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Cross Stitch Hearts

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For Valentine’s Day this year I wanted to do a post focusing on patterns with hearts and one without hearts (coming soon!) so you have the option of being traditionally romantic or less so.

You won’t be surprised to know the first pattern in this genre to catch my eye was this knit heart from Cross Stitch Foxy. It’s a great one to make for the knitter in your life or anyone else where love feels like a work in progress (which it is, all the time). The design is 91 by 80 stitches, which comes out to 6.5 by 5.7 inches, or 16.5 by 14.5 cm. It uses eight colors.

And while we’re on the subject of representing other crafts in cross stitch, this heart from Tiny Modernist reminds me a bit of a quilt block. You can download this one from Fat Quarter Shop. It is 28 by 35 stitches, which is 2 by 2.5 inches on 14 count fabric (about 5 by 6.3 cm). It uses five colors.

I also love this collection from SamXStitch that looks like different fabrics stitched into heart shapes. There’s plaid, a woven design and other fun repeating patterns. Each heart uses the same five colors so you can make the whole set and hang them together. Each one is 43 by 41 stitches, which on 14 count fabric comes out to 3.07 by 2.93 inches, or 7.8 by 7.44 cm.

Or there’s this five heart set from Lagodargento Shop that gives you more nice heart cross stitch patterns to choose from. These are all worked in a single color and fit in 4-inch hoops for easy gifting or display.

And this one is a little different from the others but I couldn’t resist because I know so many people meet their partners online these days. I’m so glad I swiped right is a pattern by Faber Cross Stitch that includes a cute little gingham heart. This pattern uses four colors and measures 56 by 51 stitches. It fits in a 5-inch hoop.

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Patriotic Cross Stitch Patterns

Summer is the time of patriotic holidays in the United States, so it’s a great time to stitch up some red, white and blue cross stitch projects for the Fourth of July or just for summer decor.

Curious Carrie Designs has this cute Americana pattern that would be great to have on display all summer long. It includes an American flag in a watering can full of flowers. The design measure 55 by 60 stitches, which comes out to 4 by 4.375 inches, or 10 by a little more than 11 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. (The sample is shown on 32 count linen, which is more like 16.) It uses 16 colors.

This Fourth of July design from Lotus Lake Stitching is specific to the holiday, but it wouldn’t have to be if you didn’t stitch the words. The little buildings and fireworks are so cute, and I love that random red, white and blue bird. It uses nine colors and measures 247 by 83 stitches. That’s 17.3 by 5.9 inches, or about 44 by 15 cm on 14 count fabric.

The burlap colored fabric on this project from Needle Treasures Nook makes it look especially rustic, but it would have a different look with pure white or light blue fabric behind the stitches. This one uses nine colors and is 72 by 71 stitches, and was worked on tea-dyed 36 count linen fabric.

The Sub Rosa Design has this patriotic garden design full of geometric red, white and blue flowers. This is one of a series of their designs so if you like it you should check them all out. This one is 131 by 71 stitches and is about 7.8 by 4 inches/20 by 10 cm on 36 count linen.

Wombat Stitching offers this one that is fully Fourth of July (and a little Captain America for fun I guess). It uses nine colors and is 193 by 193 stitches. That comes out to about 13.8 inches or 35 cm square on 14 count fabric.