Fire station with a fire engine in the doorway cross stitch pattern

55 × 58 stitches 9 colors 3.9 × 4.1 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 × 11 in (the design is 3.9 × 4.1 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 9 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 9 threads ↓

DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 919 Red Copper
DMC 321 Red
DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 3752 Very Light Antique Blue
DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray
DMC 815 Medium Garnet
DMC 783 Medium Topaz
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray

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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

A fire station seen from the front, in warm red-brown brick with white stone bands. The ground floor has two bays: on the left a red roller door is down, with a row of three small panes across its top, and on the right the door is up and a red fire engine is nosing out of the dark, its two headlamps lit and a light bar on its roof. Above them is a row of three square four-pane windows, and on the flat roof stands a small white lookout with a red hipped roof. A grey strip of forecourt runs along the foot. A piece for a firefighter's wall or a child's room. Dark brown outline.

55 stitches wide by 58 high: 2,592 full cross stitches in 9 DMC colors (Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Red Copper 919, Red 321 and 6 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	5.0 × 5.3	12.7 × 13.4
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	3.9 × 4.1	10.0 × 10.5
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	3.4 × 3.6	8.7 × 9.2
18-count Aida	3.1 × 3.2	7.8 × 8.2
22-count Hardanger	2.5 × 2.6	6.3 × 6.7

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 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	986	Find it
X	DMC 919 Red Copper	583	Find it
▲	DMC 321 Red	373	Find it
+	DMC 3865 Winter White	251	Find it
■	DMC 3752 Very Light Antique Blue	133	Find it
O	DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray	122	Find it
◆	DMC 815 Medium Garnet	63	Find it
=	DMC 783 Medium Topaz	46	Find it
★	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	35	Find it

Suggested DMC colors. Screen colors are approximate. Full crosses only; no backstitch or fractional stitches. 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.