Celebrate Pride with this Sweet Cross Stitch Pattern

June 5, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

The month of June is known as Pride Month, a time where we celebrate and honor the history of LGBTQ+ folks and acknowledge how far we still have to go to provide true equality.

In parts of America drag queens have been a hot button issue over the past couple of years, which makes this free Pride cross stitch pattern from Rose & Crow Needlework all the more fun.

Declaring “Don’t be a drag, just be a queen,” it’s stitched up in tiny bits of rainbow colors, plus white if you use a dark fabric, or black if you use a light fabric.

This mini cross stitch pattern measures 26 by 17 stitches and uses seven colors. The lettering is worked in back stitch, so this is a great project for beginners.

If you stitch it on 14 count fabric it comes out to about 3 by 3 inches (7.62 by 7.62 cm), so you could also make it into a pin to wear at the Pride parade or any other events you have going on in June or any other time. It would also be great on a backpack or jacket any time of year.

You can grab this free pattern from Rose & Crow Needlework’s freebies page. As of this writing it’s at the top, but you might need to scroll through to find it. It’s worth checking out their other patterns, too, which include things like a voting sticker, a vintage Christmas ornament, and a magpie sitting on top of a skull, among other things.

Looking for more cross stitch projects to help celebrate pride? I’ve got a collection of Pride themed cross stitch patterns here, and I also wrote about a Pride cross stitch pattern bundle that benefits LGBTQ+ charities (the post is from 2023 but it seems like the bundle is still for sale).

[Photo: Rose & Crow Needlework]

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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