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Sailboat cross stitch pattern

A small sailboat on two bands of water — a seaside motif that fits a card or a hooped ornament.

Chart: 16 × 16
Stitches: 91
DMC colors: 4
On 14-count: 1.1″ × 1.1″

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Sailboat cross stitch pattern stitched preview

The symbol chart

This is the chart you stitch from: one symbol per DMC color, bold lines every ten stitches. Print it, or keep this page open while you work.

Thread key

Stitch counts per color and the skeins to buy on 14-count Aida with two strands.

Symbol	DMC	Color	Stitches	Skeins
X	DMC 434	Brown Light	8	1
O	DMC B5200	Snow White	28	1
+	DMC 321	Red	30	1
#	DMC 798	Delft Blue Dark	25	1

Finished size

Stitches divided by your fabric count. Cut the fabric with about 3 inches spare on every side.

Fabric	11-count	14-count	16-count	18-count
Size	1.5″ × 1.5″	1.1″ × 1.1″	1.0″ × 1.0″	0.9″ × 0.9″
In cm	3.7 × 3.7	2.9 × 2.9	2.5 × 2.5	2.3 × 2.3

One stitcher's note

The water lines are single rows; keep your tension even there or they will wander. Two strands on 14-count is right; three will make the hull look lumpy.

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