes your design process a breeze
👉 Companion Resource: This resource is meant to support the foundations of Do-It-Yourself Stitch People, which contains instructions, patterns, and resources for creating your own custom cross-stitch family portrait pattern designs and explains Stitch People’s signature mix-and-match philosophy.

Perfect For:

👨👩👧👦 Creating custom family portraits
🎨 Matching skin tones and hair colors accurately
🪡 Stitch People portrait designers
📚 Essential reference for all portrait stitchers
🎁 Pairing with Do-It-Yourself Stitch People book
✨ Eliminating color selection guesswork

Inside You'll Find:
  • Extensive Color Groupings: Explore blacks, whites, greys, skin tones, browns, reds, and blondes, expertly organized to make your design process a breeze
  • Large-Scale Swatch Patterns: Floss palette patterns of large color categories, meant to fit inside 7" or 8" hoops
  • Small-Scale Swatch Patterns: Floss palette patterns of the more specific color groupings, meant to be finished in strips
  • DMC-to-Anchor Floss Conversion List: Seamlessly transition between DMC and Anchor floss with our handy conversion guide, ensuring you always have the right shade on hand
Why You'll Love This Guide:

This comprehensive color guide transforms your creative vision into reality with ease and confidence! Whether you're matching skin tones, selecting hair colors, or choosing neutral shades for your Stitch People portraits, the expertly organized color groupings and swatch patterns make color selection effortless. The DMC-to-Anchor conversion list ensures you always have the right shade on hand, no matter which floss brand you prefer. Enjoy your new go-to resource for crafting beautiful, personalized portraits!

Ready to master color matching? Click Add to Cart and get your essential color guide today! 🎨

Disclaimer: Though we do have a positive professional relationship with them, this product is not sponsored by DMC. We simply enjoy and rely on their products, and use of DMC floss is Lizzy's habit and personal preference.

📥 Digital Download: This is a PDF guide delivered instantly after purchase. No physical items will be shipped.

📜 Usage Rights: This guide is for personal use only and may not be copied, shared, or resold. It is intended solely for the purchaser.

PDF Specifications:
Total Pages: 31 pages (including cover)
Page Size: 8.5" x 11"
ISBN: 978-1-956426-16-8

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Violet ★★★★★

I’ve spent hours flipping through this PDF matching floss numbers to photos, and the way each hairstyle is broken down by strand count honestly saved my latest portrait from looking washed out. It’s not flashy, but for $15 it’s already paid for itself in frustration avoided.

Kevin ★★★★★

The color charts are laid out so clearly that I matched my daughter's hair shade in under five minutes, and the digital format means I can zoom in on the tricky skin tones without squinting. This PDF has seriously cut my prep time for every portrait I've started since.

Jason L. ★★★★★

The digital format makes it so easy to flip between skin-tone charts while I’ve got my hoop out, and the way it breaks down shading for different hair colors saved me at least an hour of guessing on my last project. If you struggle with picking the right floss for faces, this takes all the stress ou