Emblemas / EmblemsNorth Carolina in a single frame: the Wright brothers' plane with its FIRST IN FLIGHT — the first powered flight happened there, in 1903 — the sun between the blue mountains, the forest and the red barn, and below, the coast with the Cape Hatteras lighthouse and its spiral stripes. In front, two dogwood blossoms, the state flower since 1941; on the water, the old nickname, Tar Heel State. It is 131 x 153 stitches in 15 colors, about 24 by 28 centimetres on 14-count.
Essential North Carolina
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The numbers
Size by fabric count
| Count | Stitches/cm | The design | In inches | Fabric to buy * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 ct | 4.3 | 30.2 x 35.3 cm | 11.9 x 13.9 in | 46 x 51 cm |
| 14 ct | 5.5 | 23.8 x 27.8 cm | 9.4 x 10.9 in | 40 x 44 cm |
| 16 ct | 6.3 | 20.8 x 24.3 cm | 8.2 x 9.6 in | 37 x 40 cm |
| 18 ct | 7.1 | 18.5 x 21.6 cm | 7.3 x 8.5 in | 34 x 38 cm |
| 20 ct | 7.9 | 16.6 x 19.4 cm | 6.6 x 7.7 in | 33 x 35 cm |
| 22 ct | 8.7 | 15.1 x 17.7 cm | 6.0 x 7.0 in | 31 x 34 cm |
* The fabric to buy allows 8 cm on each side for the hoop and the frame. The highlighted row is 14-count, the most common: the pattern has the same number of stitches on every fabric, what changes is how big each one is.
Suggested fabric: white.
The threads
| Thread | Stitches | Of the total | Skeins * |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 3845 | 2,511 | 21.6 % | 2 |
| DMC 699 | 2,032 | 17.5 % | 2 |
| DMC 796 | 1,859 | 16.0 % | 2 |
| DMC 3855 | 816 | 7.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 907 | 785 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 23 | 779 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| DMC 3844 | 695 | 6.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 890 | 476 | 4.1 % | 1 |
| DMC 444 | 346 | 3.0 % | 1 |
| DMC 702 | 343 | 2.9 % | 1 |
| DMC 909 | 299 | 2.6 % | 1 |
| DMC BLANC | 294 | 2.5 % | 1 |
| DMC 977 | 161 | 1.4 % | 1 |
| DMC 601 | 153 | 1.3 % | 1 |
| DMC 150 | 87 | 0.7 % | 1 |
| 15 threads | 11,636 | 100 % | 18 skeins |
* The skeins are a guide: they assume about 1,700 stitches per skein with two strands on 14-count, rounded up. Finer thread goes further, doubled thread goes less far.
What this one asks of you
All 11,636 stitches are full cross stitch: no half stitches and no backstitch to follow.
It has 128 lone stitches, 1.1 % of the total, and 10 of those have no neighbour of their color at all. The more there are, the more the needle jumps.
