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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Cute spooky and fantasy cross stitch patterns is how the designer behind Haunted Frames describes their shop, and I have to agree with them. These designs are cute and Gothic and a little bit spooky all at once. There’s a heavy focus on book themes, which you know I am a fan of, so let’s get into it.

Stopping first in the books section, there are lots of designs that are literally on book shapes, but if you know my love of both books and cats, you’ll know I had to share the Midnight Book Cart cross stitch pattern. As the name suggests it’s a design with a witchy book cart, complete with a spiderweb, bats flying out of a book and what it describes as a ghost cat (though I would have to make a black cat instead of a white one since I have a black cat, and that fits with the vibe).

The design is 65 by 97 stitches and is worked in 17 colors. It’s shown on 16 count fabric, which makes it 4.1 by 6.1 inches, or 10.3 by 15.4 cm.

I also love the winter themed little free library design, which would be perfect to stitch up for the little librarian in your life (or to drop at a neighborhood book space).

Projects with a book theme make up the majority of the patterns that are categorized in this shop, but you’ll want to scroll through all their patterns to see what else is available, since it doesn’t look like everything is in a category. You’ll find castles and dragons, more cats of course, some more obviously Halloween and Christmas themed projects and those that would suit for spooky season or any other time of year.

If cute and dark is your aesthetic, you’ll want to check out all the patterns at www.etsy.com/shop/HauntedFrames, which you can find on Etsy.

[Photo: Haunted Frames]

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