We create together: cross-stitch "Unicorn". Scheme

In childhood, all children read fairy tales and, of course, met on the pages of a lot of magical fairy creatures: pegasus, hypogriffs, dragons, mermaids, fire birds and unicorns. About them and we will talk in our article. After reading it, you will see several patterns of embroidery of the unicorn cross, and also you will learn what materials are best used in your work.

To create paintings you will need a canvas for embroidery, a woolen or cotton woolen mule, a needle with a wide hole.

Monochrome embroidery pattern of unicorn cross

If you just learn how to embroider a cross, then take the simplest outline. Similar cross stitch patterns for beginners are distinguished by a small amount of materials. In addition, monochrome embroidery has its own style and charm. Below we have given you an example of such embroidery.

To embroider a unicorn, you need to buy a canvas for embroidery and special threads. Most often, a mulina is used for this purpose. Threads are cotton, woolen, viscose and even synthetic. For a simple monochrome (black and white) embroidery cheap Chinese thread floss is suitable. As a rule, the wealth of colors of Chinese goods is no different, so for large embroidery cross it is not suitable.

As can be judged by the unicorn cross stitch pattern, you need a small canvas cut in size of 15 x 20 cm. First determine the center of the embroidery. To do this, divide the sides in half and draw lines between the opposite ones. Crossing the line and will be considered the center of the embroidery. Start embroidering with it.

Note that it is easier to make mistakes in monochrome embroidery because of the long rows of more than twenty crosses. To avoid mistakes, take breaks more often and double-count the number of crosses.

A complex multicolor unicorn cross stitch pattern

Below we introduced a fairly simple embroidery, but using several colors. To create such a unicorn, you will need a canvas measuring 8x6 centimeters and a mulina of several colors (gray, black or dark gray, lilac, light lilac, pink). To this pattern of cross-stitch embroidery for beginners, you can pick up a Chinese mulina, you will definitely have enough shades. Moreover, for the mane and tail, you can buy a mulina with a metallic effect. This will make the embroidery more interesting and bright.

First, determine the center of the embroidery as described above. Then embroider the contour out of gray. It is noteworthy that in this beautiful cross-stitch embroidery a gray two shades are used. You can take one, this does not spoil the embroidery. After the contour, proceed to the wings, mane and tail. At the end of the work iron the embroidery. Done!

Embroidery for children's things

Many children's things can be decorated with an embroidery cross. You can make a drawing on clothes (for example, a sweatshirt, a headdress or a T-shirt) or personal things (for example, on a pillow or a bag). Especially beautiful embroidery will look on the curtains in the nursery. As an element we have resulted the scheme of an embroidery by a cross of the unicorn. It is small, its size depending on the size of the cell will be from 8x8 cm to 10x10 cm.

As with the previous schemes, first determine the center of the embroidery, and then start working. As you can see, the unicorn itself is made in lilac and purple hues, but you can make it in blue or pink.

Large cross stitch embroidery

Large paintings, embroidered with a cross, you can already make a frame and hang on the wall. Below we gave a diagram of cross-stitching a unicorn from a popular children's cartoon called "Friendship is a miracle!".

To embroider a picture you will need a canvas measuring approximately 30x35 cm, as well as a mulina of gray, three shades of purple, violet, blue, blue and black.

First, determine the center of the picture. You can start work either from the outline or from the mane. Note! If you are embroidering on colored fabric, you must also embroider the very body of the pony. And if you embroider on a white background, then the picture will seem more voluminous. Although in the case of a white background, the body can be left unfilled.

Tips for embroidery

So you saw the embroidery scheme of the unicorn cross. Now we will give you some tips to help you improve:

1. Choose only a proven manufacturer of floss. Otherwise, your work in a few years can lose its color, become faded and expressionless.
2. Woolen threads give more volume. If you want to create a fluffy and soft unicorn, then take exactly the woolen threads of the mulina.
3. If the unicorn is small, and its glazik consists of only one cell, then it can be embroidered with a bead - the picture will seem more alive.
4. You can use additional decor elements - rhinestones, satin ribbons and beads.
5. If you want the embroidery to be more detailed, then take the canvas with small crosses. However, remember that working with such a canvas is much more difficult.

As you can see, the unicorn embroidery pattern with a cross can easily turn into a real picture and become an ornament of the interior or even clothes.