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Diwali Cross Stitch Patterns

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I’ve shared a few Diwali cross stitch patterns over the years, including hands holding a diya lamp and some pretty lanterns. 

I wanted to look for some more patterns for Diwali this year, and here’s what I found.  

I love this design from Cutara that features a bunch of diya oil lamps in a circular design. It’s especially pretty on dark colored fabric, but would be nice on white or cream colored fabric instead. (I have some dark blue fabric I think would be lovely with this design, too.) The design is 200 by 200 stitches and uses 17 colors. 

This watercolor diya cross stitch from Sonya Cross Stitch is also a great option. While it’s a little bit smaller, and 136 by 131 stitches, but it uses a lot more colors, at 32. On 14 count fabric this one measures 9.7 by 9.4 inches, or 24.67 by 23.77 cm.

This sweet candle and lotus pattern from Ludicrous Threads would be great for Diwali, or if you change the colors a bit it would look nice for Christmas, too. It’s recommended that you stitch it on 14 count fabric and the design fits in an 8-inch hoop, at about 7.5 inches or 19 cm square. 

Or if you want to try something super fancy and dramatic looking, check out this design from Peppermint Purple. It combines regular cross stitch with blackwork, which is the design in the background at the edges of the rangoli, as well as some on the diya.

This pattern is fun because you get three charts in one. One is as shown with the rangoli and diya together, and then there are charts of each of them separate so you can work them individually if you’d rather. Together the pattern is 150 by 150, which is 10.72 inches or 27.22 cm square. 

The rangoli by itself is the same size, and the diya by itself measures 74 by 75 stitches, which is a great size for a greeting card. That comes out to 5.29 by 5.36 inches or 13.43 by 13.61 cm. The full pattern uses 11 colors. 

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Toy Story Cross Stitch Patterns

I’m going to go ahead and admit that I totally missed Toy Story 4, so it took my by surprise when Toy Story 5 came out, but let’s celebrate with some Toy Story cross stitch patterns. 

This sweet design including Woody, Buzz and Jessie is from The Xstitch Shop, and they actually have a few different Toy Story options. This one says it is for intermediate stitches, probably because of the size and number of colors, but the sales page doesn’t say how big it is or how many colors it uses. It’s still cute, though!

If you’ve got a fan of Jessie in your household, this collection of Jessie themed icons is super cute to stitch. The design is from Mercury Stitches and it measures 97 by 144 stitches. that comes out to 6.9 by 10.3 inches, or 17.6 by 26.1 cm, and uses 11 colors. It has full and half cross stitches, as well as back stitching and French knots. 

Share the love of friendship with this sweet Woody and Buzz heart hands cross stitch pattern from Pixell Patterns. This design uses eight colors and is shown worked on 14 count fabric, but the notes don’t indicate how bit is is (based on a finished project photo, though, it looks pretty big). 

And for the Buzz Lightyear fans, of course we have to have a “To infinity and beyond” pattern, so here’s one from Silver Lake Stitches. This design is super cute on blue fabric, but use whatever you have. It measures 78 by 92 stitches, which comes out to 5.6 by 6.6 inches, or 14.2 by 16.7 cm, on 14 count fabric. It calls for 14 colors. 

Or if you want to go beyond the core three main character toys, check out this project from ThreeOOne Patterns, which includes our main toys as well as Bo Peep and her sheep, Bullseye the horse, the Slinky dog, Rex, Ham, the Potato Heads and an alien. The design is 310 by 80 stitches, which comes out to 21.14 by 3.5 inches, or 53.7 by 8.9 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 65 colors. Or pick out your favorite characters to make a smaller project. 

All those characters and a few more are found on the mini Toy Story character sampler from Knotalot UK (only part of which is shown above). This one uses 31 colors and measures 134 by 108 stitches. It includes whole and fractional stitches, as well as back stitching. On 14 count fabric stitching the whole thing would make a project that’s 9.57 by 7.71 inches, or 24.31 by 19.59 cm.