Cross Stitch Roses on a Burlap Bag

This is a great idea for Mother’s Day or any other time you might need to give a gift to someone who loves flowers.

You can cross-stitch right onto a burlap bag, because the weave of the fabric has holes that correspond to the holes in cross-stitch fabric.

This pattern idea comes from Jessica of Cutesy Crafts via Polka Dot Chair, and it’s a pretty and pretty easy project that uses five colors of embroidery floss.

Of course you could stitch the pattern onto regular cross-stitch fabric if you wanted, but I love the look of this little bag. It might be great for a gift for a summer wedding or an end-of-the-year teacher gift, too.

[Photo: Cutesy Crafts via Polka Dot Chair.]

Looking for Mother’s Day Cross stitch patterns and charts? Check these out on Etsy.

Last year I shared my cute pencil cross stitch bookmark pattern, so I thought this year maybe I would look for more pencil cross stitch patterns to celebrate back to school or the writer in your life.

If you’re looking for a fancier version of a pencil bookmark, check out this pretty one from Embrovera. It has pretty flowers and hearts around the pencil with a stitched border. It measures 27 by 86 stitches and comes out to 1.9 by 6.1 inches, or 4.9 by 15.6 cm, stitched on 14 count fabric.

Speaking of flowers, there’s also this floral pencil cross stitch design from Oh My Stitches Shop. The pencil is black on this one but you could make it any color you like. It measures 37 by 102 stitches and uses 17 colors. On 14 count fabric it is 2.36 by 7.08 inches, or 6.71 by 18.5 cm.

If you want to stitch a pencil that’s a cute teacher gift for back to school, try this one from Daily Cross Stitch, which features a pencil stretched into a heart shape and a heart shaped eraser. It calls for 11 colors and is 65 by 52. On 14 count fabric that comes to 4.64 by 3.71 inches, or 11.78 by 9.42 cm.

There’s also this cute chubby pencil with the word learn from Stitch Gallery PDF that would be cute for a teacher (or a homeschool classroom). It looks like it uses five colors and the designer suggests using a piece of fabric that’s around 7 inches/17.6 cm square for this project.

How about a teeny tiny pencil cross stitch pattern? This one from Bella Rose Craft also includes a wee apple design, and these mini patterns would be cute as a necklace or keychain charm. And at 7 by 13 stitches you can finish this one up in no time.

Stitch the pencil alone or with this cute collection of school supplies that includes a glue bottle, crayons and calculator. The pattern is from sosacaetano, and it would be so cute for a classroom or stitched on a card. The full design as show is 6 by 1.75 inches (15.24 by 4.44 cm) on 14 count fabric.

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