The Little Thread House: Free Cross Stitch Pattern

A teal cottage with a red roof and curled thread rising from its chimney.

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A teal cottage with a red roof and curled thread rising from its chimney. Digital preview of the free cross stitch chart beside its symbol key. — The Little Thread House. Digital stitched-look preview rendered from the downloadable chart. Free PDF; no signup or payment. Colors are uncalibrated estimates.

Your chart at a glance

Full chart grid: 50 × 80 stitches
Stitched bounds: 50 × 80 stitches
Stitches / colors: 2,468 / 15
Difficulty: Intermediate
Stitch types: Full cross stitches only
Design size on 14 ct, over 1: 3.57 × 5.71 in (9.1 × 14.5 cm)

Design size describes the stitched bounds, not cloth cut size. The chart grid includes blank layout margins. Add finishing margins with the fabric calculator.

A readable symbol chart

The PDF includes a digital preview, a DMC color key with stitch counts and estimated thread amounts, center marks, numbered grid lines and clearly marked page overlaps. Both A4 and US Letter downloads are ready above.

Detail of the free symbol chart for The Little Thread House. Open the complete 50 by 80 stitch chart.

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A teal cottage with a red roof and curled thread rising from its chimney. Digital preview of the free cross stitch chart. — Clean digital art preview of the same chart. Download free art PNG.

Prepare your materials

Start with 14 ct Aida and 2 strands of embroidery floss. Use the thread key below and a needle suited to your cloth. Check pale threads against your chosen fabric before starting; dark outlines help keep the light details readable.

From download to stitches

Choose the free A4 or US Letter PDF. No account, email or payment is required.
Print at Actual size / 100%. The printed grid is for counting; it is not a fabric-scale cutting template.
Find the center marks, then work from the symbol key. Blank cells stay unstitched. Count repeated overlap rows only once.
For a digital tracker, choose Start stitching above. The editor explains chart storage before you save a private tracker link.

Thread key

Symbol	DMC	Color	Full stitches
A	817	Coral Red Very Dark	686
B	3844	Turquoise Bright Dark	428
C	938	Coffee Brown Ultra Dark	251
D	677	Old Gold Very Light	252
E	976	Golden Brown Medium	66
F	311	Wedgewood Ultra Very Dark	49
G	801	Coffee Brown Dark	24
H	3827	Golden Brown Pale	44
J	3812	Sea Green Very Dark	298
K	347	Salmon Very Dark	155
L	977	Golden Brown Light	51
M	606	Orange Red Bright	11
N	898	Coffee Brown Very Dark	16
P	3845	Turquoise Bright Medium	15
Q	3371	Black Brown	122

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