Boba Cat Cross Stitch Patterns

This all started with me browsing some of the sites I look at for patterns and content to share, and I found the Boba tea cat cross stitch pattern from JPCrochet.

This adorable project has a cat in the cup and on the lid. It uses eight colors and measures 111 by 139 stitches, which comes out to 20 by 25 centimeters, or 7.8 by 9.8 inches.

And it is cute, and I wanted to share it, but there’s not a lot to say about a boba cat cross stitch pattern. So I went looking for more and the Internet did not disappoint.

There’s the cat cup boba cross stitch pattern from Needle Minder Lair, which uses eight colors and is 81 by 47 stitches. That’s 5.79 by 3.36 inches, or 14.71 by 18.53 cm.

Or you can stitch a boba cat cup complete with arms and a tail, like this one from Kawaii Template Studio. It measures 60 by 75 stitches and uses four colors.

Were you hoping for a cat drinking boba instead? I’m glad you asked, because there’s also the cat and bubble tea cross stitch pattern from Stitch A Quote. This one uses six colors and is 56 by 72 stitches, which is 3.9 by 5.1 inches or 10 by 13 cm on 14 count fabric.

And here’s another cat drinking bubble tea from Lazy Lamb Co. This thirsty gray kitty pattern is 2.07 by 2.21 inches (that’s 5.25 by 5.6 cm). It looks like it uses six colors and includes backstitch to outline the cat and the cup.

How about more cats in bubble tea? This sampler includes six kitties floating in tasty and colorful beverages, and you could easily change up the colors on the cats to match any special felines in your life. The design is from Patterns by SA Stitch and it calls for 13 colors. If you stitch the whole thing it’s 116 by 107 stitches, but you can also pick out your favorite beverage and just stitch that one. The whole thing measures 8.29 by 7.64 inches, or 21 by 19 cm.

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Tea Cross Stitch Patterns

I’ll admit to not taking as much care as I should when finishing cross stitch projects. Just like blocking in knitting or crochet, taking the time to finish a cross stitch project right means it will look its best, whether you’re making it as a gift or to keep.

And when it comes to cross stitch, the best method for finishing is washing and pressing.

Kat and Catkin and Lillie makes the argument that you should always press your finished pieces, and wash them the vast majority of the time as well.

Washing of course will help if there is any visible dirt that got on the project while stitching, but it also helps remove oils and skin cells you can’t see but that can speed up damage to your project in the long run.

Washing and pressing also help remove creases from the hoop or from storing the project, and if you use heat-erasable marking pens to grid your fabric, this will remove any visible marks.

So we’ve got the why down, but what about the how?

Kat has a great step by step tutorial on how to wash your cross stitch projects and how to iron them safely. You probably have everything you need to do this, it just takes a bit of time to go through the process. It’s certainly worth it, though, if you’ve spent a lot of time on a project and are gifting it or framing it and want to show it off to its best.

Click over to the post at Catkin and Lillie for all the details, plus some really good thoughts on times when you might not want to wash a project and how to test the colorfastness of your threads so you’ll know if a project is safe to wash.

Do you wash and press your finished cross stitch projects? I’d love to hear all about your process!

[Photo: Catkin and Lillie]

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