Sleeping orange tabby cat on a brick wall cross stitch pattern

63 × 30 stitches 9 colors 4.5 × 2.1 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 11 × 9 in (the design is 4.5 × 2.1 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 3853 Dark Autumn Gold
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 415 Pearl Gray
DMC 3722 Medium Shell Pink
DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 3721 Dark Shell Pink
DMC 921 Copper
DMC 3712 Medium Salmon

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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 orange tabby cat lies asleep along the top of a red brick wall, its face turned to the viewer and its eyes shut. One front leg with a white paw and its striped tail hang down over the bricks, another white paw is stretched out in front of its chin, and a white hind paw shows at the foot of its rounded thigh. It has pink ear linings, a pink nose, a white muzzle and darker bars along its back. The wall is three courses of brick with pale mortar under a gray stone coping. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only. It is 63 by 30 stitches and uses nine thread colors.

63 stitches wide by 30 high: 1,438 full cross stitches in 9 DMC colors (Dark Autumn Gold 3853, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Pearl Gray 415 and 6 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	5.7 × 2.7	14.5 × 6.9
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	4.5 × 2.1	11.4 × 5.4
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	3.9 × 1.9	10.0 × 4.8
18-count Aida	3.5 × 1.7	8.9 × 4.2
22-count Hardanger	2.9 × 1.4	7.3 × 3.5

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 3853 Dark Autumn Gold	464	Find it
X	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	310	Find it
▲	DMC 415 Pearl Gray	250	Find it
+	DMC 3722 Medium Shell Pink	225	Find it
■	DMC 3865 Winter White	50	Find it
O	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	50	Find it
◆	DMC 3721 Dark Shell Pink	41	Find it
=	DMC 921 Copper	35	Find it
★	DMC 3712 Medium Salmon	13	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.