Juneteenth Cross Stitch Patterns

Juneteenth is a celebration in the United States that marks when enslaved people living in Texas (specifically, Galveston, via what’s known as General Order No. 3) finally got the word that they were free. It happened on June 19, 1865, and is celebrated as a kind of independence day in the Black community. Let’s stitch up some Juneteenth cross stitch patterns.

I love this classic looking sampler style design from Siren Stitchworks that includes the date and the words “sweet land of liberty.” The birds in the cherry tree are adapted from 19th century samplers, and the design measures 79 by 119 stitches. If my counting is correct it looks like it uses around 10 colors.

Celebrate the breaking of chains with this design from 7StitchesTN. At 148 by 148 stitches, it uses 10 colors. It comes out to 10.6 inches or 26.9 cm square on 14 count fabric.

Teajeigh Designs has a lovely design that explains that we need Juneteenth because not everyone was free in 1776. The designer has a variety of patterns she calls mandalas that are mix and match if you want to use a different text or image, but I think this one is great juts as it is. (There’s also a raised fist or other women’s faces you could sub in.) As shown this design measures 211 by 209 stitches and comes out to about 15 inches/38 cm square on 14 count fabric.

Digitizing Everythin has a bold graphic Juneteenth 1865 design that looks like it’s dripping honey (though you can use different colors than these if you’d rather). The design uses three colors, and on 14 count fabric comes out to 8.4 by 6.8 inches, or 21.1 by 17.1 cm.

More generally there’s this Black History live it, learn it, make it design from Mamaida Pattern. It uses four colors and measures 98 by 123 stitches. On 14 count fabric that comes out to 7 by 12.4 inches, or 17.8 by 31.4 cm.

Artmishka Cross Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Italy with lots of whimsical and colorful designs and an emphasis on animals, flowers and landscapes. Let’s take a closer look!

The animal section is by far the largest, and it includes everything from realistic birds to cartoony cats, a set of little chick ornaments for Easter and a blackwork butterfly, to name a few. There are little animals in clothes and scarves, and this sweet folk art style owl in modern colors.

This one (and lots of them, really, I think) was designed as nursery decor, and it calls for 10 colors, which you can of course change up to suit your decor, nursery or otherwise. The design is 95 by 95 stitches, which comes out to about 7 inches or 18 cm square on 14 count fabric or 28 count evenweave stitched over two strands.

Another large category is flowers, which includes birth month flower designs, flowers that look hand drawn and colored, floral wreaths with teapots and wedding floral cross stitch designs.

The sampler section includes a variety of small patterns, images with words, colorful geometric and floral designs, and a few holiday patterns. Christmas designs include stamps, Christmas trees, stocking, snowmen and a cute box of snowflake shaped Christmas cookies in a box with a mug of hot chocolate, to name a few designs.

There are also a fair number of designs in both the landscape and cottage categories. These include iconic landmarks and colorful sunsets, and buildings from beach houses to a mushroom cottage, book shop and a cottage with flowers bursting out of the roof. There’s also a section called girl, which has designs of a little girl in different outfits and situations and some other characters.

Other categories on the site with smaller numbers of patterns include boy designs, princesses, plants, hobby themed designs (sewing, knitting, baking), art and bookmarks. There are also a handful of cross stitch kits, all of the little girl character.

Check out all of the fun designs at Artmishka Cross Stitch.

[Photo: Artmishka Cross Stitch]

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