Fun Father’s Day Cross Stitch Patterns

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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Cute Father's Day Cross Stitch Patterns

Unique Stitch Crafts is a Turkish designer that has a couple of main interests in their cross stitch designs: travel and Christmas stockings.

By far the biggest category in their storefront is Christmas stockings, with more than 100 options to choose from. There are fully stitched fronts with designs classic and whimsical (like an alicorn and a pastel rainbow, or a bunny in Harlequin costume playing violin to a mushroom) and designs that just go across the cuff of the stocking. There are ornaments with a Nutcracker or Frozen theme, New York City stockings and stockings for your dinosaur.

As an example, here’s a stocking covered with mini holiday designs, which you could also use as ornaments if you wanted. The full design is 165 by 255 stitches, which comes out to 10.3 by 16 inches, or 26 by 40.6 cm on 16 count fabric. The pattern just makes the front of the stocking so you need to grab some fabric for the back of the stocking and sew it together yourself.

There’s also a large collection of travel cross stitch patterns, including national parks designs both large and mini, and travel poster style designs for many US states and cities. (There’s not an Arkansas, which is my standard test since I live there, but there is a pattern of the Mississippi River bridge in Memphis, which is technically half in Arkansas.)

If you’re more of a world traveler you’ll find more of the travel poster style designs for cities and countries, including Thailand and China, Berlin, Sydney and Marrakech.

In addition to all of that, you’ll find patterns called retro, which includes a wide range of designs, but many seem to be food and coffee related; folk art designs (lots of flowers and birds); and famous paintings translated to cross stitch. Smaller categories include Christmas, Halloween, animals, kids and castles.

Check out all the fun designs at Unique Stitch Crafts on Etsy.

[Photo: Unique Stitch Crafts]

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