Clover Cross Stitch Patterns

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, so I think it’s time to start stitching up some clover! Four-leaf clovers bring you luck, but shamrocks are three-leaved and more of a symbol of Ireland. Whichever way you stitch it, make sure it’s green!

If you’re looking for more shamrocks, check out this compilation of shamrock cross stitch patterns (I did let one four-leaf clover slip in but it’s mostly shamrocks!).

Cross stitch clover is an easy shape that’s quick to stitch up even for new stitchers. You can probably make this one from French Creek Farmhouse in an hour or so, as its relatively small and uses just one color.

Speaking of small and speedy projects, I love these little cross stitched hair clips from A Happy Song. They didn’t share the chart but you can see in the photos that the clovers are just heart shapes, and this is so clever I felt like I needed to share it anyway.

Just slightly more difficult because of the addition of a second color is the Lucky Clover cross stitch pattern from Keeping It Real. And of course you could do this one with a solid color of thread or even variegated floss if you prefer.

Mix and match all the green threads you have in your stash to make this one from Etsy Sellery. Mariana Goncalves ART. This one is 56 by 56 stitches, or 4 inches/10 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, so it’s still pretty quick and eas

Add some different textures as well as different colors with the clover cross stitch design from Mamaida Pattern, which you can find on Etsy. This one uses five colors and comes out to 47 by 58 stitches.

Or give your clover a paisley look with this design from Crazy B Patterns, also on Etsy. This is a bigger one, measuring 165 by 194 stitches, which is 11.78 by 13.85 inches or 29.94 by 35.20 cm on 14-count fabric. It’s all full cross stitches so it’s not that difficult, just a large project.

If you’re giving a gift for St. Patrick’s Day or just want a little and cute project to decorate with, check out these clover cross stitch gift tags from FUDAStitch on Etsy. Each one uses one to three colors and fits on a 2 by 3 inch (5 by 7.5 cm) piece of fabric.

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Shamrock Cross Stitch Patterns

A while back I made a little rainbow cross stitch pattern and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, so I turned it into a patch. My idea was that it could be used on a jacket or backpack, or you could add a pin to the back and wear it temporarily on a shirt or elsewhere.

But what if you want to make your design more permanent? Is it possible to turn a piece of cross stitch into an iron-on design?

It turns out yes, it is, and Sirious Stitches has done it so I didn’t have to try to figure it out on my own.

The way they did it was by using HeatnBond, an iron-on adhesive that attaches fabrics without sewing. There was still sewing involved to finish the edges of the cross stitch fabric and make it look like a purchased patch. The post shows how to do this by hand or with your sewing machine. (I just did blanket stitch edging on mine, which doesn’t look like a “real” patch but is also a lot faster.)

Once you have the patch prepared it’s a pretty easy matter of using the fusible adhesive to the back of the patch so you can then iron it onto whatever jacket, pair of jeans, bag or whatever else you might want to add it to.

I guess I’m a little paranoid about the washability of cross stitch projects, though you could hand wash anything with an iron-on cross stitch patch as you might need to with a purchased iron-on patch, anyway. But this does look really cool and is a great option if you know you want to permanently add a cross stitch patch to a garment of bag.

Get the full tutorial over at Sirious Stitches. Would you add an iron-on cross stitch patch to something? I’d love to hear what you would use this technique for!

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]

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