Patriotic Cross Stitch to Celebrate America 250

The United States has a pretty big birthday coming up, and lots of cross stitchers seem to be celebrating with commemorative patriotic cross stitch designs. If you want to stitch up something special for America 250, check out these patriotic patterns.

ONESEO has a set of six cross stitch patterns celebrating America’s birthday, including the logo for the celebration, some patriotic symbol samplers, a 250 year celebration and a patriotic goose (very on theme for 2026). You can also buy individual patterns if you’d rather.

Or you can get nine mini Fourth of July themed designs from Embrovera, including a heart with flag designs, fireworks, an apple pie and happy 250. The designs are all 40 by 40 stitches, which comes out to about 2.9 inches on 14 count fabric (or 7.4 cm)

Monica’s Stitching has this cute America 250 design with a series of flags in a basket surrounded by branches and stars. The design is 70 by 107 stitches and is shown on 40 count linen stitches one over one, which makes the design 3.5 by 5.3 inches, or 8.9 by 13.5 cm.

Stitch up a super traditional looking celebration with this bald eagle and flag design from The Crafted Keeps. This one is 220 by 114 stitches and it looks like it’s stitched on linen though this one is meant to be over 2 threads, so 28 count is equivalent to 14 count on Aida). That would make the finished design 15.7 by 8.1 inches, or 39.9 by 20.7 cm. It uses 12 colors.

Another one featuring an eagle, this time with quilt blocks, a waving flag (which I would stitch in the opposite direction) and more comes from Owl Stitching House. At 83 by 102 stitches, this one will come out to 5.9 by 7.2 inches, or 15 by 18.5 cm, on 14 count fabric.

Or go for a smaller eagle design with this one from The French Giraffe. At just 47 by 47 stitches, this one uses 13 colors and comes out 3.4 inches or a little more than 8.5 cm square on 14 count fabric, which you’ll probably be able to finish before the Fourth.

Stitch 4 Seasons has a bold text based design, while I love the stamp style on these patriotic minis from Vibes Nest LTD. Or stitch up a patriotic street scene (complete with a cat on the roof!) with this design from Little Lama Stitching.

As a knitter, I love a good sheep motif, so let’s take a look at some cute sheep cross stitch patterns.

If you want to stitch a little sheep, this mini square from Good Dog Needleworks is a nice choice. It uses just three colors and measures 32 by 32 stitches. That’s 2.2 inches or about 5.5 cm square if you stitch it on 14 count fabric.

I also love these two little sheep, which you can stitch together or in individual hoops and shown. The designs are form Threadbound Art and use six colors. They are slightly different in size, with one being 21 by 17 stitches and the other 21 by 20. They fit in four inch frames if you work them on 14 count fabric.

You can stitch a sweet sheep bookmark with this design from Kits by SA Stitch. This is not for the person who doesn’t like back stitch, because there’s a lot of that here, but it is really cute. It measures 30 by 91 stitches and uses 10 colors. That will make your bookmark about 2.4 by 6.5 inches, or 6 by 16.5 cm on 14 count fabric.

Stitch a pretty scene of sheep in a meadow with this design from Motok Nytok. It uses 21 colors and the design is 99 by 73 stitches. On 14 count fabric that makes it about 7.07 by 5.21 inches, or 17.96 by 13.24 cm.

This yarn full of cross stitch sheep has a bit of a knitting twist because the sheep all look like they have sweaters on. The design is from Soda Stitch Design and it measures 179 by 216 stitches. The full design uses 27 colors. On 14 count fabric it will work out to 12.78 by 15.42 inches, or 32.48 by 39.19 cm.

Another great one with a knitting theme is this one where the wool is coming off the sheep and straight onto the needles. This one is from Happy Cross Stitchers and uses 12 colors. The pattern is 137 by 137 stitches, which comes out to 9.7 inches or 24.86 cm square on 14 count fabric. This would be a fun one to stitch for the knitter in your life (even if that is you).

Or you can stitch the field of sheep of a knitter’s dreams with the Happy Sheep chart from Charts and Stuff. These per-colored sheep can be stitched as shown or worked in any colors you like. The eyes are French knots but you can just stitch them in white if you’d rather.

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