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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If you like seasonal samplers and cross stitch patterns with a primitive twist, you’ll enjoy the collection from Curious Carrie Designs.

You’ll find alphabet designs, biscornu, patriotic projects and more. The summer category is the largest on the storefront, with Americana and floral designs. There are also categories for the other seasons and more general designs.

One of my favorites is this pretty sunflower cross stitch pattern, which is shown styled as a biscornu but it wouldn’t have to be. The pattern features sunflowers and bees and a little beehive. It uses 12 colors of floss and each side of the pattern is 51 by 51 stitches, which comes out to 3.64 inches or 9.2 cm square.

I love the fabric she used for the sample, which she actually dyed purple herself, but it would also be pretty on a purchased light blue or other color if you don’t want to dye your own.

There’s also a whole set of themed biscornu with a four letter word on one side (crow, home, love and snow, to name a few) along with a seasonal pattern on the other side.

The shop has a rather small selection at around 90 patterns as of this writing, but it’s a nice collection of traditional looking designs heavy on samplers and biscornu designs, so if those are things you like you’ll want to be sure to check it out. Visit Curious Carrie Designs on Etsy to see all her pretty designs.

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[Photo: Curious Carrie Designs]

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