Beach Gnome Cross Stitch Pattern

I don’t know if it’s possible to get enough gnomes in any crafting genre. We love gnomes in knitting and crochet, too, and gnomes are also fun to cross stitch. They’re an easy starting point for just about any holiday themed project, from Christmas to St. Patrick’s Day and beyond.

Or, in this case, summer.

The beach gnome cross stitch pattern from Craft with Cartwright answers the question of what gnomes do on vacation. They go to the beach and rest on the sand under an umbrella, just like I wish I was doing right now.

The pattern is available for free when you sign up for updates, which gives you access to a ton of free patterns for cross stitch.

In addition to this gnome cross stitch pattern, Ruth has a whole library of free gnome cross stitch patterns, including gnomes for each month and designs for Christmas, Halloween, Easter and St. Patrick’s Day. Because she’s British you’ll also find a St. David’s Day gnome and a Burns Night gnome, among other fun projects. You can really stitch up a gnome or several for any occasion!

If you need even more gnome cross stitch patterns to choose from, I’ve got you covered. I love this little collection of Christmas gnomes, and there’s a gnome pattern in this roundup of Fourth of July cross stitch patterns. I also have a whole collection of fall themed gnome cross-stitch patterns, and a fun set of little gnomes dressed up in their Halloween costumes, if you’re already thinking ahead to the next season. It will be here before we know it, after all!

Whether you stitch up a single gnome project or a full set, make them for wall hangings, greeting cards or other projects, gnomes are lots of fun to stitch and I hope you’ll have a good time with this one!

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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When you put all the time and energy you do into making a great cross stitch project, it’s worth taking the time to frame it in a way that will make it look its best.

Often for smaller designs we’ll choose to frame projects in a hoop, which is cute and a fine option, especially for seasonal projects you might want to change out through the year. Others will send their finished projects for professional framing, which is a great option for gifts and heirloom items that need to be preserved, but it can also be quite expensive.

Crewel Ghoul has a great tutorial for a way that you can easily frame your cross stitch projects at home with just a few supplies.

She uses adhesive mounting board (but you can use non-adhesive board if you have some one hand or you need a size that’s not available in an adhesive version) and a few other basic supplies to secure the sides and corners of the cross stitch fabric around the board before putting the design in the frame.

This requires a bit of hand sewing, but we’re cross stitchers so I’m sure we can handle that.

Framing your cross stitch like this gives it a little padding in the frame, which makes it look better than if it were just flat in a frame with no special finishing. It’s also a great idea to use a frame without glass or to leave the glass out of the frame so it doesn’t crush your stitches.

And though this is super secure it’s not 100 percent permanent if you decide you don’t want the project framed in that way any more. Or you can take it out of the frame and the edges are still all nicely finished so you can display it a different way without having to do anything else to it.

Check out the tutorial at Crewel Ghoul.

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul.]

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