Mini Easter Cross Stitch Patterns

I’m a sucker for tiny cross stitch patterns. They are so fun to stitch and quick to make, it’s like the crafting equivalent of candy. You just want to sneak another piece as soon as the first one is done.

Mini patterns can be stitched all together like a sampler, or you can stitch each one individually. In the case of these mini Easter cross stitch patterns, you could add a different design to the corner of each napkin for your Easter table, or stitch them all together to make a piece of decor you can frame.

Tiny Cross Stitch Co on Etsy has a cute collection of little Easter designs that’s heavy on animals like bunnies, lambs and chicks. The collection is rounded out with eggs and flowers. The full design is 150 stitches square, so it makes a sampler a little bigger than 21 inches square.

Another cute collection is from Teeny Weeny X Stitch on Etsy. This one has lots of eggs, as well as bunnies, a chick, an Easter basket and Easter bunting. In all there are 20 designs and none of them are bigger than 40 by 40 stitches, or 3 inches when stitched on 14 count fabric. They really pop on dark colored fabric but would be cute with more of a pastel background as well (though some patterns might need backstitched outlines if you do it that way).

If you like florals and word art, Red Bear Design on Etsy has a cute pastel collection you’ll enjoy. Each of these patterns can be stitched individually in a three-inch hoop (Easter tree decorations, anyone?). I love the little pink and blue bunnies but a lot of these patterns would be cure alone or in the whole set.

These maybe aren’t quite as small but each of the eggs in this Scandi Easter egg design are about 2.5 inches tall. The individual designs are 35 by 25 stitches, or if you put them all together it’s 78 by 91. The whole pattern uses five colors. Get it from Creative Poppy Patterns.

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I recently shared a review of the book Lit Stitch, and in the lengthy introductory materials there were a few paragraphs — enough to warrant their own heading — about how, or more accurately, whether, to fix mistakes in your cross stitch.

The conclusion was that for the most part no one will notice if, for instance, you stitch the wrong color for a stitch or two in a project that has many colors all worked together.

“No one else will notice” is used as reasoning for not fixing mistakes in knitting, crochet and other crafts, too, and I think that’s valid, as long as you also don’t notice.

If you know enough about yourself to know that every time you wear a sweater or look at a finished cross stitch project your eye will be drawn to that errant purl stitch or the extra stitch, by all means, fix it. Especially in cross stitch, if the mistake is minor, it shouldn’t take long to fix and you’ll feel a lot better about your project.

Of course, there are also times other people might notice a mistake. Say you’re stitching letters and you add an extra stitch or two on one side so now the letter doesn’t match the others. Again, easy fix to remove those extra stitches, so go ahead and do it while you can.

I also subscribe to the rule from the drama that anything that can’t be seen from the seats doesn’t matter on stage. Maybe in a house it’s the six-foot rule. Stand as far away from your piece as you think a person is likely to be close to it when it’s on display. If you can’t see any mistakes, there aren’t any mistakes.

I’d love to hear how you deal with mistakes in your cross-stitching, or if you consider them mistakes at all!

[Photo: y x from Pixabay]

Get the book here: Lit Stitch