Classic fireplace needlepoint pattern
Advanced · 13 colors · 4 × 4 in · 18 mesh
Shape: SquareChange
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A fire burns on logs inside a white fireplace lined with rust brick. A brown clock sits on the mantel between two white candles, and a thin gold line borders the dark green ground.
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 border and 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.
| 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 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 3,182 stitches about 22 yards
- DMC BLANC White 547 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 356 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 241 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 356 Medium Terra Cotta 185 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 177 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 138 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 100 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 666 Bright Red 78 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 40 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 30 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 726 Light Topaz 24 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square on a ground strewn with stars
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 3,418 stitches about 24 yards
- DMC BLANC White 547 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 241 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 356 Medium Terra Cotta 185 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 177 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 138 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 120 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 100 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 666 Bright Red 78 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 40 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 30 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 726 Light Topaz 24 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Square with no border
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 3,442 stitches about 24 yards
- DMC BLANC White 547 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 241 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 356 Medium Terra Cotta 185 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 177 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 138 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 100 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 96 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 86 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 666 Bright Red 78 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 40 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 30 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 726 Light Topaz 24 stitches about 1 yard
5,184 stitches in the chart, about 42 yards in all. The yards are estimates for 18 mesh.
Christmas stocking
- DMC 890 Ultra Dark Pistachio Green 13,310 stitches about 127 yards
- DMC 783 Medium Topaz 6,318 stitches about 60 yards
- DMC BLANC White 1,094 stitches about 11 yards
- DMC 920 Medium Copper 482 stitches about 5 yards
- DMC 356 Medium Terra Cotta 370 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 3799 Very Dark Pewter Gray 354 stitches about 4 yards
- DMC 800 Pale Delft Blue 276 stitches about 3 yards
- DMC 414 Dark Steel Gray 200 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 433 Medium Brown 172 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 666 Bright Red 156 stitches about 2 yards
- DMC 970 Light Pumpkin 80 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 436 Tan 60 stitches about 1 yard
- DMC 726 Light Topaz 48 stitches about 1 yard
22,920 stitches inside the outline, about 223 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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