Cross Stitch Patterns to Welcome Fall

OK, I know I’m a little late to the season on these, but honestly, it’s only just now starting to feel like fall where I live and I’m ready to welcome it with open arms and all the crafts, even if the calendar says it’s been fall for a little while already. If you’re still crafting for fall these are some great options, or you can stitch them up now and have them ready to go for next year (also: fall decor is a totally valid option now through Thanksgiving, so you’ve actually got plenty of time).

Erin Elizabeth’s Hello Fall design features colorful pumpkins and leaves, and has a stitch count of 78 by 82. It uses 21 colors and you can get it from 123 Stitch.

Hello Fall from Daily Cross Stitch features those words and a pretty wreath of fall-colored leaves. This one would be great for a beginner, and it is 68 by 62 stitches and uses six colors of embroidery floss.

Or just stitch the words hello fall and a little pumpkin with this simple but sweet design from Bella Rose Craft on Etsy. It uses just three colors and is perfect for a new stitcher. When stitched, the design comes out to 2.57 by 2.79 inches, so it’s perfect to display in a 4-inch hoop.

And if you don’t want your welcoming of fall to be quite so literal, I’ve got a couple of patterns for you, too.

When I first saw this primitive pumpkin sampler from Etsy seller NARAxStitchPatterns, I thought the bird was a penguin and was super confused, but of course it’s actually meant to be a crow or a blackbird. I love the colors on this one (it uses 12 total). The piece measures 127 by 173 stitches and comes out to 9.07 by 12.36 inches on 14-count fabric.

I also love this fall sampler from Riverdrift House, which features a woman holding a pumpkin and surrounded by leaves, acorns, apples and other symbols of fall. You could pull out little images from this one to use in other projects, too, if you wanted. It uses nine colors and measures 140 by 95 stitches. You can get it from Creative Poppy Patterns.

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40+ Christian Cross Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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