Fire truck from the front with its ladder raised cross stitch pattern

35 × 50 stitches 7 colors 2.5 × 3.6 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 9 × 10 in (the design is 2.5 × 3.6 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 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 321 Red
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 744 Pale Yellow
DMC 3755 Baby Blue
DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray
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

A red fire truck seen from the front with its pale yellow ladder standing up behind the cab. A light bar with two pale yellow lamps lies across the roof. The cab has a pale blue windshield in two panes with a post between them, a gray mirror out at each side, a pale yellow stripe across the front, two round pale yellow headlights either side of a gray slatted grille, a gray bumper wider than the cab and two dark gray tires under its ends. The left half mirrors the right exactly. No badge, number or lettering is drawn. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only.

35 stitches wide by 50 high: 1,097 full cross stitches in 7 DMC colors (Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Red 321, Light Steel Gray 318 and 4 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	3.2 × 4.5	8.1 × 11.5
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	2.5 × 3.6	6.3 × 9.1
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	2.2 × 3.1	5.6 × 7.9
18-count Aida	1.9 × 2.8	4.9 × 7.1
22-count Hardanger	1.6 × 2.3	4.0 × 5.8

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	300	Find it
X	DMC 321 Red	256	Find it
▲	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	152	Find it
+	DMC 744 Pale Yellow	152	Find it
■	DMC 3755 Baby Blue	140	Find it
O	DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray	70	Find it
◆	DMC 815 Medium Garnet	27	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.