Giant redwood tree with a red car driving through cross stitch pattern

55 × 63 stitches 10 colors 3.9 × 4.5 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 × 4.5 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 10 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 10 threads ↓

DMC 3752 Very Light Antique Blue
DMC 919 Red Copper
DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 989 Forest Green
DMC 318 Light Steel Gray
DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green
DMC 921 Copper
DMC 744 Pale Yellow
DMC 321 Red
DMC 413 Dark Pewter 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 little red car comes out of a tunnel cut through the foot of a giant redwood tree, in a framed scene stitched all over. The red-brown trunk is far wider than the car, flares where it meets the ground and runs straight out of the top of the picture; its bark is marked with short dark upright furrows and its left edge is lit a lighter copper. The car is seen from the front in the dark arch: a pale blue windshield, two yellow headlights, a dark gray grille, a light gray bumper and two tires. A gray road runs out of the tunnel and widens toward the viewer across green grass.

55 stitches wide by 63 high: 3,465 full cross stitches in 10 DMC colors (Very Light Antique Blue 3752, Red Copper 919, Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938 and 7 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	5.0 × 5.7	12.7 × 14.5
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	3.9 × 4.5	10.0 × 11.4
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	3.4 × 3.9	8.7 × 10.0
18-count Aida	3.1 × 3.5	7.8 × 8.9
22-count Hardanger	2.5 × 2.9	6.3 × 7.3

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 3752 Very Light Antique Blue	982	Find it
X	DMC 919 Red Copper	892	Find it
▲	DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown	630	Find it
+	DMC 989 Forest Green	416	Find it
■	DMC 318 Light Steel Gray	203	Find it
O	DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green	136	Find it
◆	DMC 921 Copper	104	Find it
=	DMC 744 Pale Yellow	45	Find it
★	DMC 321 Red	39	Find it
#	DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray	18	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.