• Home
  • Suggest A DIY
  • DIY Newsletter

Cross-Stitch

Charts, patterns and everything needlepoint

  • About CraftGossip
  • Our Network
    • Bath & Body Crafts
    • Candle Making Ideas
    • Crochet Ideas
    • Cross Stitch
    • Edible Crafts
    • Felting Patterns
    • Glass Art
    • Home & Garden Ideas
    • Indie Crafts
    • Jewelry Making
    • Kids Crafts
    • Knitting Patterns
    • Lesson Plans
    • Needlework
    • Party Ideas
    • Polymer Clay
    • Quilting Ideas
    • Recycled Crafts
    • Scrapbooking
    • Sewing Patterns
    • Card Making
    • DIY Weddings
    • Not Craft Ideas
  • Giveaways
  • Roundups
  • Store
  • Search

Easter Cross Stitch Patterns with a Religious Theme

February 22, 2024 by Sarah White

Easter is all about the bunnies and eggs for a lot of people, but it is of course a religious holiday, so if you’re looking to stitch up a religious themed Easter cross stitch pattern, this collection is for you.

(Also this set of religious Easter cross stitch patterns from last year if you need more inspiration.)

This lovely Easter sunset cross stitch pattern from Fuzzy Fox Designs on Etsy is more accurately probably a Good Friday cross stitch pattern, but it’s suitable for the season anyway. It features people (and rabbits) observing the crosses and the verse John 3:16 stitched in backstitch. It’s a solid 76 by 76 stitches and meant for intermediate stitchers comfortable with dense stitching, half stitches and back stitch, though the Bible verse is optional. It uses 20 colors.

Craft Designs 4 You has a few free Christian cross stitch patterns, and if you scroll to the bottom you’ll find the He is Risen one. This simple design can be worked in two or three colors on a sky blue background (or any color you like).

Lily Mae Stitching on Etsy has another design with the three crosses and a sunrise or sunset. This one is 77 by 74 stitches and another full design, but it only uses 10 colors so it’s a little easier for people with less experience working dense cross stitch patterns like that.

This easy, elegant cross pattern includes the words “it is finished.” Designed by A New Creation Studio, it measures 63 by 63 stitches, so it comes out 4 inches or 10 centimeters square. It’s a pretty quick project that would be great for a card or to use as decoration in your home. It looks to me like it uses three colors, but you could always use more if you wanted. The designer suggests making the sun yellow and the vines in the background green instead of doing both in white, but you can use whatever colors you want to make it your own.

«
»

Have you read?

Book Review: The Ultimate Cross Stitch Christmas Collection

If you’re looking for a ton of easy cross stitch designs to use for Christmas projects, look no further than Claire Crompton’s The Ultimate Cross Stitch Christmas Collection, which includes more than 500 charts for tiny stockings, angels, ornaments and much more. 

The book covers the materials you’ll use to create the projects, how to add beads and other embellishments, stitching techniques and instructions for finishing projects shown in the book. 

You’ll find ideas for using the patterns such as making greeting cards, ornaments, wall hangings, napkin rings and patches, as well as ideas for adding stitching to ready made or semi-homemade gifts. There are also tips for framing and hanging projects, making an advent calendar and designing your own Christmas sampler. 

The charts are arranged by theme like Christmas classics (bells, horns and candles), garlands including stockings and mittens, Christmas carols, advent motifs with numbers to make your own calendar, St. Nicholas, nativity projects, snowmen, Santa’s sleigh, snowflakes and snow themed projects, Shaker-style Christmas designs, Santa’s helpers and reindeer, tree decorations, snowy scenes, robins and other birds, angels, Christmas trees, penguins, baby’s first Christmas, Victorian-inspired designs, sweets and treats, Christmas flowers, child themed patterns, stitches for gift tags, fairies, bears both teddy and otherwise, 12 days of Christmas patterns, projects to work on linens for the table, sentiments for cards or other projects, and several sets of alphabets and numbers you can use to design your own projects. 

There’s a really cute parcel alphabet that has the letters on presents and there are also elves and a Santa worked in, which would be cute for a project for a child or to make a sign for your house. 

Patterns are shown several to a page with one key for all of the projects. The projects don’t say how big they are so you’ll have to count stitches on the chart and figure out how big they will be based on the fabric you are using. 

Still, this is a nice, large collection of holiday themed cross stitch designs, which is great for people who like stitching projects big and small for Christmas. 

About the book: 112 pages, paperback, published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99. 

Categories

Book Reviews Christmas Craft Businesses Craft Inspirations Craft News and Events Cross-Stitch Patterns & Charts Cross-Stitch Product Reviews Cross-Stitch Website Reviews Dogs & Cats Easter flowers Free Patterns Halloween More Cross Stitch Product Reviews spring Subversive Thanksgiving Tutorials and Patterns valentines day

RSS feed: More Articles More Articles

  • Girl in Meadow Hand Embroidery Pattern – Etsy Review
  • Disney Themed Halloween Mini Scrapbook Album
  • Baby Bonnet Crochet Patterns for Sweet Handmade Gifts
  • 8 Knitted Crown Patterns for Children and Adults
  • Free Christmas Worry Worm Crochet Pattern With a Printable Gift Card
  • Etsy Feature – DIY Face Planter Pottery Template
  • Free Knitted Knockers Crochet Pattern: Make Soft Breast Forms to Donate
  • Free Knitted Crown Pattern for Kids and Adults: A Sweet Handmade Dress-Up Idea
  • Hedgehog Crochet Patterns for Adorable Woodland Makes
  • DIY Thrifted Glass Christmas Platter With Vintage Santa Fabric

Pick Your Blog

  • Sewing
  • Knitting
  • Quilting
  • Crochet
  • Home & Garden
  • Recycled Crafts
  • Scrapbooking
  • Card Making
  • Polymer Clay
  • Cross-Stitch
  • Edible Crafts
  • Felting
  • Glass Art
  • Indie Crafts
  • Kids Crafts
  • Jewelry Making
  • Lesson Plans
  • Needlework
  • Bath & Body
  • Party Ideas
  • Candle Making
  • DIY Weddings
  • Not Craft
  • Free Craft Projects

Copyright © 2026 · CraftGossip | Start Here | Contact Us | Link to Us | Your Editors | Privacy and affiliate policy