Designer Spotlight: Tinsel Cross Stitch

July 14, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

With a name like Tinsel Cross Stitch, you might expect a lot of Christmas themed cross stitch patterns, and you will definitely find them. But there’s a lot of other interesting stuff in this Polish designer’s Etsy shop.

But since we’re starting there, let’s get into the Christmas designs. There are more than 100 Christmas scenes as I write this, ranging from traditional to cute, with trees, snowflakes, birds and more. In addition to those you’ll find Christmas ornaments, which are a combination of designs that could be turned into ornaments as well as larger designs that include ornament motifs. There are also Christmas stocking patterns, with a range of motifs and often including an alphabet so a name can be added.

For example there’s this red truck and presents stocking with an alphabet in upper and lower case for stitching a name at the top. The design is 144 by 295 stitches, which makes it just over 21 inches tall and 10.3 inches wide (that’s 53.5 by 26.1 centimeters for our metric friends) on 14 count fabric. It uses 26 colors and includes full cross stitches, half stitches, French knots and back stitching.

But I said Christmas isn’t all there is so what else can you find? There are patterns for Halloween, Easter and Valentine’s Day, as well as patterns for different seasons. There are lots of gorgeous tree of life designs. Patterns of birds, nature and flowers. All sorts of alphabets, sold as sets or individual letters if you just need a few for a monogram.

And samplers of all sorts, for a collection of keys to patterns that look like tiles and those that include Medieval motifs. So there really may be something for everyone here. Make sure you check out this diamond Quaker design; it’s one of my favorites.

Check out all the patterns they have to offer at Tinsel Cross Stitch.

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Cross Stitch Patterns with Christmas Ornaments

I was trying to think of some different Christmas cross stitch pattern themes that I could share with you and I came up with wanting to do a post of patterns with ornaments on them that aren’t necessarily ornaments themselves.

This is a really hard term to search for, so I’m sure there is more than what I was able to find. But I love the idea of stitching up some ornaments if you don’t have space for a tree or want to send a little holiday cheer from afar. Let’s take a look at these cross stitch patterns featuring Christmas ornaments.

The bold baubles sampler from xCounting the Starsx is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. This set of 16 little ornaments would be cute propped up on a mantle or bookshelf, and of course you could stitch them individually and turn them into ornaments, too, if you wanted. The full design is 165 by 186 stitches and uses 30 colors.

If you want even more baubles that you can mix and match into your own sampler project, check out this collection from Mason Art Maison. It includes a whopping 140 cross stitch Christmas ornaments that you can combine or use on individual projects. I love the hand drawn and painted look of these. There are seven pages or ornaments, each of which is around 300 by 300 stitches, with the individual ornaments running around 70 by 70 stitches.

Looking for something smaller? This little branch with three ball ornaments from Wild Bluebell Patterns is super cute and just 59 by 43 stitches. It comes out to 4.2 by 3.1 inches (or 10.7 by 7.8 cm).

Or try this little bundle of three baubles from Ecliptica Design. They’re shown in individual frames but you could also line them up into one project. Each is 34 by 38 stitches, or 2.4 by 2.7 inches/6.2 by 6.9 cm. They use five colors and two blends each.

Snail Fishes Stitches also has a cute Christmas ornament cross stitch pattern with a variety of little ornaments. This one uses just three colors and is 63 by 64 stitches. It’s perfect for a 5 or 6 inch hoop if you stitch it on 14 count fabric.

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