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Juneteenth Cross Stitch Patterns

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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. 

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Designer Spotlight: Non Stop Stitch

Non Stop Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Ukraine with a dizzying quantity and variety of cross stitch patterns. 

They tend to the cute/whimsical and colorful, with lots of flowers, animals, fantasy designs and some classic Ukraine inspired motifs. 

How about this super sweet Ukrainian boy and girl design? With folk inspired clothing and adorable animals, these characters can be stitched together on one piece or separately. The images were designed by Nadiia Nagorna. The boy measures 50 by 96 and uses 22 colors and blends, while the girl is 62 by 94 stitches and uses 27 colors and blends. 

Both projects involve full and half cross stitches, as well as backstitch and French knots. They are classified as intermediate patterns. 

The largest category on the site is Christmas patterns, with more than 200 options, ranging from cute animals to ornaments, Santas, snowmen and more. There are also plenty of patterns for both Easter and Halloween if you like seasonal stitches. 

In addition you’ll find lots of animal designs, from bears and foxes to cats and dogs, mice and elephants, birds, bunnies and bugs. And extensive flowers and plants section includes pretty bouquet cross stitch patterns, stitched wreaths and seasonal scenes, as well as food cross stitch patterns, like a swag of chili peppers, mushrooms on a postage stamp, persimmons and cherries. 

The fantasy and magic category leans heavy on whimsy with cute dragons, a one-eyed monster with dragonfly wings, a mermaid listening to music, and a green bearded river spirit covered in lily pads. 

And that’s not even to mention other sections like food and drinks, houses and landscapes, lighthouses, people/babies/dolls and more. There’s so much to choose from there’s no way to really categorize it all, so why don’t you head over to Non Stop Stitch and do some scrolling. I’d love to hear if you make one of their patterns!

[Photo: Non Stop Stitch]