Cross Stitch Patterns for Mom

It turns out I’ve shared a lot of Mother’s Day related cross stitch patterns through the years, so this post will serve to share some of the older roundups I’ve done as well as some new patterns I found this year.

You can stitch up some hearts for Mother’s Day, keep your projects sweet or make them snarky or funny if your relationship with your mom is like that.

These are going to fall in the sweet category. For example this one from Red Bear Design on Etsy that keeps it short and sweet with a “love you mom.” The pastel words and flowers are pretty but you can change up the colors as you like to suit mom’s decor. This one uses 14 count fabric and fits in an 8-inch hoop, and you can also buy it as a kit if you’d rather.

This World’s Greatest Mom chart from Creating Works of Love is technically a corner to corner crochet pattern, but the stitches are square so you can use it for cross stitch as well. The pattern is available from LoveCrafts.

Give your mum (or mom) a bunch of flowers with this colorful hoop art project from DMC. It uses 10 colors of thread and you could pretty easily change the u to an o if you need to. The pattern is free when you sign up for their newsletters.

Let everyone know your mom is the best mom ever with this easy cross stitch pattern from Helen’s Crossing on Etsy. It uses two colors and is made with full stitches and backstitch for the lettering. At 48 by 48 stitches, it comes out to 3.43 by 3.43 inches or 8.71 by 8.71 cm, perfect for using as a card or putting in a little hoop.

Crafting is My Hobby has a couple of cute free charts for Mother’s Day, including this I heart mom design (the other says thank you mom). These sweet designs both use two colors and are easy for new stitchers.

Or if you just want to say Happy Mother’s Day in stitches, grab this pattern from Etsy seller Lucky Star Stitches. This colorful script is eye catching and fun to stitch. It uses 11 colors all in full stitches and fits in a 7-inch hoop when stitched on 14 count fabric.

Check out these flower Embroidery kits we found on Amazon, perfect for the flower-loving MOM.

If you’re looking for a ton of easy cross stitch designs to use for Christmas projects, look no further than Claire Crompton’s The Ultimate Cross Stitch Christmas Collection, which includes more than 500 charts for tiny stockings, angels, ornaments and much more.

The book covers the materials you’ll use to create the projects, how to add beads and other embellishments, stitching techniques and instructions for finishing projects shown in the book.

You’ll find ideas for using the patterns such as making greeting cards, ornaments, wall hangings, napkin rings and patches, as well as ideas for adding stitching to ready made or semi-homemade gifts. There are also tips for framing and hanging projects, making an advent calendar and designing your own Christmas sampler.

The charts are arranged by theme like Christmas classics (bells, horns and candles), garlands including stockings and mittens, Christmas carols, advent motifs with numbers to make your own calendar, St. Nicholas, nativity projects, snowmen, Santa’s sleigh, snowflakes and snow themed projects, Shaker-style Christmas designs, Santa’s helpers and reindeer, tree decorations, snowy scenes, robins and other birds, angels, Christmas trees, penguins, baby’s first Christmas, Victorian-inspired designs, sweets and treats, Christmas flowers, child themed patterns, stitches for gift tags, fairies, bears both teddy and otherwise, 12 days of Christmas patterns, projects to work on linens for the table, sentiments for cards or other projects, and several sets of alphabets and numbers you can use to design your own projects.

There’s a really cute parcel alphabet that has the letters on presents and there are also elves and a Santa worked in, which would be cute for a project for a child or to make a sign for your house.

Patterns are shown several to a page with one key for all of the projects. The projects don’t say how big they are so you’ll have to count stitches on the chart and figure out how big they will be based on the fabric you are using.

Still, this is a nice, large collection of holiday themed cross stitch designs, which is great for people who like stitching projects big and small for Christmas.

About the book: 112 pages, paperback, published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

Have you read?