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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That headline pretty much describes the Under the Sea cross stitch pattern from Una Buena Pieza, which is covered with shells, fish and other creatures of the sea. It’s not intended to be an I spy, I don’t think, and most of the same kinds of animals are grouped together, but I think it would be fun for someone who didn’t stitch it to look and see what different things they can find within.

The pattern includes turtles, jellyfish, a whale, shark, ray, all sorts of fish and shells and I’m sure other things that I’m not noticing right now. Dolphins! Coral! Seagulls!

It looks like it would be super fun to stitch and fun to have on the wall during the summer months, or even hang in a kid’s room if you know a young one who loves the beach or ocean animals.

The design is 110 by 220 stitches. It comes out to about 8 by 16 inches, or 20 by 40 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors.

This design looks great on light blue fabric as shown, but in the pattern listing on Etsy you’ll also see what it looks like on a darker blue and a white fabric, and they all look pretty good so you can use whatever color you like to suit your decor or your idea of what color the “ocean” should be. There’s even a customer photo that looks like it was done on a sort of tie-dyed green fabricc, which is really fun.

However you stitch it, I think this project would go faster than you imagine because there are so many fun little things to stitch. It will be hard to get bored when you can just move on to a different animal or part of the design.

Check out this pattern from Una Buena Pieza on Etsy.

[Photo: Una Buena Pieza]

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