Colorful Cross Stitch Designs for All Seasons

When I first opened the website for Caterpillar Cross Stitch, my featured designer this week, the first thing I noticed was all the color.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been looking at lots of Christmas and winter-themed patterns, all green and red and white. Or because lots of these designers do samplers that are often monchrome.

Whatever the reason it feels like I haven’t seen this much color in a set of cross stitch designs in a while and I am here. for. it.

Caterpillar Cross Stitch is a UK-based designer who sells patterns, project kits, accessories and merchandise. They have lots of different seasonal designs, with an emphasis on Christmas, as well as florals, cross stitch quilt designs and more.

Since it’s almost Christmas as I write this, I wanted to share the 12 days of Stitchmas design, which features the elements of the song arrayed in a Christmas tree shape made out of balls. With their designs you have the option of buying a full kit of supplies with your choice of fabric (you can also add on a needle minder and project bag if you like) or just the PDF of the pattern.

And of course the Christmas jumper pattern caught my eye since I’m a knitter. So cute!

For a non-holiday option I love this Bloom and Grow pattern, featuring an array of wildflowers in colorful pots.

These designs look like just the thing to get those of us heading into the cold and gray part of the year through it with some fun crafting.

Caterpillar Cross Stitch also does an every other month subscription box, which is a full kit for a project with additional goodies. The first one for 2024 is Easter themed, though the others have not yet been revealed. They can be shipped worldwide and shipping is free for UK residents.

[Photo: Caterpillar Cross Stitch]

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The designs from Bella Rose Craft look like they would be good for beginner cross stitchers and others who like relatively simple and small designs that are quick to finish for gifts or decor.

I’ll mention up front that this Etsy shop based in Indiana has no organization whatsoever. There are two categories: kits and patterns. So it’s a bit of a treasure hunt to find what you might be interested in.

As mentioned there are lots of minis and small looking projects with simple lines and minimal colors. There are holiday projects, animals, summer motifs like palm trees and beach umbrellas, a bathtub with a rubber duck, some text based designs (like hoppy spring and merry and bright), some biblical and religious designs, flowers, bunting and more.

On a site like this its difficult to pick something representative of the whole page, but I liked this bees and beehive design, so it’s the one I picked to share. This one illustrates a lot of my general points about the patterns from this shop. It’s small (2.79 by 2.57 inches, or about 7 by 6.5 cm on 14 count fabric), it looks like it’s all whole cross stitches and probably uses only six colors, and a couple of colors are only used for a handful of stitches.

Of the 300 plus cross stitch patterns available as of this writing, 140 are also available as cross stitch kits. These would be great to give as gifts if you’re trying to get someone interested in cross stitching. The kits include the pattern, fabric and floss, and you can choose to have it include a needle or not. The hoop is not included but the patterns explain what kind of hoop is shown if you want to get one to match.

So if you’re looking for cute, beginner friendly patterns for yourself or you’re trying to be a crafty enabler for someone else, check out Bella Rose Craft on Etsy.

[Photo: Bella Rose Craft]

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