Mardi Gras Cross Stitch Patterns

Mardi Gras is a holiday that I really love for some reason. I was raised Catholic but we never really celebrated it. I guess I just like the idea of having a party in anticipation of the days of solemnity and deprivation to come, sort of like eating a whole cake the day before you start your diet.

It’s not that easy to find free Mardi Gras cross stitch patterns that aren’t obviously violating someone else’s copyright. My friend Connie had some on her cross stitch page when she was at About, and they are still accessible via the Wayback Machine.

Kate + Ice Cream has a mask design that includes the date 2013, which you could update to the current year or just leave the year off if you like. There’s another cool mask at Free Cross Stitch Designs (as of this writing its in the top row).

And Jessica-Tromp has a chart that was originally for fillet crochet that makes a fleur de lis design that could also be used in cross stitch. Here’s another version from Penelopis’ Cross Stitch Freebies.

Looking for more Mardi Gras Cross stitch patterns? Check these out Etsy.

Have you ever done any stitching for Mardi Gras? I’d love to hear about it.

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Mardi Gras Cupcake Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross Stitch Foxy has a huge selection of cross stitch patterns perfect for gifts or using in your own home decor. As of this writing there are more than 900 patterns listed, so there’s no way I can cover them all, but let’s take a quick peek at some of the options.

As with many cross stitch designers, Cross Stitch Foxy has a lot of holiday themed patterns, including Christmas, Halloween and Easter and St. Patrick’s Day. There are patriotic American patterns, feminist patterns and so much more.

Since we’re heading into the Christmas season as I write this, I thought I’d highlight one of the more than 100 Christmas listings in the shop. These Christmas mugs would be cute to have hanging in your kitchen or anywhere else all winter long.

The full pattern is 86 by 101 stitches, which comes out to 6.1 by 7.2 inches, or 5.5 by 18 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors. Of course you could also stitch a single mug if you’d rather, or put them into individual frames.

One thing that is fun about Cross Stitch Foxy’s projects is that the intention is that to some extent you can use what you have to make the projects. None of the projects include single stitches of a color, and colors can be replaced with the colors you have or use blends made up of colors you already have, making the projects more cost effective and environmentally friendly. Of course for holiday patterns you’ll want some holiday colors, but there’s wiggle room to use the threads you already own, which is nice.

In addition to the categories I already mentioned, there are many other patterns, including a wide selection of seasonal gnomes, patterns with cats and dogs, food and drink patterns and a nice collection of flowers and plants, just to name a few. There’s probably something for everyone in this store, so go check it out at Cross Stitch Foxy on Etsy.

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