Cathedral window bargello needlepoint pattern
Intermediate · 5 colors · 5 × 5 in · 18 mesh
Colors: BluesChange
Download free PDFPDF, US Letter · 60 KB
Zigzag bands of upright stitches in navy, dark blue, mid blue, light blue and pale blue cross the piece, each tall peak with a lower peak on either side. Across the middle the bands mirror each other and close into tall pointed shapes.
Size and details
The chart is 90 × 90 canvas threads: a tray insert on 18 mesh canvas, a square of needlepoint that is set into a tray made with an opening for it.
Worked in upright stitches over 4 canvas threads; some along the top and bottom edges are shorter, to end at the edge.
Intermediate: 5 colors. The chart is in long upright stitches over more than 1 canvas thread, and the bands of color are not all the same shape, so not every band can be copied from the band above it. With up to 9 colors, that is Intermediate, and with more it is Advanced.
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 9 × 9 in 22.9 × 22.9 cm | 13 × 13 in 33 × 33 cm |
| 12 | 7.5 × 7.5 in 19.1 × 19.1 cm | 11.5 × 11.5 in 29.2 × 29.2 cm |
| 13 | 6.9 × 6.9 in 17.6 × 17.6 cm | 10.9 × 10.9 in 27.7 × 27.7 cm |
| 14 | 6.4 × 6.4 in 16.3 × 16.3 cm | 10.4 × 10.4 in 26.5 × 26.5 cm |
| 18 | 5 × 5 in 12.7 × 12.7 cm | 9 × 9 in 22.9 × 22.9 cm |
Mesh is the number of canvas threads to the inch; the row in bold is the mesh this chart is sized for. Canvas to cut includes a margin of 2 in (5.1 cm) of bare canvas on every side. Leave at least that much.
Paper for the PDF
Threads and canvas
Blues
- DMC 799 Medium Delft Blue 1,784 squares about 9 yards
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 1,704 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 797 Royal Blue 1,636 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 1,496 squares about 7 yards
- DMC 823 Dark Navy Blue 1,480 squares about 7 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Sunset
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 1,784 squares about 9 yards
- DMC 726 Light Topaz 1,704 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 600 Very Dark Cranberry 1,636 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 1,496 squares about 7 yards
- DMC 550 Very Dark Violet 1,480 squares about 7 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Purples
- DMC 208 Very Dark Lavender 1,784 squares about 9 yards
- DMC 210 Medium Lavender 1,704 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 3837 Ultra Dark Lavender 1,636 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 211 Light Lavender 1,496 squares about 7 yards
- DMC 550 Very Dark Violet 1,480 squares about 7 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Greens
- DMC 702 Kelly Green 1,784 squares about 9 yards
- DMC 704 Bright Chartreuse 1,704 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 909 Very Dark Emerald Green 1,636 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 907 Light Parrot Green 1,496 squares about 7 yards
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 1,480 squares about 7 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Reds
- DMC 351 Coral 1,784 squares about 9 yards
- DMC 352 Light Coral 1,704 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 1,636 squares about 8 yards
- DMC 353 Peach 1,496 squares about 7 yards
- DMC 814 Dark Garnet 1,480 squares about 7 yards
8,100 squares in the chart, one canvas thread each, about 39 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Thread colors are approximate screen matches to DMC numbers. Check against real thread before you buy.
The numbers are DMC color numbers, which its six-strand cotton and its pearl cotton share. Wool and silk are numbered differently: match those by eye. For how many strands and which needle, see which thread suits which mesh.
The yards are of thread as it is threaded in the needle: stitched with several strands together, a thread takes that many yards of single strand for every yard listed. For six-strand cotton on 18 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 4 to 6 strands.
You also need blank needlepoint canvas (mono canvas) in the mesh you choose (see mesh sizes), cut to the size in the table above, and a tapestry needle.
An estimate. The length of thread one stitch uses on the front and back of the canvas, times the number of stitches, plus 30 percent for starting, ending and the tail left in the needle. Each count is estimated as upright over 4 canvas threads and rounded up to a whole yard, so the yards in all are a little more than the thread calculator gives for every stitch at once. The 30 percent is this site's own choice. The thread calculator works the same estimate for any count and mesh.
Getting it onto your canvas
This is a counted chart: one square of the chart is one canvas thread. Find the center of your canvas and the center of the chart (the red arrows above and to the left of the chart), and count out from there, a color at a time.
Nothing is printed on the canvas, so no transfer is needed. How to needlepoint covers the first stitches.
Downloads
- Chart for US Letter paper PDF · 3 pages
- Chart for A4 paper PDF · 3 pages
Each file has the thread key and the sizes on its first page, then the chart with a symbol in every square and a heavier line every ten. A chart too large for one page is divided over several, with two rows or columns repeated in gray where the pages join; a page may be turned on its side for a part that is wider than it is tall.
For your own stitching, gifts and handmade pieces you sell. Do not resell or share this PDF.
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