The Creation of Adam

by Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam cross-stitch pattern by Michelangelo (XL size, High colors, Full DMC palette)

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720 x 327 in 195 colors 235,440 stitches

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Description

The Creation of Adam (Italian: La Creazione di Adamo) is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become iconic of humanity. Michelangelo's Creation of Adam is one of the most replicated religious paintings of all time.

This pattern will enable you to reproduce the image using the medium of cross-stitch or diamond painting. The custom charting technology we developed produces the highest quality cross-stitch and diamond-art patterns available with new levels of detail and color matching to accurately reproduce the images in whatever size and color combination you prefer. Not every image will look as good with the lowest colors at extra small size but not every image needs maximum colors at extra large size. We create every combination and provide accurate mockups so you can select the pattern that is right for you.

You can be confident that the pattern you buy from us will produce a piece that you will be proud to hang on your wall or gift to a loved one, to be admired for generations to come.

Patterns are available to download in PDF format immediately after purchase and will also appear in our pattern viewer and tracking application. This is the pattern only and does not include any paper copy or the materials you need to complete the project - you can purchase these from your local crafting store or online supplier of choice and the pattern will detail the number of skeins required based on the material type and stitching style you use.

Color Palette

The complete color palette including DMC code, description and stitch count for the selected pattern is shown below. The downloaded PDF pattern or our app will give you the complete estimate of thread-skeins required based on the canvas type and number of strands used for stitching.

Code
Description
Count
168
Very Light Pewter
12,419
02
Tin
9,370
159
Light Gray Blue
8,345
927
Light Gray Green
8,131
928
Very Light Gray Green
7,326
26
Pale Lavender
5,354
3817
Light Celadon Green
5,330
3752
Very Light Antique Blue
5,289
3787
Dark Brown Gray
4,605
520
Dark Fern Green
4,450
413
Dark Pewter Gray
4,226
738
Very Light Tan
4,018
3743
Very Light Antique Violet
3,907
3011
Dark Khaki Green
3,802
936
Very Dark Avocado Green
3,609
3768
Dark Gray Green
3,484
300
Very Dark Mahogany
2,982
3790
Ultra Dark Beige Gray
2,761
975
Dark Golden Brown
2,700
612
Light Drab Brown
2,580
3813
Light Blue Green
2,523
611
Drab Brown
2,506
422
Light Hazelnut Brown
2,428
341
Light Blue Violet
2,292
937
Medium Avocado Green
2,255
3781
Dark Mocha Brown
2,253
801
Dark Coffee Brown
2,197
400
Dark Mahogany
2,192
3859
Light Rosewood
2,150
3012
Medium Khaki Green
2,139
935
Dark Avocado Green
2,131
01
White Tin
2,126
730
Very Dark Olive Green
2,105
503
Medium Blue Green
2,096
3753
Ultra Very Light Antique Blue
2,068
3861
Light Cocoa
1,986
932
Light Antique Blue
1,902
829
Very Dark Golden Olive
1,860
3864
Light Mocha Beige
1,820
869
Very Dark Hazelnut Brown
1,814
987
Dark Forest Green
1,754
3860
Cocoa
1,732
167
Very Dark Yellow Beige
1,703
844
Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
1,639
926
Medium Gray Green
1,630
07
Driftwood
1,618
3774
Very Light Desert Sand
1,590
06
Medium Light Driftwood
1,587
437
Light Tan
1,552
3799
Very Dark Pewter Gray
1,486
451
Dark Shell Gray
1,481
3771
Ultra Very Light Terra Cotta
1,461
318
Light Steel Gray
1,428
25
Ultra Light Lavender
1,426
3363
Medium Pine Green
1,387
415
Pearl Gray
1,362
3760
Medium Wedgwood
1,356
648
Light Beaver Gray
1,350
3814
Aquamarine
1,325
3772
Very Dark Desert Sand
1,299
3045
Dark Yellow Beige
1,273
597
Turquoise
1,257
924
Very Dark Gray Green
1,231
779
Dark Cocoa
1,228
407
Dark Desert Sand
1,204
163
Medium Caledon Green
1,187
371
Mustard
1,184
3811
Very Light Turquoise
1,181
632
Ultra Very Dark Desert Sand
1,088
353
Peach
1,056
420
Dark Hazelnut Brown
1,018
644
Medium Beige Gray
1,000
518
Light Wedgwood
998
452
Medium Shell Gray
958
3810
Dark Turquoise
950
966
Medium Baby Green
947
436
Tan
918
931
Medium Antique Blue
914
934
Black Avocado Green
907
793
Medium Cornflower Blue
897
156
Medium Light Blue Violet
888
827
Very Light Blue
883
3031
Very Dark Mocha Brown
882
05
Light Driftwood
879
500
Very Dark Blue Green
875
729
Medium Old Gold
873
402
Very Light Mahogany
871
938
Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
854
505
Jade Green
825
3041
Medium Antique Violet
820
372
Light Mustard
814
522
Fern Green
788
775
Very Light Baby Blue
785
3042
Light Antique Violet
771
434
Light Brown
764
992
Light Aquamarine
728
798
Dark Delft Blue
725
3808
Ultra Very Dark Turquoise
691
3046
Medium Yellow Beige
691
169
Light Pewter
669
3072
Very Light Beaver Gray
665
3858
Medium Rosewood
646
310
Black
640
831
Medium Golden Olive
624
939
Very Dark Navy Blue
617
580
Dark Moss Green
616
898
Very Dark Coffee Brown
598
370
Medium Mustard
582
959
Medium Seagreen
509
3052
Medium Green Gray
479
225
Ultra Very Light Shell Pink
473
676
Light Old Gold
466
3053
Green Gray
459
414
Dark Steel Gray
442
646
Dark Beaver Gray
428
734
Light Olive Green
418
153
Very Light Violet
410
334
Medium Baby Blue
401
3836
Light Grape
399
895
Very Dark Hunter Green
395
912
Light Emerald Green
392
3348
Light Yellow Green
386
32
Dark Blueberry
361
04
Dark Tin
360
320
Medium Pistachio Green
357
800
Pale Delft Blue
347
913
Medium Nile Green
294
3750
Very Dark Antique Blue
289
221
Very Dark Shell Pink
275
3371
Black Brown
272
563
Light Jade
267
336
Navy Blue
262
826
Medium Blue
257
3776
Light Mahogany
254
3829
Very Dark Old Gold
245
918
Dark Red Copper
240
943
Medium Aquamarine
221
301
Medium Mahogany
219
3827
Pale Golden Brown
218
3844
Dark Bright Turquoise
201
991
Dark Aquamarine
194
3347
Medium Yellow Green
185
3777
Very Dark Terra Cotta
184
3847
Dark Teal Green
184
3824
Light Apricot
179
747
Very Light Sky Blue
177
920
Medium Copper
167
911
Medium Emerald Green
154
471
Very Light Avocado Green
146
09
Very Dark Cocoa
139
832
Golden Olive
138
823
Dark Navy Blue
131
355
Dark Terra Cotta
121
825
Dark Blue
120
3850
Dark Bright Green
119
554
Light Violet
113
322
Dark Baby Blue
108
792
Dark Cornflower Blue
104
977
Light Golden Brown
102
472
Ultra Light Avocado Green
102
818
Baby Pink
100
989
Forest Green
96
3761
Light Sky Blue
91
814
Dark Garnet
87
3853
Dark Autumn Gold
86
910
Dark Emerald Green
82
311
Medium Navy Blue
74
3843
Electric Blue
69
722
Light Orange Spice
64
23
Apple Blossom
59
782
Dark Topaz
57
834
Very Light Golden Olive
57
3712
Medium Salmon
55
3340
Medium Apricot
39
3812
Very Dark Seagreen
39
921
Copper
37
3818
Ultra Very Dark Emerald Green
36
701
Light Green
35
733
Medium Olive Green
34
470
Light Avocado Green
33
3341
Apricot
32
783
Medium Topaz
28
919
Red Copper
26
721
Medium Orange Spice
17
581
Moss Green
14
964
Light Seagreen
14
704
Bright Chartreuse
14
3821
Straw
11
745
Light Pale Yellow
9
702
Kelly Green
7
166
Medium Light Moss Green
6
209
Dark Lavender
5
3802
Very Dark Antique Mauve
3
553
Violet
3
33
Fuchsia
1

All our patterns are the highest quality that can be created for the given size and color constraints. Occasionally this results in some threads that are only used for a handful of stitches in a pattern but we include them because they are the best matches for those colors. You can stitch them as-is or you can use your own judgement and may decide to replace them with another similar color that is already used elsewhere in the pattern. Use our closest DMC thread-color lookup tool to select candidates for replacement.

Image Sizes

Patterns can be used with any canvas type, all that will change is the physical dimensions of the completed image. To allow for mounting a cross-stitch piece in a frame we recommend a canvas size with at least 3 additional inches on each edge.

Completed Image Size Suggested Canvas Size
Canvas Type Width Height Width Height
11 Count Aida 65 ½" 29 ¾" 71 ½" 35 ¾"
14 Count Aida 51 ½" 23 ¼" 57 ½" 29 ¼"
16 Count Aida 45" 20 ½" 51" 26 ½"
18 Count Aida 40" 18 ¼" 46" 24 ¼"
20 Count Aida 36" 16 ¼" 42" 22 ¼"
22 Count Hardanger 32 ¾" 14 ¾" 38 ¾" 20 ¾"
25 Count Evenweave 28 ¾" 13" 34 ¾" 19"
28 Count Evenweave 25 ¾" 11 ¾" 31 ¾" 17 ¾"
32 Count Evenweave 22 ½" 10 ¼" 28 ½" 16 ¼"

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