Christmas Village Cross Stitch Patterns

I always feel a little weird sharing holiday patterns as early as I know I need to for people to be able to make them for the current year’s holiday season, but in this case we might already be too late to start and finish these this year. But I know people love Christmas villages, both three-dimensional and in cross stitch form, and these would definitely be well worth the time they’ll take even if they’re not ready until next year.

This all started when I came across une rue á Noel from Chez Mounette, which you might guess from the name shows a winter street scene. It includes five buildings and the chart is in color but doesn’t show the DMC numbers for the colors, so you can use what you have to make this pretty scene.

Zanna Cross Stitch’s pretty Christmas village shows six buildings and a church steeple all lit up and covered in snow, with a little creek running through the scene. This one is definitely for experienced stitches, as the size is 400 by 400 stitches and there is no white space. It uses 85 colors and you can find it on Etsy.

I love the fanciful (and colorful!) village shown in this Christmas town scene from Stitchrovia on Etsy. This one is 140 by 141 stitches, or about 10 by 10 inches on 14 count fabric. It only uses whole stitches so it’s a good choice for new stitchers ready to take on a big project.

A more simplified version of the Christmas village comes from Lucie Heaton, whose pretty Christmas village measures 112 by 112 stitches, or about 8 by 8 inches on 14 count fabric. It’s so cute on sky blue fabric with its pink Christmas tree! It uses 15 colors and you can find it on Etsy.

This classic Christmas town cross stitch pattern from Wombat Stitching on Etsy has sets of buildings lined up together and a little sampler style scene at the bottom. This one is 323 by 137 stitches, or 22.8 by 9.4 inches on 14 count fabric. It uses 16 colors and is all full cross stitches.

Or spread out buildings all over your fabric along with some pretty trees to make this Christmas village cross stitch pattern from Etsy seller ABC Cross Stitch. This is a good one for more advanced stitchers, and comes out to around 18 inches square on 14 count fabric.

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15 Ugly Christmas Holiday Sweaters To Cross Stitch

It might seem a little early (if you’re reading this when I’m writing this) to be thinking abut the holiday season, but cross stitching takes time, and if you want to stitch a bunch of gifts or decor for the season, that’s going to take some time.

Merry Stitchmas by Emma Congdon is here to inspire you to get your holiday stitching started, with 24 fun and colorful designs. You’ll find wall hangings, ornaments, stockings, bunting, greeting cards and gift tags, cute letters made out of decorated gift boxes, another set of drop shadow letters, stylized snowflake hoop art and more.

There are folk art figures, a festive patchwork and plenty of word art, with lots of bold and not always traditional colors to go around.

Some of my favorites include the bold graphic lettering on the ho, ho, ho bunting banner and the collection of little stamps, which she shows all stitched together but would also be cute stitched as individual gift tags or you could even make a stitched card with a fabric envelope and use one of these as a stamp.

The charts are large and colorful and provide options for personalization and spelling preferences. One design says “My favorite color is Christmas lights” and it includes charts for both British and American spellings. Rows are numbered and the color key is in the center of the page spread, which could make it a little hard to read (I reviewed this in PDF so I’m not sure if the margin is big enough to keep the key out of the gutter).

The back of the book includes instructions for how to stitch and read charts as well as making up instructions for finishing projects in the various ways shown in the book such as a wall hanging, framed picture, stockings, a pillow, hoop art and gift tags. There are also templates in the back for the shapes used.

This is a sweet book for people who like their holiday decor a little traditional but a little modern at the same time.

About the book: 136 pages, paperback, 24 patterns. Published 2025 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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