I've seen this come up on a few online groups recently: people wondering if there are any charts that use all of the DMC (solid) colors. To my knowledge, there are 2.
The first is Floral Finesse. I've listed this one first for two reasons: I'm working on it and it hasn't been updated with new colors. This one was charted for the DMC 250th anniversary and used every solid color available at that time. That means it uses 390 colors. Here's my progress on it so far:
The second one was originally charted at the same time and used 390 colors. It has since been updated to be 447 colors (it doesn't used the 7 colors that were "merged/discontinued" in European markets). This one is by Joan Elliott and it's the Angel of Cross Stitch. The only reason that I won't stitch this is because I don't care for artistic representations of angel (fairies, elves, etc.). Yes, I do believe in angels, I just don't like art of them. :-)
I haven't heard of any chart that uses more than the Angel of Cross Stitch. If anyone else knows of charts with over 400 colors, I will happily update this post to include them. Just leave a message in the comments.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Charts with ALL the DMC colors?
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Epic Project Progress Report
Ok, what makes this project "Epic"? It's not the size, it's the number of colors used: 390!
No, that is not a typo. Yes, it uses 390 different DMC colors. This is the only pattern (to my knowledge) that uses this many colors. It was created in honor of DMC's 250th Anniversary. At the time, 390 was the entire line of DMC floss, so it uses every color that was in production in 1996.
The pattern is Floral Finesse from The Heart's Content.
Here is my progress so far:
...and here are the colors I've used to this point:
Whew! That makes 141 colors down, only 249 to go!
I will keep the table at 10 rows wide so it's easy to keep track of how many colors have been used.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
No, that is not a typo. Yes, it uses 390 different DMC colors. This is the only pattern (to my knowledge) that uses this many colors. It was created in honor of DMC's 250th Anniversary. At the time, 390 was the entire line of DMC floss, so it uses every color that was in production in 1996.
The pattern is Floral Finesse from The Heart's Content.
Here is my progress so far:
...and here are the colors I've used to this point:
| White | Ecru | 208 | 209 | 221 | 301 | 304 | 315 | 316 | 318 |
| 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 333 | 336 | 340 | 341 | 347 | 355 |
| 356 | 367 | 400 | 402 | 420 | 422 | 470 | 471 | 472 | 498 |
| 500 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 522 | 523 | 524 | 543 | 600 |
| 601 | 602 | 603 | 604 | 605 | 610 | 612 | 613 | 640 | 642 |
| 644 | 645 | 646 | 676 | 677 | 680 | 699 | 701 | 712 | 720 |
| 721 | 722 | 729 | 738 | 746 | 758 | 760 | 761 | 791 | 792 |
| 793 | 794 | 798 | 800 | 806 | 807 | 814 | 815 | 816 | 820 |
| 822 | 839 | 841 | 842 | 844 | 869 | 904 | 905 | 906 | 907 |
| 930 | 931 | 932 | 939 | 948 | 956 | 957 | 958 | 959 | 975 |
| 976 | 977 | 3022 | 3023 | 3024 | 3031 | 3045 | 3046 | 3047 | 3064 |
| 3328 | 3708 | 3712 | 3722 | 3746 | 3747 | 3750 | 3752 | 3753 | 3765 |
| 3766 | 3772 | 3776 | 3777 | 3778 | 3779 | 3799 | 3802 | 3807 | 3812 |
| 3815 | 3816 | 3817 | 3820 | 3821 | 3822 | 3823 | 3825 | 3826 | 3827 |
| 3830 |
Whew! That makes 141 colors down, only 249 to go!
I will keep the table at 10 rows wide so it's easy to keep track of how many colors have been used.
Happy Stitching!
Stacy
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