America Cross Stitch Patterns

I feel like Memorial Day is the start of patriotic season in the United States. We have Memorial Day, Flag Day and the Fourth of July in a three-month span, and it feels like it’s always appropriate to have summer decor in red, white and blue.

Over the years I’ve shared plenty of patriotic cross stitch patterns (see Fourth of July cross stitch and American flag cross stitch, to name just a couple) but today I wanted to share some projects with patriotic sentiment that aren’t necessarily tied to a particular holiday.

For example, this America cross stitch pattern from The Elegant Thread. It uses seven colors and is 78 by 57 stitches, or 5.5 by 4 inches/13.9 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. The pattern chart is free on their website.

Janlynn has a flag design shaped like a heart that is a free pattern on their website as well. Designed by Sandy Garbrandt, is measures 47 by 48 stitches and uses five colors for the cross stitching and three for back stitches. It measures 3.25 by 3.375 inches (8.2 by 8.5 cm) on 14 count fabric. This one is on a free patterns page; scroll down and click on the image and the PDF will download automatically.

This patriotic sunflower from Etsy seller Mamida Pattern is a perfect project for summer. Worked in just three colors, it measures 100 by 97 stitches, which comes out to 7.1 by 6.9 inches, or 18.1 by 17.6 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

America the Beautiful from The French Giraffe is made to fit in a 4 by 4 inch (10 by 10 cm) frame and is a great little project for a newer stitcher. It uses three colors and is 48 by 48 stitches.

Another one on the theme of “land that I love” is this pattern worked as a pillow from Calico Confectionery. This one has a vintage style with toned down colors, but you could choose bolder hues if you like. It measures 151 by 78 stitches and is shown on 16 count fabric.

On go with the classic text “We the People” styled as written in the preamble to the Constitution. This pattern is from Spring Rose Crafts and is shown stitched in black, but you could change it to red, white and blue if you wanted. It measures 5 by 14 inches (12.7 by 35.5 cm) stitched on 14-count fabric.

American Flag Cross Stitch Patterns

Patriotic Cross Stitch for Memorial Day

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35+ Sunflower Cross Stitch Patterns

If you love patterns for frogs and sardines, animals, food, flowers and more, Happy Cross Stitchers has got you covered. With more than 1,600 patterns as of this writing, you’re almost guaranteed to find something you like.

I don’t know if I’ve missed something that cross stitch patterns featuring sardines are showing up everywhere (this is the second designer I’ve seen with them in the past month or so) but Happy Cross Stitchers has 60 sardine cross stitch patterns. They also have 200 patterns with flowers, and even more than that in their biggest category, which is animals.

Many of the animal cross stitch patterns have a modern nursery feel to them, like this set of four modern boho animal patterns featuring what I’m interpreting as owls, a moose (or it coulr be a deer), a donkey and a cow. Each individual pattern is 100 by 100 stitches and they use six or seven colors. The designs will come out to 7.1 inches or 18.14 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

There’s also a large number of Christmas cross stitch patterns, with lots of trees, little houses, Santas and word art. There are lots of bunnies, eggs and chicks in the Easter section.

The modern designs include lots of colorful, graphic florals. There are also well over 100 butterflies, many of which at least look like they could be inspired by real butterflies (though none of them are labeled as to what kind of butterfly they are).

You’ll also find plenty of cute and often funny cat and dog cross stitch patterns, though there are a lot more cats than dogs represented. And then there’s the food section, with patterns for fruits, different kinds of toast, a jar of pickles, doughnuts and more.

And that’s not even all there is in this store! I guess all this is a long way of saying there’s a lot of fun patterns at www.etsy.com/shop/HappyCrossStitchers on Etsy and you should go browse because you’ll probably find something you like. And if you do, I’d like to hear about it!

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