200 stitches wide. What size fabric do you actually cut?
Stitches over count gives the stitched area; margins give the cut — with the over-two linen convention built in and the margins yours to set. Everything stays in your browser.
The chart
The numbers here are yours to check. This page does arithmetic on what you type — it cannot see your recipe, your equipment or your batch.
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Chart counts to fabric inches
Chart-to-fabric is the first sum of every project and the difference between a framed piece and a too-small disappointment. The math below is the same math the calculator runs.
How do I figure the finished size?
Stitches divided by count: a 200-stitch-wide chart on 14-count aida is 200 ÷ 14, a hair over 14 inches. Higher counts shrink the piece — the same chart on 18-count is 11 inches — which is how one chart becomes a pillow or an ornament depending on the fabric under it.
What does 'over two' do to the math?
Halves the effective count. On 28-count linen stitched over two threads, each cross spans two threads, so the piece comes out exactly the size it would on 14-count aida. That identity — 28 over two equals 14 — is the whole reason linen counts look double: they are counting threads where aida counts squares.
How much margin should I leave?
Three inches a side is the safe convention, and it is a setting because finishing plans differ: a framer genuinely needs fabric to grip and stretch, a flat-fold or ornament finish can live on two, and a hoop-finish piece wants the hoop's radius plus seam. Cutting generous costs pennies; cutting tight costs the whole piece.
Does this tell me how much floss I need?
Deliberately not. Floss consumption swings with coverage, stitch style, count, and how long your tails run — a confident floss number from a calculator that has never seen your tension would be a guess in a costume. The honest method is the stitcher's own: track what one full skein covered on YOUR fabric, once, and scale from there.