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Cross Stitch Patterns to Celebrate the Year of the Rooster

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Chinese New Year year of the rooster cross stitch

The Chinese New Year is upon us, and the coming year is the year of the rooster.

 

I went on the hunt for free Chinese rooster cross stitch patterns, but the only things I found were on a Russian site that I don’t think pays much attention to copyright, so I didn’t want to share them.

I did find a few cool things on etsy, so if you’re willing to pay a few bucks to bring a little good luck into your home, check them out:

ScarletPyjamas has a lovely red rooster pattern inspired by a papercut rooster ($4.52).

There’s a golden rooster at Black Phoebe Designs ($5).

And HollysHobbiesUK has Chinese zodiac symbol cross stitch patterns, including this one for the Year of the Rooster ($2.57, or $15.49 for the set of 12).

That last site says that roosters are “punctual, bright, communicative, ambitious, capable and warm-hearted.” Sounds good to me.

Happy new year!

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Samplers to Cross Stitch for the Fourth of July

I already shared some cross stitch patterns specific to America 250, but if you want to cross stitch something more general for the Fourth of July, these patriotic sampler style patterns are a great place to start. 

Stitch up some classic July 4th symbols, from the Statue of Liberty to hot dogs, with this sampler from Voluur. At 197 by 197 stitches, it comes out to 12.31 inches or 31.27 cm on 16 count fabric. It uses 38 colors and one blend, and has full and half cross stitches as well as back stitching. 

This sampler from Wombat Stitching is a little more traditional, but it does still have fireworks, something that looks like an ice cream, birds in hats and a stack of sheep for some reason. This one uses nine colors and is 193 by 103 stitches. That makes it 13.8 inches or 35 cm on 14 count fabric. 

This smaller sampler from Wonder Stitch US has a rocket, fireworks, flag, star and other elements. It is 86 by 86 stitches and uses 11 colors. On 16 count fabric it comes out to 5.5 inches, or 14 cm square. (I also love their Liberty design, with a house, woman holding a flag, a big flowers stitched like classic star motifs from quilting. There’s also a cat.)

Or try this one from Aliton Embroidery, which features a women in stars, stripes and a festive hat, an eagle, stars, fireworks and a flag, with a fun red, white and blue border. At 98 by 67 stitches, I think it uses five colors or thereabouts. It measures 7 by 4.8 inches, or 17.78 by 12.16 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric.

Get a totally classic sampler look with this patriotic design that’s not specific to the Fourth of July. Made by Happiness is Heart Made, it features a house, flowers, hearts, classic starts, an alphabet, bunting and more. It uses four colors and measures 129 by 213 stitches. On 14 count fabric it measures 9.21 by 15.21 inches, or 23.4 by 38.6 cm.