Little Bat Free Cross Stitch Pattern PDF

A small red bat with its wings spread, three colors, eighty stitches across. The smallest chart here and the fastest thing in the shop to finish.

Free, and sized for the things small pieces are actually good for: a card, a hoop ornament, a patch on a project bag. If you want to try a Halloween piece and have one evening, this is the one.

Like the way this chart reads? Every Halloween pattern in the shop uses the same layout, the same legend and the same file set.

• Difficulty: Beginner
• Chart size: 80 x 73 stitches
• Finished size on 14-count Aida: approximately 5.7 x 5.2 in (15 x 13 cm)
• Recommended fabric cut: approximately 11.7 x 11.2 in, including a 3 in finishing allowance
• Palette: 3 DMC colors
• Stitched area: 2,166 full cross stitches
• Coverage: 37% coverage with a blank fabric background
• Backstitch: None
• Strands: 2 strands throughout on 14-count Aida

DMC 817 Coral Red Very Dark is the body and wings, DMC 938 Coffee Brown Ultra Dark shades underneath them, and DMC 310 Black adds the eyes in forty-one stitches.

All three are listed with symbol, stitch count, skein estimate and strand count in the PDF legend and in the CSV thread list.

• US Letter printable PDF with the DMC legend and the full chart
• A4 printable PDF of the same chart
• One-page mobile chart sized for a tablet or phone, no printer needed
• Pattern Keeper edition for chart-tracking apps
• DMC thread list as a CSV, with stitch counts, skein estimates and strand counts
• Finished-look preview image of the stitched design
• Readme with print settings and stitching notes

Print at 100% or Actual Size rather than Fit to Page.

At 80 by 73 stitches this finishes under six inches on 14-count. If you want it smaller for a card, stitch it on 18-count and it comes out at about four and a half inches without changing a single stitch.