Butterfly Cross Stitch Patterns

I love watching out for when the butterflies start heading back north in the spring. Every year I want to plant more flowers in the hope of drawing more butterflies to my yard. If it’s not yet time for butterflies where you live, you can always stitch some with these butterfly cross stitch patterns.

The World in Stitches has a pretty retro butterfly pattern complete with little flower motifs (which of course you could leave off if you just want to have the butterfly buy itself). The full design by Colleen Carrington measures 73 by 76 stitches, which is 5.21 by 5.43 inches or 31.24 by 13.79 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 11 colors.

Purple Leaf Designs has a pretty purple (of course!) butterfly pattern that you can get for free when you sign up for emails. If you’re not as big a fan of purple, sub in shades of whatever color you like.

Stitched Modern has a cool collection of butterflies (and maybe some moths, too?) designed by Dear Sukie, which would be fun to stitch all together as shown, or you can work up individual butterflies in their own hoops. If you stitch it all together it measures 147 by 121 stitches, or 10.5 by 8.6 inches (26.6 by 21.8 cm) on 14 count fabric.

Stitch up a full specimen board of butterflies with this big design full of tiny butterflies from Tiny Cross Stitch Co on Etsy. In this 235 stitch square project you’ll find 100 little butterflies. On 16 count fabric it comes out to 13 inches/33cm square. Or take individual butterflies and stitch them on napkins, use them as a border for another project, add to cards or bookmarks…so many ways to use them!

Speaking of using butterflies as a border, the butterflies on this design from Cross with Me only take up about half of the fabric needed to fill a hoop, so you could easily add in some text or a flower or just leave the white space. I think this would look great on a sky blue fabric as well. The design uses 12 colors and measures 115 by 151 stitches.

These folk art butterflies don’t exactly look natural, but they sure are pretty and would be great as decor in a room with a boho feel. The design is from Stitchrovia and measures 178 by 180 stitches. On 14 count fabric it comes out to around 13 by 13 inches, or 33 cm.

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I was directed to a cross stitch pattern from Silverberry Designs for a recent post I was working on, and I knew that I needed to share them with you for one reason: cross stitch Clue.

This re-creation of the Clue game board fits in a 10-inch frame, so it’s not really playable, but I still love it because I loved the game (and the movie) growing up. This pattern is 122 by 127 stitches, which comes out to 8.71 by 9.7 inches, or 22.1 by 23 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 10 colors.

It turns out this store has a lot of game related cross stitch patterns. You’ll find playing cards, billiard balls, a roulette table and a classic Nintendo controller. There’s a ouija board, and board games for Sorry, Scrabble and Trouble. So fun for a game room or anywhere else.

The category that has the most patterns is holidays and religion, which is a hodgepodge of Christmas, July fourth and St. Patrick’s Day, with a Star of David, an Islamic crescent and star and some other things thrown in.

There are also a large number of LGBTQ+ patterns, from Pride flags to rainbow hearts and peace signs, and lots of other rainbow designs.

The “words & phrases” section includes bathroom rules, a blank monthly calendar, some snarky signs, teacher appreciation designs and more. You’ll also find a blank map of the United States you can stitch in as you travel, as well as more travel related designs, home and garden, holidays and celebrations, animals (hippo, owl, skunk, bald eagle, cat in leaves, etc.) and more.

The page also sells supplies including 14 count Aida fabric in 12 colors, needles, floss, hoops and more. And they have a subscription box that includes a pattern and all the supplies you need to make it. (The pattern is a surprise but you can contact them to ask if you really must know before you order.)

Check out all the fun stuff at Silverberry Designs.

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