Dr. Seuss Cross Stitch Patterns

Dr. Seuss’ birthday is celebrated each year on March 2, and to honor his legacy of encouraging reading and silliness I thought I would share some Dr. Seuss cross stitch patterns.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any free ones, but throwing a few coins to a designer every now and then is good for your karma, right?

This ABC pattern from Cuddle Up Cross Stitch is labeled as being a crochet pattern but it could be used as a cross stitch chart as well. This is the cover the ABC book, and the pattern runs $6.25.

RainbowStitchCross on etsy has (as of this writing) a buy one get one free offer on her Dr. Seuss patterns. There are lots of cute ones with different quotes and little illustrations.

Stitchline, also on etay, has a sweet world map with “Oh the places you’ll go” stitched on it. That one runs $4.95. And NataliNeedlework has a set of four designs featuring Dr. Seuss quotes for $12.

CloudFactory has a super cute Seuss pattern with the Cat, the Grinch and Thing 1 and Thing 2. It costs $4.50.

So much cuteness! Do you have any Seuss decor? It’s a great theme for a little one’s bedroom or playroom.

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Lately I have been feeling like all of my clothes are looking a little worn or feeling a little tired. I don’t want to buy new clothes, though, so there’s been a lot of mending, altering and adding special touches to things that otherwise might get overlooked or not worn at all.

As an example, not too long ago I added a little bit of embroidery to a T-shirt, which was a lot of fun to do and made me start eyeing all my solid-colored garments and wondering how they might look with some stitching added.

Of course you can cross stitch on garments, too, whether T-shirts or woven tops, skirts, pants and more. But it can be tricky to transfer cross stitch designs to your garment to make stitching easier.

Much like with embroidery, it’s great to use a water soluble stabilizer to keep your fabric in place while you stitch and to transfer your design (or your cross stitch grid at least) while you’re stitching. Then you just wash away the stabilizer when you’re done and it will look like the stitching has always been there.

Ashley General Handmade uses Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch, which is a product I use, too. It’s easy to use and washes away cleanly.

To make it even easier, she designed some printable cross stitch grids at different counts that you can print out to draw your own cross stitch designs, but you can also print the grid right on the Sulky, so you can stitch on top of squares and then remove them when you’re done.

Brilliant, right?

She has pages as big as 8 count and all the way down to 20 (remember: the bigger the number the smaller the stitches will be) that you can download and print to make your own designs and also use to make stitching on clothing easier. I’m definitely going to try this the next time I want to cross stitch on fabric!

You can grab her printables over at Ashley General Handmade.

[Photo: Ashley General Handmade]

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