Bird Bath - PDF

Bird Bath Cross Stitch Pattern by Kooler Design Studio – Detailed Summary

This Bird Bath embroidery chart, designated KDS# 1226, is a charming decorative cross stitch design created by Barbara Baatz Hillman for Kooler Design Studio, Inc. Released in 2011 and available as a downloadable PDF, this pattern is part of the Kooler Classic Charts collection and is well suited to stitchers with an intermediate skill level. The finished piece is intended as a decorative embroidery project, making it a lovely addition to home décor or a thoughtful handmade gift.

What Is Being Made

The design depicts a bird bath scene, a classic and timeless decorative motif featuring rich natural colors drawn from an extensive palette of DMC embroidery floss. The color range includes deep blacks, rich reds, soft greens, warm tans, dusty blues, and delicate pinks, suggesting a lush garden composition with birds, foliage, and florals surrounding the central bird bath feature. With a stitch count of 183 stitches wide by 139 stitches high, this is a substantial and rewarding project that produces a detailed, heirloom-quality piece.

Fabric and Materials

The design is stitched on 14 Count White Aida fabric, which is the standard recommended ground fabric for this pattern. Aida cloth is a popular even-weave fabric specifically manufactured for counted cross stitch, with clearly defined holes that make it easy to place stitches accurately. The pattern also provides sizing guidance for several alternative fabric counts:

• 10 Count Aida: approximately 18¼ inches wide × 13⅞ inches high
• 14 Count Aida: approximately 13 inches wide × 9⅞ inches high
• 16 Count Aida: approximately 11⅜ inches wide × 8⅝ inches high
• 18 Count Aida: approximately 10⅛ inches wide × 7⅝ inches high

Stitchers are advised to add 4–6 inches to each measurement when cutting the fabric to allow adequate margins for framing or finishing. The higher the fabric count, the finer and smaller the finished design will appear, giving stitchers flexibility in how they wish to display the completed piece.

Embroidery Floss

The pattern calls exclusively for DMC embroidery floss, one of the most widely trusted and readily available brands of six-strand cotton floss in the needlework world. The full palette includes the following DMC colors:

• 310 (Black), 321 (Red), 414 (Dark Steel Gray), 471 (Very Light Avocado Green)
• 535 (Very Light Ash Gray), 561 (Very Dark Jade), 562 (Medium Jade), 563 (Light Jade)
• 647 (Medium Beaver Gray), 648 (Light Beaver Gray), 738 (Very Light Tan), 745 (Light Pale Yellow)
• 772 (Very Light Yellow Green), 776 (Medium Pink), 792 (Dark Cornflower Blue), 793 (Medium Cornflower Blue)
• 794 (Light Cornflower Blue), 818 (Baby Pink), 891 (Dark Carnation), 920 (Medium Copper)
• 921 (Copper), 932 (Light Antique Blue), 957 (Pale Geranium), 3753 (Ultra Very Light Antique Blue)
• 3756 (Ultra Very Light Baby Blue), 3854 (Medium Autumn Gold), 3855 (Light Autumn Gold), 3866 (Ultra Very Light Mocha Brown)
• Blanc (White)

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