Cross Stitch a Sampler Full of Scissors

As cross stitchers, we have lots of essential tools, including our thread and fabric, but one of the things none of us can live without is our scissors.

I have scissors of all sizes all over the house, from large fabric cutting scissor (and everything-but-fabric scissors) to thread cutters at my desk, across the room by my sewing machine and in my basket of knitting supplies that lives in the living room.

This pretty monochrome sampler from Daily Pattern Post honors the humble scissors in all their many forms. While the pattern includes a sewing machine I feel like this is a great project for crafters of all genres to make.

In addition to a multitude of different kinds of scissors, there are also some fun floral designs, numbers and the year stitched in (you could add your initials in that space if you’d rather).

The design is 251 by 211 stitches, which comes out to 18 by 15 inches, or 45.5 by 38.3 cm, on 14 count fabric. The pattern notes have measurements for other sizes if you want to make it a bit smaller.

While this is lovely in dark blue you can stitch it in whatever color suits your mood or decor. It would also be pretty on a darker cross stitch fabric stitched with lighter colored floss.

And of course if this big cross stitch pattern feels like too much of a commitment right now, you can always pick your favorite pair or pairs of scissors and use them in a different project. How about a scissors charm for your scissors made of a bit of cross stitch that includes scissors? Or pull out the spool of thread, sewing machine or one of the little floral designs to use on its own.

If you’d like to give this pattern a try, you can find it in the Daily Pattern Post shop on Etsy. I’d love to hear how it goes if you try it out!

[Photo: Daily Pattern Post]

Siren Stitchworks has cross stitch patterns that feel like old samplers (and some of them are in fact historical reproductions) even when they are modern designs. They have patriotic patterns, biscornus, pop culture patterns and more so let’s take a look.

One of the projects that caught my eye was the Mexican menagerie, a set of five Mexican folk art inspired creatures. There’s a bird, horses, dragons, alligators and cats on these designs, which you can make into tiny pillow or ornaments.

The pattern notes don’t say how many colors are used but it doesn’t look like any of them have more than five colors. It does note the smallest pattern is 59 by 59 stitches, and the largest is 82 by 68 stitches. They also only use full cross stitches.

The category with the largest number of entries (which is still only 12 as of this writing; this is a small shop) is called ornaments and smalls. It includes this menagerie and another Mexican animal collection, as well as traditional looking patterns with a twist, such as a little pattern with Yule goats, a needlebook cover that looks like a tombstone and alphabet samplers that include Greek, Latin and Hebrew.

There are also a bunch of samplers, divided into monochrome, traditional and reproduction samplers. There are some fun ones in the monochrome department, including a Titanic sampler and an aloha design with a pineapple motif. Traditional samplers include some patriotic designs (and a gorgeous folk art resist fist), as well as a really fat cat.

And the reproduction samplers include fun fonts, florals and birds like you’d expect from old sampler designs.

In addition you’ll find a few pop culture designs (mostly Game of Thrones inspired samplers for different houses), biscornus include a couple Chinese zodiac designs, and a few needle minders for sale.

Check out all the fun designs at Siren Stitchworks on Etsy.

[Photo: Siren Stitchworks]

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