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St. Nicholas is a symbol of the spirit of Christmas, of goodwill, and of the goodness of the holiday season.
And, as any child knows, he’s the one who brings the toys on Christmas! This design is nicely sized and will make a great project for the holidays. The free chart is available from Abby Gaelle.
Looking for more Christmas Cross Stitch patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
It seems like there’s no end to the available options when it comes to cross stitch bookmarks, which is a good thing because they’re perennially popular to stitch as well. This time I thought I’d share some colorful cross stitch bookmarks to get you ready for the new school year or to make meeting your reading goals a little more fun.
I love these retro floral designs from The Stitch Patterns. This set of four patterns is rated as very easy, and each bookmark measures 2.5 by 6 inches (or 6.35 by 15.25 cm) on 14 count fabric.
These cute ones that look like mosaic tile would also be fun to stitch. This set includes five designs from EmbroSTyle Designs, and they call them folk art but they mostly look like old mosaics to me. Either way, the bookmarks are 25 by 101 stitches, and to stitch the full set uses 12 colors.
If you’re looking for more of a challenge, you can stitch up a work of art with this set of 16 bookmarks designed to look like famous paintings. Stitch some sunflowers or a great wave or a starry night. Most of these are between 14 and 20 colors (the great wave is only 8) and the bookmarks are totally covered with stitching at a count of 35 by 100 stitches. Grab this set from Sunset and Sea Design.
Or how about some bookmarks inspired by books (or by movies inspired by books)? This set of Lord of the Rings bookmarks includes four landmarks from the books/movies. Each one is 35 by 115 stitches and uses between 8 and 17 colors. You can find them at byCountryMagicStitch.
These don’t quite all fit the description of being colorful bookmarks to cross stitch, but a few of them do, and speaking of book-themed bookmarks I had to share this set from Mama Geek inspired by Heartstopper. There are seven designs in all that should be quite familiar to readers (or viewers of the series).
St Nicholas is celebrated in the Netherlands on December 5 or 6. He doesn’t bring the Christmas presents but the Sinterklaas day presents, with his helper Zwarte Piet (black pete)
Santa Claus brings the Christmas presents, Santa was originated LONG after Sinterklaas.
(I am Dutch so know about Sinterklaas lol)
Just FYI 🙂
Oh – thanks for the history lesson! I stand corrected!