A Bunch of Mini Cat Cross Stitch Patterns

I know that I have shared a few of these individual patterns before, but if you’re a fan of cats and cross stitch I wanted to make sure you knew about the whole bunch of mini cat cross stitch patterns that are available from Happiness is Cross Stitching.

In all there are 24 different cats, with one for each month of the year as well as some seasonal and holiday ones. A few holidays repeat like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas, but it’s always good to have options, right?

Since St. Patrick’s Day is coming up soon I wanted to share this one, which is a little black cat wearing a hat and green collar with a shamrock on its tail. It looks like the pattern would use two colors (three if you want to make the eyes and nose white) and the actual stitching area is less than 30 by 30, co it wouldn’t take all that long to stitch. There’s a little bit of back stitching for the whiskers and shamrock stem, but this would be a great project for a new stitcher to try.

As I mentioned above, there’s also a cat for every month of the year if you want to make a sampler or stitch a topper for a little printed calendar. Or you could take the cats from those monthly patterns and use them in other projects.

These are super cute as gift tags or on cards, or there are some shown as little pillows if you like that look. The great thing about minis is that you can use them a bunch of different ways. A

And of course these cats are black, but you could easily change the coloring to make it look more like a cat in your life if you don’t happen to be lucky enough to have a black cat.

You can find all the charts — and some ideas of what to do with them — at Happiness is Cross Stitching.

[Photo: Happiness is Cross Stitching]

Mango Charm Studio doesn’t have a huge collection of cross stitch patterns in their Etsy shop, but at the risk of repeating their own descriptor, the designs they do have are charming, pretty and cute.

This shop has cross stitch patterns and bookmark designs, as well as a few laser designs you can use to cut your own signs. But that’s a different craft, so let’s focus on the cross stitch.

The bookmarks are the only section that is separated out, but there aren’t a lot of patterns to scroll through in their general cross stitch art category. You’ll find a lot of flowers, from marigold to lily of the valley, gladiolus to carnation.

It turns out these are all birth flowers, and there’s also a set of all 12 designs if you want to buy the bundle and stitch them up for everyone’s birthday.

When it comes to bundles, though, I can’t resist sharing the mini coastal cross stitch pattern bundle, both because this shop is based in Maine and that feels appropriate, and because there’s a big place in my heart for New England costal icons.

This set of nine designs includes a sand castle under an umbrella, a shell, sailboat, lobster, lighthouse, beach house, whale tail, blueberry plant and anchor.

The pieces range in size from 10 by 34 to 35 by 34 stitches, and in all only seven colors are used. These would all fit in 3 or 4 inch hoops if you want to make the whole set in little frames like they are shown.

In addition to flowers and coastal designs, you’ll also find Halloween cross stitch patterns (including a full set of ghosts and their hobbies, and a vintage fortune teller design), Mediterranean tile designs, little houses, fruits and black cats.

The bookmark section includes seasonal book stacks, flowers, a couple of geese and a best dad ever with mountain design.

It’s a small but sweet selection that you should check out at Mango Charm Studio on Etsy.

[Photo: Mango Charm Studio]

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