Classic farmhouse needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 13 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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A white two-story house is seen from the front, with a red roof, a brown chimney, a red porch roof on white posts, a red door and blue windows. The navy ground is dotted with pale yellow flecks.
Size and details
The chart is 72 × 72 stitches: a square ornament on 18 mesh canvas.
The chart is 72 × 72 stitches: a square ornament on 18 mesh canvas.
The chart is 72 × 72 stitches: a square ornament on 18 mesh canvas.
The chart is 143 × 234 stitches at its widest and tallest: a Christmas stocking on 13 mesh canvas, with 22,920 stitches inside its outline.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Worked in tent stitch throughout.
Advanced: 13 colors. Changes of color are about 3 stitches apart, leaving out the background around the picture. With 10 colors or more, closer than 4.5 apart is Advanced, 4.5 or more is Intermediate, and a design with this many colors is never Beginner.
Shape and border
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.4 × 28.4 cm |
| 12 | 6 × 6 in 15.2 × 15.2 cm | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm |
| 13 | 5.5 × 5.5 in 14.1 × 14.1 cm | 9.5 × 9.5 in 24.2 × 24.2 cm |
| 14 | 5.1 × 5.1 in 13.1 × 13.1 cm | 9.1 × 9.1 in 23.2 × 23.2 cm |
| 18 | 4 × 4 in 10.2 × 10.2 cm | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm |
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.4 × 28.4 cm |
| 12 | 6 × 6 in 15.2 × 15.2 cm | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm |
| 13 | 5.5 × 5.5 in 14.1 × 14.1 cm | 9.5 × 9.5 in 24.2 × 24.2 cm |
| 14 | 5.1 × 5.1 in 13.1 × 13.1 cm | 9.1 × 9.1 in 23.2 × 23.2 cm |
| 18 | 4 × 4 in 10.2 × 10.2 cm | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm |
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7.2 × 7.2 in 18.3 × 18.3 cm | 11.2 × 11.2 in 28.4 × 28.4 cm |
| 12 | 6 × 6 in 15.2 × 15.2 cm | 10 × 10 in 25.4 × 25.4 cm |
| 13 | 5.5 × 5.5 in 14.1 × 14.1 cm | 9.5 × 9.5 in 24.2 × 24.2 cm |
| 14 | 5.1 × 5.1 in 13.1 × 13.1 cm | 9.1 × 9.1 in 23.2 × 23.2 cm |
| 18 | 4 × 4 in 10.2 × 10.2 cm | 8 × 8 in 20.3 × 20.3 cm |
| Mesh | Stitched size | Canvas to cut |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 14.3 × 23.4 in 36.3 × 59.4 cm | 18.3 × 27.4 in 46.5 × 69.6 cm |
| 12 | 11.9 × 19.5 in 30.3 × 49.5 cm | 15.9 × 23.5 in 40.4 × 59.7 cm |
| 13 | 11 × 18 in 27.9 × 45.7 cm | 15 × 22 in 38.1 × 55.9 cm |
| 14 | 10.2 × 16.7 in 25.9 × 42.5 cm | 14.2 × 20.7 in 36.1 × 52.6 cm |
| 18 | 7.9 × 13 in 20.2 × 33 cm | 11.9 × 17 in 30.3 × 43.2 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.
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Threads and canvas
Square
- DMC 939 Very Dark Navy Blue 3,456 stitches about 24 yards
- DMC BLANC White 549 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 380 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 180 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 799 Medium Delft Blue 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 166 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 95 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 72 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 351 Coral 63 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 22 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 13 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 2 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 44 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square with no border
- DMC 939 Very Dark Navy Blue 3,478 stitches about 24 yards
- DMC BLANC White 549 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 380 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 180 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 799 Medium Delft Blue 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 166 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 95 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 72 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 351 Coral 63 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 13 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 2 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 43 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Line border
- DMC 939 Very Dark Navy Blue 3,218 stitches about 23 yards
- DMC BLANC White 549 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 380 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 745 Light Pale Yellow 260 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 180 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 799 Medium Delft Blue 168 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 166 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 95 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 72 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 351 Coral 63 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 18 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 13 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 2 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 44 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Christmas stocking
- DMC 939 Very Dark Navy Blue 13,382 stitches about 127 yards
- DMC 321 Red 6,126 stitches about 59 yards
- DMC BLANC White 1,098 stitches about 11 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 760 stitches about 8 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 360 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 799 Medium Delft Blue 336 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 498 Dark Red 332 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 809 Delft Blue 190 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 144 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 351 Coral 126 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 36 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 26 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 415 Pearl Gray 4 stitches about 1 yard
22,920 stitches inside the outline, about 226 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 13 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.
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.
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.
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 13 mesh, the thread and needle chart gives 7 or 8 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 basketweave or continental 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 stitch. 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 · 2 pages
- Chart for A4 paper PDF · 2 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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