It’s finally time where we can start gardening for real where I live, so let’s celebrate with some garden themed cross stitch patterns.
Craft with Cartwright has a cute garden sampler that includes a fork, spade, welly boot, birds and a bird hose, a watering can, flowers, veggies and butterflies. Stitch the whole sampler as it is or take out the elements you like to use in a smaller project. As is, this design is 96 by 152 stitches, which comes out to 6.86 by 10.86 inches, or 17.4 by 27.5 cm. It uses nine colors and is a free pattern on her website.
Stitchrovia has a cute farm scene called In the Garden, which includes a shed, wheelbarrow, watering can, a boot, a glove, a tiny greenhouse, plants and more. This one is 152 by 190 stitches, which comes out to 10.9 by 13.6 inches, or 27.6 by 34.5 cm, on 14 count fabric. The design uses at least 11 colors.
Happy Crosses has another cute design full of garden tools and plants that would be fun to stitch up for your sun room or wherever you have plants in the house. It’s 171 by 171 stitches, which is 12.2 inches square or 31.1 cm square on 14 count fabric (the pattern notes include sizing information for other counts).
Luzatoyle has a cute and easy garden cross stitch pattern that includes a hat, glove, spade, watering can and flower in a pot. This one looks like it uses six colors and is 63 by 52 stitches. That’s about 4.4 by 3.7 inches, or 11 by 9 cm, on 14 count fabric. This would be another nice one to just stitch one of the images onto a smaller project like a card for a gardening friend.
I also love the Kitchen Garden pattern from Little Dove Samplers. This sweet design shows a greenhosue, rows of plants, rabbits, garden tools and more. At 120 by 180 stitches, it measures 8.5 by 12.75 inches or 21.5 by 32.4 cm on 14 count fabric (though the sample was stitched on 16 count, which comes out a little smaller).
