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.

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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