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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Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few.

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital.

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well.

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders.

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions.

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops.

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