About this tool
Cross-Stitch Fabric Size Calculator turns your pattern's stitch count and your fabric's count into the finished design size and the piece of fabric to cut. Enter the width and height in stitches, the fabric count, whether you stitch on Aida (one stitch per hole) or over two threads on linen or evenweave, and a margin — it shows the result in inches and centimeters.
Stitches per inch equal the fabric count for Aida, or the count ÷ 2 when stitching over two threads on evenweave. Design width = stitches wide ÷ stitches per inch, and the fabric to cut adds your margin to every side: cut = design + 2 × margin. On 14-count Aida a 140-stitch-wide design is 140 ÷ 14 = 10 inches wide.
Add a generous margin — 3 inches per side is common — so there is room for a hoop, a framing rebate and finishing. Higher counts pack more stitches per inch, shrinking the same design; a linen worked over two threads behaves like an Aida of half its count.