Christmas Village Cross Stitch Pattern (Free PDF)
A row of three cozy houses on a snowy street: a red cottage, a cream house with a round gable window and a green house with a smoking chimney, all with snow on the roofs and warm yellow light in the windows, under a few stars.
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What you need
The full chart is 60 stitches wide and 36 high: 1,379 full cross stitches in 12 DMC colors, rated intermediate. On 14-count Aida, cut a piece at least 10.5 × 9 in (26 × 22 cm), which leaves 3 in spare on every side, and a 6-in hoop holds the whole design. One skein of each color is enough.
| DMC thread | Stitches | Spread over | Thread | Of a skein | If it is out of stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanc White | 449 | 4 areas | 6.0 m | 25 % | 3865 Winter White |
| 739 Tan Ultra Very Light | 197 | 1 area | 2.6 m | 11 % | 543 Beige Brown Ultra Very Light |
| 699 Green | 160 | 1 area | 2.1 m | 9 % | 3345 Hunter Green Dark |
| 321 Red | 146 | 1 area | 1.9 m | 8 % | 349 Coral Dark |
| 415 Pearl Gray | 74 | 67 areas | 1.0 m | 4 % | 02 Tin |
| 3325 Baby Blue Light | 72 | 1 area | 1.0 m | 4 % | 827 Blue Very Light |
| 725 Topaz Medium Light | 71 | 12 areas | 0.9 m | 4 % | 19 Autumn Gold medium Light |
| 801 Coffee Brown Dark | 70 | 3 areas | 0.9 m | 4 % | 433 Brown Medium |
| 437 Tan Light | 45 | 3 areas | 0.6 m | 2 % | 3046 Yellow Beige Medium |
| 986 Forest Green Very Dark | 41 | 2 areas | 0.5 m | 2 % | 935 Avocado Green Dark |
| 815 Garnet Medium | 39 | 2 areas | 0.5 m | 2 % | 814 Garnet Dark |
| 3858 Rosewood Medium | 15 | 1 area | 0.2 m | under 1 % | 355 Terra Cotta Dark |
Thread for 2 strands on 14-count (how it is worked out).
Reading this chart
The center of the chart is column 30, row 18, a Tan Ultra Very Light stitch.
Tan Ultra Very Light has the largest connected block, 197 stitches. Pearl Gray is the most scattered: 74 stitches in 67 separate spots, 61 of them single stitches.
A row uses about 10.1 separate runs of thread on average; the busiest is row 35, with 24.
Budget roughly 7 hours to 14 hours (how we estimate that). New to charts? Read how to read one.
Finished size
| Fabric | Finished size | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| 11-count | 5.5 × 3.3 in | 13.9 × 8.3 cm |
| 14-count | 4.3 × 2.6 in | 10.9 × 6.5 cm |
| 16-count | 3.8 × 2.2 in | 9.5 × 5.7 cm |
| 18-count | 3.3 × 2.0 in | 8.5 × 5.1 cm |
Ideas for using it
- Long hoop or framed piece for the mantel
- Christmas card
- Band for the top of a stocking
Stitching tips
- Stitch the walls first, then the grey roof edges, then fill the snow in white.
- Use a gold or yellow metallic for the windows to make them glow.
- Repeat the houses side by side for a longer street.
Free for personal use, and you may sell a few pieces you stitched yourself. Details in the terms.
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