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.

[Photo: LoveCrafts.]

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

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One of the fun things about cross stitch is all the different surfaces you can stitch on. Of course regular cross stitch fabric is the most common, you can stitch on anything with holes (and even sometimes on things without holes, if you use water soluble cross stitch fabric.

An option that has become more popular with the widespread availability of laser cutting machines is wooden blanks, which are often cut in shape to be bookmarks, holiday ornaments or other simple shapes. They can be keychains, picture frames or necklaces.

(While not wooden I even have a stitchable journal that I cross-stitched on.)

Stitching on wood or heavy card stock isn’t the same as stitching with regular cross stitch fabric, so Craft with Cartwright wrote a post about how best to work with these wooden blanks.

The main thing to know is that you don’t need a sharp needle because the holes are drilled. She also has tips on how to manage your thread (she recommends one strand of embroidery floss folded in half) and finish your project if you need help with that.

Check out the post at Craft with Cartwright for tons of tips and ideas for working with wooden blanks.

Ready to try it out for yourself? You can get rectangular pieces your could mount to a journal yourself from Toms New Old Things.

Fiore Designs has square blanks that come in different sizes and colors for your crafting needs. I am putting some stamp shaped blanks from Lunari Woods on my wish list (they also have gift tags in different sizes and colors).

You can get stitchable keychains from Millions of Stitches, circles from Geniuses of Wood, baubles from Pip and Chip and Christmas ornament shapes from Happy Stitching Time to name just a few.

Have you ever stitched on a wooden blank? I’d love to hear any tips you have!

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