Cross Stitch Charts for Canada Day

We’ve shared a few project ideas for stitching for the Fourth of July, so it seems appropriate to dive into cross stitch charts for Canada Day as well.

I didn’t find a lot of free patterns out there, so if you know of more feel free to share them!

There’s a basic maple leaf pattern available at DLTK Kids, and if you do an image search for knit maple leaf charts you will find a lot of different options (I like this one, a Toronto Maple Leafs design by Twisted Bark Designs, free on Ravelry). I also found an image for a Canada crest design, credited to Susan B.

I love the Canada flag umbrella design from Le pointe de croix de martine (it’s in French, but charts are universal). And there’s a Mountie design and lots of other cute stuff at Les Blog des Dames.

For paid patterns, check out Let’s Visit Canada by Ursula Michael, the Moose cross stitch pattern from Stitchonomy, Canada Flag Heart cross stitch from BlueTopazStitchery, Proud 2 B Canadian from 5PrickedFinger5 (because is there anything more Canadian than a moose holding a Canadian flag?) and the funny Canadian Bacon design by NerdyLittleStitcher.

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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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