All You Need is Love Cross Stitch Pattern

I don’t know why, but it feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve shared any free cross stitch patterns. I guess it’s just easy to search on Etsy when I’m looking for particular things and not take the time to scroll and embrace the randomness of looking on Pinterest or at random saved links.

But I was wandering around recently and found a link for The World In Stitches, which has a great collection of free cross stitch patterns you’ll want to check out.

One that caught my eye for the season we’re heading into is this All You Need is Love design. It was meant to be for spring but I think it would be lovely for Valentine’s Day as well.

It features cute 3D block lettering and is embellished with flowers, plant life and birds. I love the kind of retro looking colors of this one (which looks great with that font choice) but you can use any colors you like. If you were making it for Valentine’s Day you could add more pinks and reds, though there’s already a fair bit of pink here.

The pattern measures 82 by 114 stitches. That comes out to 5.13 by 7.13 inches, or 13.02 by 18.1 cm when stitched on 16 count fabric. As stitched it calls for 7 colors. It looks like it only uses full cross stitches, but there is quite a lot of back stitching so if you don’t like that you might want to skip this one.

Head to The World in Stitches to get a copy of this pattern, and scroll through to see more of their free cross stitch patterns. There’s lots of seasonal and holiday content if you like that sort of thing.

Also, let me know if the comments if you’ve got a favorite source or two for free cross stitch patterns, and I’ll try to share more of them!

[Photo: The World in Stitches]

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Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few.

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital.

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well.

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders.

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions.

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops.

[Photo: Inkspire Studio Shops]

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