Red accordion with piano keys and pleated bellows cross stitch pattern

48 × 41 stitches 4 colors 3.4 × 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 3.4 × 2.9 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 4 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 4 threads ↓

DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 321 Red
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
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 red piano accordion seen square from the front with its bellows half open. On the left a keyboard of white and black piano keys is fixed to the red treble box, which carries four small white register switches; in the middle are the pleated bellows, five white folds with four gray valleys between them and a stepped edge top and bottom; on the right the red bass box has 33 small white buttons in eleven rows of three. Dark brown outline. Full crosses only. It is 48 by 41 stitches and uses four thread colors.

48 stitches wide by 41 high: 1,840 full cross stitches in 4 DMC colors (Winter White 3865, Red 321, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938 and 1 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	4.4 × 3.7	11.1 × 9.5
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	3.4 × 2.9	8.7 × 7.4
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	3.0 × 2.6	7.6 × 6.5
18-count Aida	2.7 × 2.3	6.8 × 5.8
22-count Hardanger	2.2 × 1.9	5.5 × 4.7

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 3865 Winter White	716	Find it
X	DMC 321 Red	489	Find it
▲	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	355	Find it
+	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	280	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.