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Mississippi riverboat with a red paddle wheel cross stitch pattern

61 × 41 stitches 6 colors 4.4 × 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 11 × 9 in (the design is 4.4 × 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)

See the thread list ↓

Your thread palette: 6 threads ↓

  • DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown
  • DMC 3865 Winter White
  • DMC 597 Turquoise
  • DMC 321 Red
  • DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray
  • DMC 598 Light Turquoise

Want to make it yours? opens this chart in the pattern maker, where every stitch can be changed too. Or download it just as it is.

Count 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.

About this pattern

A white paddle wheel riverboat of the old Mississippi kind, seen from the side with its bow to the right. Three white decks step in like a cake: a main deck with seven blue-green windows, an upper deck with six and a small pilot house with two, each under a red roof band. Two tall dark gray smokestacks with flared tops and a red band each stand forward of the pilot house, and a big red paddle wheel with gray between its spokes turns at the stern. A red stripe runs along the hull, and the boat sits in a strip of blue-green water with paler dashes. Dark brown outline.

61 stitches wide by 41 high: 1,367 full cross stitches in 6 DMC colors (Ultra Dark Coffee Brown 938, Winter White 3865, Turquoise 597 and 3 more).

Finished size by fabric count
FabricInchesCentimeters
11-count Aida5.5 × 3.714.1 × 9.5
14-count Aida, or 28-count over two4.4 × 2.911.1 × 7.4
16-count Aida, or 32-count over two3.8 × 2.69.7 × 6.5
18-count Aida3.4 × 2.38.6 × 5.8
22-count Hardanger2.8 × 1.97.0 × 4.7

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

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Mississippi riverboat with a red paddle wheel

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Fit
Thread list & pattern notes

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SymbolThreadStitchesBuy
●DMC 938 Ultra Dark Coffee Brown333Find it
XDMC 3865 Winter White307Find it
▲DMC 597 Turquoise285Find it
+DMC 321 Red253Find it
■DMC 413 Dark Pewter Gray144Find it
ODMC 598 Light Turquoise45Find 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.