Cross Stitch Something Sweet for Mom

These Mother’s Day cross stitch patterns are also great to gift a mom any time of year.

This definition of a mother cross stitch from Little Things by Joe would also be great for a new mom, not just your mom. It uses two colors and is 210 by 210 stitches, which comes out to 15 inches/about 38 cm on 14 count fabric. Make the hearts pink, red or any color to coordinate with baby’s room or mom’s favorite color.

Another great one for moms of all sorts if this word art Mother design from Kym’s Cross Stitch. This colorful design features words about mom as well as images like flowers and butterflies. When worked on 14 count fabric it comes out to 9.6 by 15 inches, or 24 by 38 cm.

This folk art sampler from Maroon Embroidery features silhouettes of a mom and daughter with ponytails, but you could leave them out if that doesn’t fit your family. Other images include flowers, teacups and hearts. The design is 160 by 160 stitches and uses 18 colors. On 14 count fabric it would come out to 11.4 inches/29 cm, or 10 inches/25.4 cm on 16 count.

This romantic looking pattern from ONESEO is a nice choice, too, with wreaths of clovers, birds and a bouquet. It uses 19 colors and is 200 by 200 stitches, or 14.3 inches/36.3 cm on 14 count fabric.

Another sweet design is this Love You Mom one from Natalka Studio. I love the colors on this one and the pretty arrangement of flowers. This one uses 23 colors and is 100 by 98 stitches. That’s 7.1 by 7 inches or 18.1 by 17.8 cm on 14 count fabric.

Or go a little simpler with this Mom floral cross stitch pattern from A New Creation by Alison. This sweet design measures 82 by 50 stitches and was worked in 16 count fabric, making the finished size about 5 by 3 inches/12.7 by 7.62 cm. Stitched in this manner it fits in a 4×6 frame.

If your mama is from the ’70s, she’ll probably love this Queen-inspired design from Rich Bitch Cross Stitching. It features Freddy Mercury singing an iconic line from “Bohemian Rhapsody” and measures 78 by 61 stitches. The design comes out to 5.57 by 4.35 inches, or about 14 by 11 cm, on 14 count fabric.

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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