Christmas Village Cross Stitch

Embrace the beauty of winter with this captivating winter scene cross stitch pattern. While it may feature colors commonly associated with Christmas, its appeal extends beyond the holiday season, making it a delightful project for stitchers who don’t celebrate Christmas or simply appreciate the serene beauty of winter landscapes. The versatility of this pattern allows you to customize it to your liking, allowing for variations in the colors of the hills and trees to create a non-holiday feel if desired.

Created by DMC, a trusted name in the cross stitch world, this pattern offers a harmonious palette of six colors. These colors are thoughtfully selected to capture the essence of a serene winter scene, depicting the tranquility and magic of a snowy landscape. Each stitch brings the scene to life, transporting you to a world of quiet beauty and peaceful solitude.

With a finished size of 8.1 by 7.9 inches on 14-count fabric, this pattern offers a substantial canvas for you to immerse yourself in the stitching process. The larger size allows for intricate details, capturing the subtle nuances of the winter scene and showcasing your stitching skills. As you work through the pattern, you’ll experience a sense of accomplishment and pride as the design unfolds beneath your nimble fingers.

This pattern incorporates both cross stitching and backstitching techniques, adding depth and definition to the finished piece. The combination of these stitches creates a sense of realism and dimension, allowing the winter scene to truly come alive. Rated for intermediate-level stitchers, this pattern offers a rewarding challenge while still being accessible to those with some stitching experience.

To obtain the pattern, you can create a free account on LoveCrafts, where you’ll find the pattern available for download. Presented in both English and French, the pattern ensures that stitchers from various backgrounds can enjoy the beauty of this winter scene and embark on their stitching journey with confidence.

Whether you choose to frame your completed piece as a standalone work of art or incorporate it into a larger winter-themed project, this winter scene cross stitch pattern is sure to evoke a sense of tranquility and wonder. Display it on your wall or gift it to a loved one to bring a touch of serene beauty to their surroundings.

So, gather your threads, prepare your needle, and let the magic of this winter scene unfold beneath your fingertips. With each stitch, you’ll create a masterpiece that captures the essence of winter and showcases your skill as a stitcher.

The pattern, from DMC, is in English and French and you can download it with a free account from LoveCrafts.

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Looking for more Christmas Cross Stitch patterns? Check these out on Etsy. and these designs on DMC threads website.

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To celebrate back to school season, I wanted to make a fun and useful cross stitch pattern, so I decided on this cross stitch pencil bookmark.

It’s a really easy pattern even though it calls for six colors. You definitely don’t have to use all the colors if you don’t want to, and you can use different colors to make a colored pencil instead of the traditional yellow one.

These sorts of projects always end up taking longer than I imagined they would in my head, because I just don’t stop to do the math of exactly how many stitches are in a piece that’s 23 stitches by 74 rows (1,702, though not every single one of them is covered, most of them are).

But because the coloring of the chart is so straightforward, I’d say it also doesn’t take as long as 1,700 stitches sounds, if that makes sense. Because you barely have to count anything and could make most of it without consulting the chart, you can get into a groove pretty easily and stitch whole sections in a single sitting. I had a lot of fun stitching this one and I think you will, too.

Once the stitching is done, take a piece of felt and sew it to the back to hide the mess you’ve made and make it a nice smooth bookmark that’s easy to use in whatever book you might be reading.

This is a fun one to make for yourself or a kid in your life who is going back to school. But it would also be a fun teacher appreciation gift or holiday gift, especially for an English teacher but really anyone would like this one I think.

You can grab the free chart and get all the instructions for assembling your own cross stitch pencil bookmark over at Our Daily Craft.

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