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Mum Floral Cross Stitch Pattern

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While Mother’s Day in the UK has already passed, plenty of kids around the world call their moms “mum.” This one also comes with all the letters of the alphabet so you can easily change it to mom or spell out a whole name if you’d rather.

The design from Susan Bates is available on the Gathered website. Using three letters it would measure 29 by 35 stitches. There are 13 possible colors (plus 5 others for back stitching) but not all of them are used in each letter.

Download the free pattern with all of the letters from Gathered.

[Photo: Susan Bates.]

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Designer Spotlight: Crystal Feather Crafts

If you like landscapes, animals and floral cross stitch patterns with a big does of cuteness, odds are good you’ll find something you want to stitch at Crystal Feather Crafts. This Etsy shop has more than 200 patterns with a focus on nature and often a cute touch.

For example in the animals section you’ll find adorable little dinosaurs, lots of sweet cats and a corgi butt. I love the maneki neko cat shown here, which really pops on dark blue fabric but would be pretty on whatever color you have handy.

This design is 74 by 102 stitches, which comes out to 5.3 by 7.3 inches on 14 count fabric (or 13.4 by 18.5 cm).

In addition to adorable animals you’ll find some pretty standard landscapes (heavy on the mountains), dainty floral designs and some bees, butterflies, moths and other insects that are more realistic than the other animals.

There are also some sweet holiday patterns for Christmas and Halloween (love all those cute little ghosts!), and a few more general autumn ones as well (featuring mushrooms, pumpkins and the like). A handful of other patterns are listed as being for the home, funny (a few cartoony sushis here among other things), alphabets and more.

If you like their designs as of this writing you can get 30 percent off your purchase when you buy three patterns at the same time. Check them out at Crystal Feather Crafts.

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[Photo: Crystal Feather Crafts]