Camping Themed Cross Stitch Patterns

I have only been camping in a tent a few times in my life and I have to say I don’t enjoy it. But I know some people do, and if camp life is the best life for you, you’ll want to check out these camping themed cross stitch patterns.

First I love this little tent pattern from Plaid Online. It’s an easy little pattern that uses five colors and measures 34 by 32 stitches. The back stitched trees, grass and clouds add an extra element of cuteness.

This tent surrounded by mountains, trees and a river could almost convince me to try camping again. The design is from So Easy Pattern and it measures 109 by 87 stitches. It uses 13 colors and is available on Etsy.

Camp Cross Stitch has a lot of camping themed cross stitch projects as you might guess from the name. I was trying to keep this set more to tents than campers (though I’m sure we’ll get to those before the summer is out) so we’re keeping it simple here with one that says “let’s go camping” with a tent and a tree. It looks like it uses about seven colors and the sales page says it measures about 5.5 by 3 inches on 14 count fabric (or 14 by 7.6 cm).

This camping cross stitch sampler does include a camper but also two tents so I’ll allow it. The design is from Cross Stitch Foxy, and while it’s cute all in one piece like this, you could also stitch individual motifs on different projects (patches for your hiking pack, maybe?). The full design is 15 by 8 inches/38 by 21 cm on 14 count fabric and uses 24 colors. The stitch area is 210 by 114 stitches.

And speaking of minis there are also these cure adventure and camping themed designs from The Stitch Mill that are cute in a bunch or stitched individually. The larger adventure set is shown in a 10-inch hoop, while the smaller camping themed sampler is in a 6 in hoop. Both are stitched on 18 count fabric.

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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