Cornucopia Cross Stitch Patterns

I was trying to come up with a motif that is more about the harvest time of fall than specific to Thanksgiving, and I had the idea to look for some cornucopia cross stitch patterns. These would be pretty to display for Thanksgiving or throughout the fall season to celebrate the harvest.

If you want to keep it super simple, try the vintage cornucopia pattern from Callies Cozy Crafts, which is a teensy 30 by 28 stitches. It fits perfectly in the 3-inch hoop, with a finished size of 2.25 by 2 inches/5.4 by 5.1 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 11 colors.

Another easy and cute project is this simple small cornucopia from Anabellas Shop. It’s shown made into a little pillow but you could also frame it. The project is 80 by 96 stitches, and is shown worked on 16 count fabric. The pattern doesn’t indicate but I think it’s about 13 colors.

I love the autumn tones in this pixel style cornucopia pattern from Threading Our Journey. This pattern is 71 by 56 stitches and uses 16 colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to 5.1 by 4 inches or 12.9 by 10.2 cm. This one would be great on a cream colored fabric.

Alternatively, the variety of colors in this cornucopia pattern from Eccentric Avenue, which fits in a 10 inch hoop when worked on 18 count fabric. The finished pattern on that count is 8 by 8 inches, or 20.3 cm.

Prefer a printed pattern? This autumn harvest cornucopia cross stitch pattern from Kitty and Me Designs comes as a printed pattern leaflet, which is nice if you prefer an analog experience. This design is 116 by 85 stitches, which comes out to 8.25 by 6 inches, or about 21 by 15.24 cm, on 14 count fabric or 28 count Laguna over 2 threads. It calls for 54 colors and two blends for the cross stitching. Nine colors (which are also used in the stitching) are used for backstitching, and one color for knots. Sounds like a lot, but the pretty result is worth it!

Bread Cornucopia [Edible Crafts]

DIY Colorful Cornucopia [Home and Garden]

Free Cornucopia Glass Pattern [Glass Art]

Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few.

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital.

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well.

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders.

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions.

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops.

[Photo: Inkspire Studio Shops]

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