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Fireworks Cross Stitch Patterns

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I know fireworks are kind of controversial because they are loud and be difficult for some people to tolerate for lots of reasons, but you can’t deny they’re colorful and fun to cross stitch. Here’s a collection of fireworks and fire cracker cross stitch patterns to stitch up for the Fourth of July or any time you want to celebrate in a colorful, festive and quiet way.

This little red, white and blue firecracker from Daily Cross Stitch is easy to make and would be cute as a greeting card or in a little frame. It uses six colors and is 26 by 58 stitches, which comes out to 1.86 by 4.14 inches/4.72 by 10.5 cm on 14-count fabric.

Author Embroide Design on Etsy has a cute retro truck cross stitch pattern with patriotic balloons and firecrackers in the back of the star-spangled truck. Ir comes out to 70 by 49 stitches, which is 4.38 by 3.06 inches or 11.11 by 7.78 cm on 16 count fabric, and it calls for 12 colors.

And then there’s this patriotic gnome holding a red, white and blue firework that’s perfect for people who like to decorate with gnomes. The design is form Cross Stitch Foxy, and it uses six colors. At 66 by 86 stitches, it measures 4.7 by 6.1 inches or 12 by 15.5 cm on 14 count fabric.

Because I’m a cat person (and a black cat person at that), I love this cat watching fireworks design from Cotton Pixels. It comes out to 49 by 49 stitches and you can grab it from Everything Cross Stitch.

Stitch up some simple fireworks bursting in air with this pattern from Bella Rose Craft. It would be great on a dark-colored fabric, and then you could use white instead of gray or silver for the third color if you wanted. This one uses three colors and fits in a 4 inch hoop for display.

And because every mention of fireworks gets that song in my head, I can’t resist sharing the Baby You’re a Firework pattern from Basic Stitches DsgnCo. This easy pattern is 41 by 37 stitches, or 2.9 by 2.6 inches (7.4 by 6.6 cm).

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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.