# [Plan embroidered border corners](https://threadcabin.com/explore/266/plan-embroidered-border-corners)

> Choose whether corners are separate motifs, mirrored turns or continuous repeats. Reserve their chart dimensions before dividing the remaining sides into repeats.

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- Language: en
- Published: 2026-09-25T17:26:34.3419289+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-25T17:26:39.2936794+00:00
- Craft: Embroidery
- Primary image: [Illustration: A stitched geometric border turning neatly around a square linen corner, with a small separate corner practice sample.](https://threadcabin.com/images/explore/focused/embroidery-border.jpg)

Choose whether corners are separate motifs, mirrored turns or continuous repeats. Reserve their chart dimensions before dividing the remaining sides into repeats.

## Before you start

Have the chart key, chart width and height, fabric thread count and threads crossed by each stitch. Keep floss strands separate from fabric threads.

## Try this example

A 100-stitch side with 8 stitches reserved at each end leaves 84 stitches. Seven repeats of 12 fit; sketch the shared corner stitches explicitly.

## Check your result

- Count from two independent reference points before filling a large area. Verify the outer stitched dimensions on the actual ground; include finishing fabric separately.
- Changing fabric count changes physical size, not chart complexity. Fractional stitches, mixed scales and non-square grounds need explicit chart instructions.

## Sources

- [rsnstitchbank.org: cross stitch](https://rsnstitchbank.org/stitch/cross-stitch)
- [rsnstitchbank.org: counted thread](https://rsnstitchbank.org/technique/counted-thread)

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## Sources and provenance

- [Fabric count, stitch size, and thread coverage](https://threadcabin.com/explore/6/fabric-count-stitch-size-and-thread-coverage)
- [Fit complete embroidery border repeats](https://threadcabin.com/explore/76/fit-complete-embroidery-border-repeats)
- [Read the counted-chart key](https://threadcabin.com/explore/296/read-the-counted-chart-key)