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Cross Stitch Patterns to Welcome Fall

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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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Crow Cross Stitch Patterns

In all my years writing about cross stitch, I don’t think I’ve ever had a post dedicated to crow cross stitch patterns. That’s a shame, because crows are cool, and they’re a great motif to use in the fall that has a bit of a Halloween/spooky vibe without necessarily being all pumpkins and ghosts (though we have some of that, too). 

Actually, these little crow cross stitch patterns from LaSelva Design could be up in the house year round, especially if you’ve made friends with crows or are trying to cultivate your own murder. This set of four patterns is each worked in four colors, and they’re shown in 3-inch hoops, though they vary in size a little bit. 

This Art Nouveau crow from Needle Lot Designs is stunning and reminds me a bit of a tarot card. It would be the perfect thing to stitch for a witchy friend. It measures 74 by 98 stitches, which comes out to 5.25 by 7 inches or 13.4 by 17.8 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 14 colors and has no backstitching. 

Or keep it monochrome with PandoraXstitch‘s cross cross stitch pattern. I love how this one looks like a woodcut, and it shows you that even stitching in a single color you can make something really interesting. This design is 283 by 284 stitches, which is a little more than 20 inches or 51.5 cm not quite square on 14 count fabric. The pattern includes measurements for other counts if you want to make it a different size. 

The Book of Lost Keys design from Haunted Frames feels a little more Halloween, but it doesn’t have to be. It tells the story of a mama crow whose baby is locked in a cage, but the mama has the key. The design is shown worked on 18 count fabric and measures 109 by 79 stitches. That’s 6.1 by 4.4 inches, or about 15.5 by 11 cm. It uses four colors of regular floss as well as gold metallic floss. 

Speaking of more Halloween, I love this spooky cake stand featuring a crow and other characters from Ulysses Blue Stitching. You’ll find a creepy cake, eyeball in a jar, owl, ghosts and more haunting this house. It uses nine colors and measure 109 by 143 stitches. That’s 7.4 by 9.8 inches or 19.78 by 25.94 cm on 14 count fabric. 

I also like this kind of folk art crow (or raven as the pattern calls it) sitting on a pumpkin from MIYAstitch. This one measures a manageable 71 by 81 stitches and uses seven colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to a little more than 5 by almost 6 inches (or 13 by 15 cm). 

Another pumpkin and crow pattern (this time with a witch hat) comes from My Lovely Embroidery MB. This dare I say cute design uses seven colors as well ans is 81 by 80 stitches. That measures 5.79 by 5.71 inches, or 14.7 by 14.51 cm, on 14 count fabric. This one uses full and three-quarter stitches as well as French knots.