Inside Out Cross Stitch Patterns

With the new Inside Out movie recently being released, I thought it would be a good time to stitch up some Inside Out cross stitch patterns. These characters are colorful and fun to stitch, and a great way to get both kids and adults talking about their emotions.

I’m not seeing a lot of patterns yet with all of the new characters, but this one form Leila Stitch has all the emotions and some balloons. This one is 160 by 200 stitches and uses 15 colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to 11.43 by 14.29 inches or 29.06 by 36. 30 cm. This designer has a few other Inside Out cross stitch patterns, including another one with the full set of characters, and individual designs for the characters.

Get mini kawaii versions of the characters with this pattern from KnotalotUK. It includes all the characters in one design, or you can stitch your favorites separately. The full designs is 135 by 70 stitches and uses 30 colors. It includes full stitches, three-quarter and one-quarter stitches and back stitch. The full size on 14 count fabric is 9.64 by 5 inches, or 24.5 by 12.7 cm.

If you’re looking for the original characters, this design from Pitbull and Fish is a good one. It uses 31 colors and has a stitching are of 148 by 130 stitches. On 14 count fabric it comes to 10.57 by 9.29 inches, or 26.8 by 23.5 cm.

I’m all up in my feelings from Stitch Riot Designs is another cute one with the original characters. I could totally see this one stitched up and hanging in a therapist’s office. It uses 18 colors and measures 151 by 96 stitches, or a little over 10 by 6.14 inches/25.4 by 15.5 cm.

And then there’s this classic Inside Out design with the name of the movie and the original characters. This one is from Vikycialp and it uses 18 colors. The design is 136 by 147 stitches, which comes out to 7.6 by 8.1 inches, or 19.2 by 20.7 cm on 18 count fabric.

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35+ Sunflower Cross Stitch Patterns

I love the look of variegated cross stitch floss and how it makes it possible to stitch with a variety of colors without changing thread, giving your project more depth and a more complex look without you having to do anything different.

Or at least not much different. I recently came across this blog post from The Copper Fox all about how to use variegated floss and it noted that many people would say it’s a good idea to complete a whole stitch (when you’re stitching whole cross stitches) with the floss before going on to the next stitch. Most of us stitch row by row, but of course if you do that with variegated yarn, it could change color along the way and you’ll end up with stitches that are half one color and half another color or a different shade.

Of course that makes total sense but I’d never thought about it.

The post includes swatches with different kinds of variegated threads to show the different between working stitch by stitch or row by row, and it doesn’t make a huge different over the small area shown but I can see how it might make a difference if you had really long rows or if you just want to make sure your stitches are a single color whenever possible.

In addition to this experiment, the post talks about other ways to work with multicolored floss, including deliberately mixing the colors among the strands of floss you are stitching with and stitching in a different order instead of right to left and top to bottom (or whatever direction you typically work) to get different effects from the thread.

It’s fun to geek out on this stuff because it can make a difference if you want to play with it, or you can just stitch on without giving it much thought, and both will give you good results.

Check out all the experiments at The Copper Fox.

Do you do anything different when you stitch with variegated floss? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: The Copper Fox]

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