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Cross Stitch Fabric Calculator

Type in your chart size and your fabric count. You get the stitched area, the piece to cut, and the same design worked on every common count — so you can see what changes if you switch fabric.

CHART WIDTH (STITCHES) CHART HEIGHT (STITCHES)

FABRIC COUNT STITCH OVER

MARGIN EACH SIDE (INCHES) Show centimetres first

—Stitched area

—Cut your fabric

—Effective count

—Total stitches

The same design on every count

Fabric count is simply how many stitches fit in one inch, so it is the only thing that decides how big a finished piece comes out. Here is your chart worked on each common fabric:

Fabric	Stitched area	Cut size

Cut sizes include the margin you set above. Most stitchers leave 2–3 inches on every side so the piece can be framed or finished; leave more if you plan to mount it in a hoop.

How the numbers work

There is no estimation here — it is one division. Count is defined as stitches per inch, so:

Stitched width = chart width ÷ count. A 100-stitch-wide chart on 14-count is 100 ÷ 14 = 7.1 inches.
Cut width = stitched width + twice your margin. With a 3-inch margin that same piece needs 13.1 inches of fabric.
Stitching over two on linen or evenweave halves the effective count: 28-count worked over two threads behaves exactly like 14-count.

Aida versus evenweave. On aida you stitch over one woven block, so the count on the label is the count you use. On linen and evenweave most people stitch over two threads, which is why 32-count linen and 16-count aida give the same finished size.

Choosing a count

Count	Feels like	Good for
6–8	Very large blocks	Children learning, chunky wool projects
11	Large, easy on the eyes	Beginners, quick gifts
14	The default in most kits	Almost anything; most charts assume it
16–18	Finer, more detail per inch	Portraits and detailed pictures
22 and up	Very fine	Miniatures, samplers, framed heirlooms

The same chart shrinks as the count rises, which is the usual reason to change fabric: not because a design demands it, but because you want the finished piece bigger or smaller. Nothing about the chart itself changes.

Make the chart too

Picture to chartTurn a photo or drawing into a DMC chart, in your browser. Alphabet & name chartsType a name, get a chart with a floss list. What fabric count meansAida, evenweave, linen and stitching over two.

About the colours. DMC does not publish official RGB values, so every on-screen colour table — including ours — is an approximation. Our 456-shade table is merged from three independent open datasets by taking the median of each channel; use it to plan the shape of a design, and check a real floss card before you buy thread. Charts you make here are yours, and nothing you upload leaves your browser: the converter runs entirely on your own device, with no account and no upload.