Book Review – Just CrossStitch Christmas Ornaments

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with 70+ patterns featuring our favorite designers. Through 9 festive chapters, this issue covers all styles and skill levels to make ornaments you’ll love to gift or display!

Jingle all the way! A simple pattern with a complex design, the Jingle Bells ornament features phrases from classic Christmas carols stitched with vibrant colors in the shape of a ringing bell. The bright red, green and gold are sure to help you ring in the new year!
Tender and mild. Capture the essence of a cathedral window in a gorgeous ornament. The Mary & Jesus Stained Glass pattern showcases the simple design of the mother and child in rich, electric blue that stands out from the black background.
A touch of elegance for your tree! Designed by the famous needle artist Giulia Manfredini, A Christmas Dress is a lovely design worked with full cross stitches and backstitches on sparkling fabric. Detailed finishing instructions will have you completing it before your tree is up!

Plus, you won’t want to miss our bonus Recipes & Memories chapter, packed full of holiday memories and favorite recipes from our featured designers. Download (or subscribe!) today!

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I was trying to think of some different Christmas cross stitch pattern themes that I could share with you and I came up with wanting to do a post of patterns with ornaments on them that aren’t necessarily ornaments themselves.

This is a really hard term to search for, so I’m sure there is more than what I was able to find. But I love the idea of stitching up some ornaments if you don’t have space for a tree or want to send a little holiday cheer from afar. Let’s take a look at these cross stitch patterns featuring Christmas ornaments.

The bold baubles sampler from xCounting the Starsx is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. This set of 16 little ornaments would be cute propped up on a mantle or bookshelf, and of course you could stitch them individually and turn them into ornaments, too, if you wanted. The full design is 165 by 186 stitches and uses 30 colors.

If you want even more baubles that you can mix and match into your own sampler project, check out this collection from Mason Art Maison. It includes a whopping 140 cross stitch Christmas ornaments that you can combine or use on individual projects. I love the hand drawn and painted look of these. There are seven pages or ornaments, each of which is around 300 by 300 stitches, with the individual ornaments running around 70 by 70 stitches.

Looking for something smaller? This little branch with three ball ornaments from Wild Bluebell Patterns is super cute and just 59 by 43 stitches. It comes out to 4.2 by 3.1 inches (or 10.7 by 7.8 cm).

Or try this little bundle of three baubles from Ecliptica Design. They’re shown in individual frames but you could also line them up into one project. Each is 34 by 38 stitches, or 2.4 by 2.7 inches/6.2 by 6.9 cm. They use five colors and two blends each.

Snail Fishes Stitches also has a cute Christmas ornament cross stitch pattern with a variety of little ornaments. This one uses just three colors and is 63 by 64 stitches. It’s perfect for a 5 or 6 inch hoop if you stitch it on 14 count fabric.

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