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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Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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