Stitch Puzzle

Gingerbread houseFree cross-stitch pattern

Gingerbread house is a cross-stitch pattern of 25 × 26 stitches from the Sweet Celebrations album of Stitch Puzzle. It uses 5 DMC colours and 468 whole cross stitches, with no backstitch and no part stitches.

DMC 712 Cream covers the most cells, 124 stitches (26% of the design). The smallest amount is DMC 743 Yellow Med, with 45 stitches.

On 14-count Aida it measures 1.8 × 1.9 in (4.5 × 4.7 cm) and fits a 4-inch hoop. Cut the fabric at least 6 × 6 in (15 × 15 cm), so you have 2 in to spare on every side.

Stitches
25 × 26
Colours
5 DMC
14-count Aida
1.8 × 1.9 in
Hoop
4 in

See the chartStitch it in the free puzzle game

Gingerbread house finished in cross stitch on Aida cloth
The finished picture, stitched

The printable chart

One square is one cross stitch. Bold lines mark every 10 stitches and the red arrows mark the centre, where most stitchers start. Download the full-size chart (PNG) or print this page.

Cross-stitch chart for Gingerbread house: a 25 by 26 grid of symbols with a DMC thread key

DMC threads

Two strands for every stitch on 14-count Aida. 468 stitches in all.

SymbolDMCColourStitches
●712Cream124
■921Copper123
▲801Coffee Brown Dk104
◆3371Black Brown72
★743Yellow Med45

Finished size: 1.8 × 1.9 in (4.5 × 4.7 cm) on 14-count Aida.

Stitch it in the free puzzle game

Gingerbread house is picture 579 of 816 in Stitch Puzzle. Send thread spools round the hoop to pull the stitches out in the right order, and the game gives you this chart when you win.

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