By Cross Stitch Library · July 16, 2026
A cheerful yellow daffodil in pixel-art style — a small, bright spring motif with a bold orange trumpet center, ideal for beginners.
Your pattern is at the end of this page, right after the stitching guide below.
A single daffodil bloom, all trumpet-shaped center and swept-back petals, built in flat blocks of yellow and gold. At 48 x 81 stitches it’s a tall, narrow design that fits neatly into a hoop without a lot of empty fabric on either side.
Daffodils are the flower most people associate with the first warm week of the year, which makes this a natural pick for an Easter gift or a spring swap piece that needs to read as seasonal without leaning on eggs or bunnies. The tall, narrow shape also makes it a good candidate for a bookmark or a slim frame if you don’t want to commit fabric to a wide hoop.
This is a solid first flower pattern: it’s all full cross stitch, and three colors do almost all the work. DMC 310 (Black, used for the outline) carries 528 stitches, while 307 (Lemon) and 3078 (Golden Yellow - Very Light) cover another 467 between them — together that’s over half the design before you touch any of the remaining 10 accent colors, several of which show up fewer than 40 times.
Stitch the black outline (DMC 310) first rather than last — on a design this size, having the full silhouette down early means every yellow and gold fill color has a clear boundary to work inside, so you’re less likely to misplace a block of 307 versus 3078 in the trumpet center. DMC 562 (Jade - Medium) appears exactly once, tucked into the stem — mark its spot on your printed chart before you start so you don’t stitch straight past it. New to this flat-color look? Our pixel art cross-stitch guide explains what sets it apart from a traditionally shaded chart, and our botanical pattern roundup rounds up more spring florals like this one.
Choose your paper size and color or black & white, then download the Pixel Daffodil PDF chart and thread list — free, no sign-up.
