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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Non Stop Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Ukraine with a dizzying quantity and variety of cross stitch patterns.

They tend to the cute/whimsical and colorful, with lots of flowers, animals, fantasy designs and some classic Ukraine inspired motifs.

How about this super sweet Ukrainian boy and girl design? With folk inspired clothing and adorable animals, these characters can be stitched together on one piece or separately. The images were designed by Nadiia Nagorna. The boy measures 50 by 96 and uses 22 colors and blends, while the girl is 62 by 94 stitches and uses 27 colors and blends.

Both projects involve full and half cross stitches, as well as backstitch and French knots. They are classified as intermediate patterns.

The largest category on the site is Christmas patterns, with more than 200 options, ranging from cute animals to ornaments, Santas, snowmen and more. There are also plenty of patterns for both Easter and Halloween if you like seasonal stitches.

In addition you’ll find lots of animal designs, from bears and foxes to cats and dogs, mice and elephants, birds, bunnies and bugs. And extensive flowers and plants section includes pretty bouquet cross stitch patterns, stitched wreaths and seasonal scenes, as well as food cross stitch patterns, like a swag of chili peppers, mushrooms on a postage stamp, persimmons and cherries.

The fantasy and magic category leans heavy on whimsy with cute dragons, a one-eyed monster with dragonfly wings, a mermaid listening to music, and a green bearded river spirit covered in lily pads.

And that’s not even to mention other sections like food and drinks, houses and landscapes, lighthouses, people/babies/dolls and more. There’s so much to choose from there’s no way to really categorize it all, so why don’t you head over to Non Stop Stitch and do some scrolling. I’d love to hear if you make one of their patterns!

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