Award certificate with a gold star and red ribbon seal cross stitch pattern

43 × 40 stitches 7 colors 3.1 × 2.9 in on 14-count

A PDF for 14-count on US Letter paper: overview, symbol charts and thread list. Change the count or paper

You will need

Fabric: 14-count Aida, cut 10 × 9 in (the design is 3.1 × 2.9 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 7 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 7 threads ↓

DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 783 Medium Topaz
DMC 321 Red
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 782 Dark Topaz
DMC 815 Medium Garnet

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Fabric count and finished sizeCount is the number of squares per inch. Higher count makes the same design smaller; the stitches and thread colors stay the same. Sizes shown are the stitched area; allow extra fabric for finishing.

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About this pattern

An award certificate seen face on: a white sheet with a gold border that has a square block in each corner, a gold five-point star in the middle with its right half in a darker gold, and two gray ruled lines below it, one long and one short. A round red seal with a small gold center sits on the lower right of the border, and two red ribbon tails hang from it below the edge of the paper. The lines stand in for writing; no letters are stitched. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only. It is 43 by 40 stitches and uses seven thread colors.

43 stitches wide by 40 high: 1,530 full cross stitches in 7 DMC colors (Winter White 3865, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Medium Topaz 783 and 4 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	3.9 × 3.6	9.9 × 9.2
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	3.1 × 2.9	7.8 × 7.3
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	2.7 × 2.5	6.8 × 6.3
18-count Aida	2.4 × 2.2	6.1 × 5.6
22-count Hardanger	2.0 × 1.8	5.0 × 4.6

Sizes are the stitched area. Add about 3 inches (7.5 cm) on every side when you cut your fabric.

The fabric color changes the preview only: every cross matches your chart.

Thread list & pattern notes

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Symbol	Thread	Stitches	Buy
●	DMC 3865 Winter White	1,014	Find it
X	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	235	Find it
▲	DMC 783 Medium Topaz	169	Find it
+	DMC 321 Red	39	Find it
■	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	35	Find it
O	DMC 782 Dark Topaz	19	Find it
◆	DMC 815 Medium Garnet	19	Find it

Suggested DMC colors. Screen colors are approximate. Previews show the exact chart.

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Count is the number of squares to the inch: 14-count fabric has 14, and a higher count makes the same design smaller. DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers most charts use.