Mailbox with a red heart and the flag up for a new home cross stitch pattern

30 × 40 stitches 6 colors 2.1 × 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 9 × 9 in (the design is 2.1 × 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 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
DMC 3810 Dark Turquoise
DMC 321 Red
DMC 3865 Winter White
DMC 989 Forest Green
DMC 869 Very Dark Hazelnut Brown

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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 roadside mailbox on a wooden post with its red flag up and a red heart on its door. The box is teal and is seen a little from the side: the rounded door at the left end is white with a plain red heart in the middle, and the long teal side runs back to a far end that rounds down the same way. The red flag stands straight up above the box at the right. The brown post is planted in a low mound of green grass. No lettering, number or name is drawn. Dark brown outline; the heart has none. A small piece for a new home or a new address card. Full crosses only.

30 stitches wide by 40 high: 633 full cross stitches in 6 DMC colors (Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Dark Turquoise 3810, Red 321 and 3 more).

Finished size by fabric count
Fabric	Inches	Centimeters
11-count Aida	2.7 × 3.6	6.9 × 9.2
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two	2.1 × 2.9	5.4 × 7.3
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two	1.9 × 2.5	4.8 × 6.3
18-count Aida	1.7 × 2.2	4.2 × 5.6
22-count Hardanger	1.4 × 1.8	3.5 × 4.6

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	181	Find it
X	DMC 3810 Dark Turquoise	159	Find it
▲	DMC 321 Red	101	Find it
+	DMC 3865 Winter White	98	Find it
■	DMC 989 Forest Green	50	Find it
O	DMC 869 Very Dark Hazelnut Brown	44	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.