With Holi coming up soon (and the difficulty of finding Holi themed projects because machines don’t know that’s not a misspelled word, apparently) I thought I would share some mandala cross stitch patterns that would be fun to stitch up and display for Holi or any time of year.
This one from Cross Stitch Obsession reminds me of peacock feathers. It’s called Mandala Autumn, and it fits in a 14-inch hoop when worked on 14 count fabric. The stitch area is 186 stitches on each side, and the pattern uses 17 colors.
Cross Stitch Kits Alla sells this gorgeous floral mandala that looks like it could have been made out of colored sand. The pattern listing doesn’t say how many colors it uses, but I’m going to guess it’s a lot. Worked on 14 count fabric the design is 54.43 cm square, or about 21.5 inches, with a stitch area of 300 by 300 stitches.
The Color Burst Mandala from xCountingtheStarsx is another fantastic and colorful option. This one uses a whopping 30 colors in a stitch area of 224 by 224 stitches. On 16 count fabric it will be 14 inches or 35.56 cm square. Definitely worth it for this stunning piece!
Get a bunch of pretty mandala designs with this set of seven charts from Love Cross Stitches. Each pattern is 200 by 200 stitches, making them 36.29 cm or 14.2 9 inches square on 14 count fabric. How many colors you will need depends on the design but they all use quite a few colors.
A less traditional mandala look (though more folk art traditional) is this floral one from Tidy Patterns. You could use brighter colors to make it more of a Holi-style mandala, or keep it muted. As shown it uses 15 colors and is 135 by 135 stitches.
Another one that’s not super traditional because of color rather than style is this black and white one form Hoop Modern Stitch. It uses just one color (though I think it would be really cool to use a variegated floss for this one) and is 140 by 140 stitches. On 14 count fabric that comes out to 10 inches or 25.4 cm square.
