Charts, patterns and everything needlepoint
The name says it all really doesn’t it. There is no way I could do this without losing my mind, if you are up for the challenge then check it out over on Etsy.
Death by Cross Stitch is monochromatic design that will be a labor of love with its generous size! This ornate and elaborate design is perfect for the advanced stitcher. It employs various stitching traditions to create a world on your fabric. Can you find the unicorn, squirrel or poinsettias in this design?
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.
where is the link?
The word Etsy is linked in the post. That is where you will find it!
You are right Sarah . My I eyes would be permanently crossed if I tried to correctly stitch this entire piece as a whole . I was thinking of stitching portions of it as smaller projects . Anyhow , this is certainly an impressive diachromatic piece to look at . Thanks for posting it . I’ll check Etsy.com out .
It’s beautiful . Thanks