Check out this Amazing Eagle Cross Stitch Pattern

I sort of consider all of summer as being a patriotic season in America, kicking off with Memorial Day and running on through the Fourth of July and beyond. I feel like it’s appropriate to decorate with red, white and blue all season, and it’s certainly fine to be stitching patriotic sentiments throughout the summer.

I recently came across this stunning eagle and American flag cross stitch design from Kitty and Me Designs (scroll down the page a bit to find this chart and key, it’s the sixth pattern on the page as of this writing) and I just had to share it.

This very detailed design uses more than 40 colors, and yet only measures 4 by 5.5 inches on 14 count fabric. That’s a lot of color! But I’m sure it would be well worth it because it’s a gorgeous design. Check it out! And I’d love to know if you make it.

[Photo: Kitty and Me Designs.]

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American Flag Cross Stitch Patterns

Traditional cross stitch designs and samplers with a primitive twist are the specialty of The Sub Rosa Design, an Etsy shop based in Hungary.

The largest section in the store is the Halloween/Thanksgiving section, which includes plenty of witches, crows and pumpkins. One that caught my eye is called Pumpkin Angel, a primitive design that looks like a woman with a pumpkin head with wings standing by a gate with pots of sunflowers.

The design is 199 by 67 stitches, which comes out to about 6.8 by 4 inches/17.5 by 10 cm stitched on 32 count linen as shown.

There are also a lot of Christmas patterns, heavy on Santa and snowmen and reindeer. The Easter and spring section includes projects with birds, lambs and rabbits with an old-fashioned feel.

There’s also a large number of sampler cross stitch patterns, taken from historical designs with their original stitchers names and dates on them. I like Lily Hall’s floral design that was originally stitched in 1884. It’s so fun to look at these (or stitch them!) and think about the women (or more accurately probably children learning to stitch) who made the originals and what their lives were like all those years ago. And how cool it is that we’re still doing the exact same thing all these years later!

In addition to holiday and sampler themed projects, there are also patriotic (Americana) designs, a few projects with bees, and a couple of patterns called Sweet Rosie, which seems to be a character stitched in the projects.

You can check out all of their designs at The Sub Rosa Design. If you check them out I’d love to know what patterns you try and how it goes for you!

Have a cross stitch designer you love who should be in the spotlight? Let me know in the comments.

[Photo: The Sub Rosa Design]

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