Sleeping town at night, three houses, for black fabric cross stitch pattern

64 × 40 stitches 6 colors 4.6 × 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 11 × 9 in (the design is 4.6 × 2.9 in; 14-count has 14 squares to the inch)
Needle: Tapestry, size 24
Thread: 6 DMC colors, 2 strands at a time (DMC is the thread maker whose color numbers charts use)

Your thread palette: 6 threads ↓

DMC 939 Very Dark Navy Blue
DMC 311 Medium Navy Blue
DMC 930 Dark Antique Blue
DMC 744 Pale Yellow
DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue
DMC 3865 Winter White

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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

Three houses in a row at night, drawn for black fabric: the black cloth is the sky. On the left is a teal cottage with a blue-gray roof and a chimney, in the middle a tall slate blue townhouse with a pointed gable, and on the right a wide teal house with a low gable and a chimney. Most of the windows are lit pale yellow and two are dark; the three doors are dark navy and stand on a navy strip of ground. Above are a pale yellow crescent moon, four white plus-shaped stars and fourteen single white stitches for the faint stars. No outline. Full crosses only.

64 stitches wide by 40 high: 1,235 full cross stitches in 6 DMC colors (Very Dark Navy Blue 939, Medium Navy Blue 311, Dark Antique Blue 930 and 3 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	5.8 × 3.6	14.8 × 9.2
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	4.6 × 2.9	11.6 × 7.3
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	4.0 × 2.5	10.2 × 6.3
18-count Aida	3.6 × 2.2	9.0 × 5.6
22-count Hardanger	2.9 × 1.8	7.4 × 4.6

Sizes are the stitched area. Add about 3 inches (7.5 cm) on every side when you cut your fabric.

Shown on black fabric, the cloth this design is for.

Thread list & pattern notes

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Symbol	Thread	Stitches	Buy
●	DMC 939 Very Dark Navy Blue	340	Find it
X	DMC 311 Medium Navy Blue	330	Find it
▲	DMC 930 Dark Antique Blue	181	Find it
+	DMC 744 Pale Yellow	172	Find it
■	DMC 931 Medium Antique Blue	162	Find it
O	DMC 3865 Winter White	50	Find it

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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.