Basketball Cross Stitch for March Madness

Whether you’re getting ready for the college tournament, prefer professional ball or have a kid who plays basketball, these basketball cross stitch patterns will carry you through March Madness and beyond.

Keep it simple with this cross stitch basketball pattern from Brenley Stitches. The design measures 60 by 59 stitches (a little more than 4 inches/10 cm) and uses three colors.

Or try this watercolor basketball design from Light Unicorn Designs. This one is 199 by 200 stitches and uses 22 colors. On 14 count fabric it measures 14.21 by 14.29 inches, or 36.1 by 36.3 cm.

Another fun sort of watercolor basketball is from Silhouette Stitch. It uses two colors and is 91 by 96 stitches. That comes out to about 6.5 by 6.9 inches, or 16.5 by 17.4 cm on 14 count fabric.

I weirdly found two different basketball playing gnomes enshrined in cross stitch. This one from Happy Little Stitche has a number in the beard that you could change to match your favorite gnome, and the basketball hat is really funny. This one is 74 by 120 stitches, and uses 9 colors. On 14 count fabric it’s 5.3 by 8.6 inches, or 13.4 by 21.8 cm.

The other gnome is holding a basketball and has a striped hat, which you could change to team colors if you want. This one is by AtS Cross Stitch and measures 36 by 80 stitches. That’s about 2.5 by 5.5 inches/6 by 14 cm on 14 count fabric. It calls for five colors.

Share your love of basketball with the world with this easy design from Delia Cross Stitches. It uses just two colors and measures 69 by 68 stitches, making your finished design 4.9 by 4.8 inches or 12.5 by 12.3 cm on 14 count fabric.

Digi Cross Stitch has a fun basketball subway art pattern that also uses two colors. This one is 226 by 238 stitches, or a little more than 16 by 17 inches/41 by 43 cm on 14 count fabric. Sizing for other stitch counts is included if you want to make it smaller.

If there’s a basketball player in your life, you might want to stitch the cool basketball girl cross stitch pattern from Art and Hobby Shop (I looked for a boy and didn’t find it but if you see one send me the link and I’ll update!). This one uses two colors and is 144 by 146 stitches, which comes out to 10.3 by 10.4 inches on 14 count fabric (or 26.1 by 26.4 cm).

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The cross stitcher behind the blog Sirious Stitches is quite into biscornu.

If you’re not, a quick primer: biscornu are three-dimensional cross-stitched objects with eight points, often with an indention in the middle that makes them look a bit like doughnuts without the hole. They can be just about any size and subject you can think of. They’re often used as pincushions but can also be seasonal decor or just decoration for any time of year.

I’ve got a collection of biscornu cross stitch patterns here.

Once you’ve stitched one or several (they are a little addicting) you might wonder what you can add to them to make them even more extra.

It very much depends on the design of your biscornu and the look you are going for, but Sirious Stitches has a great post all about some of the options you might consider.

I don’t want to give you the whole list because you need to go visit and see all of their great biscornu they’ve stitched, but one really easy thing that you can do with a lot of designs is take advantage of that center indent by adding a button, beads, silk flower or another embellishment.

This is great to do just with a basic button from your stash that coordinates with the design and colors of the cross stitching, but it’s extra fun if you have a button that’s on theme, such as a leaf for a fall biscornu or a flower shaped button for a floral design. Add a jingle bell to a Christmas pattern, or a charm if you don’t have a button that coordinates.

Just this one idea is sure to get you thinking about ways to embellish biscornu (not to mention other cross stitch projects) but head over to Sirious Stitches to see all of their ideas for embellishing biscornu to make these already fun projects even more fun.

Have you ever made biscornu? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]

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