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Make Cross Stitched Ombre Table Numbers for a DIY Wedding

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ombre cross stitch table numbersI love it when crafty elements are incorporated into weddings and other celebrations (though I got married at a time when I wasn’t making a lot so there weren’t really any DIY parts to my own celebration).

These cross stitched ombre table numbers from Saturday Crafternoons are an easy way to make your seating arrangements a little more personal, and you can stick to the colors of your wedding if you don’t want to make them all different colors.

Her instructions offer great tips for making any letters or numbers (or any solid-color design, I’d guess) into an ombre by changing colors as you go. It’s super clever and really pretty, too.

Did you do any cross stitching for your wedding? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Saturday Crafternoons.]

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  1. I stumbled across this post because I am trying to change a pattern from solid to ombre. Unfortunately, Saturday Crafternoons isn’t a working site anymore. By chance do you remember the tips about how to create the ombre effect?

  2. This was from 2016 and I don’t actually remember exactly how it was done but I think the colors are mixed by doing part of the x in one color and part in the other as you change colors.

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

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These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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