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Fun Father’s Day Cross Stitch Patterns

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Father’s Day is right around the corner but you’ve still got time to stitch something fun for a dad in your life. Check out these fun and often funny Father’s Day cross stitch patterns!

I can’t resist a good Star Wars design, but I can’t decide which of these I like better. The “baby alien” design is from Cross Stitch Wow and the Darth Vader tattoo is from X Stitches Be Crazy, both on Etsy.

Show dad he’s out of this world with this planetary cross stitch you can add text to from DMC and LoveCrafts.

If the dad in your life is just OK, celebrate him with the World’s Okayest Dad cross stitch from Snarky Art Company on Etsy.

This toolbox design from Country Living would be cute for a dad who’s handy. (Link goes direct to PDF.)

This Family is Forever design from Plaid Online might be cute for dad in different colors (or pastels if he likes pastels!).

Or keep it simple with this I love you design from Little Stab Studios (this one is also a direct to PDF link).

 

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Strawberry Cross Stitch Patterns

My favorite thing about mid to late spring is local strawberries. Strawberries are fun as a graphic element, too, because they’re an interesting shape and cheerful color. Let’s stitch some strawberry cross stitch patterns.

Craft Club Co AU has this cute kind of retro strawberry pattern with a pink checkerboard background. The pattern pages doesn’t give a lot of details but it looks like is uses at least 7 colors and it says it will fit in an 8 by 10 frame when stitched on 14 count fabric.

For a classic farmhouse look, check out the strawberry pattern from Largodargento Shop. This one reminds me of little wild strawberries, and it has a bit of a mandala design with other geometric shapes.

Speaking of classics, you can also stitch a strawberry alphabet sampler from Curious Carrie Designs. It is 54 stitches square, which comes out to 3.86 inches or 9.8 cm square. It calls for 8 colors and was stitched on 32-count linen. Keep it flat or turn it into a biscornu stitched with flowers and bees.

This strawberry pincushion from The SubRosa Design is super sweet and of course could be framed instead of using it as a pincushion if you’d rather. This one is 93 stitches square, or about 5.3 inches/13.5 cm square stitched on 36 count linen as shown.

This graphic, slightly abstract strawberry design from Box and Fox is so much fun and would be great to have on your kitchen wall or in your breakfast area. It measures 98 by 141 stitches, which comes out to 7 by 10 inches or 17.78 by 25.58 cm on 14 count fabric. The design uses 6 colors.

Don’t let the mice get your strawberries! This oddly cute design from Tourmaline Pattern measures 95 by 94 stitches and uses 16 colors. I love the look of it on black fabric, because it really makes the mice and the flowers pop. On 14 count fabric this comes out to 6.7 inches or about 17 cm square.