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Portal Cross Stitch Patterns

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The other day I came across this collection of cross stitch patterns inspired by the video game Portal from sonovastitch and I just had to share them. They all include the companion cube from the game and different phrases like “you can’t take it with you” and “I forgive you.” These mini patterns would be perfect to stitch up for Valentine’s Day or another holiday for the gamer in your life.

But they also got me looking for other Portal cross stitch patterns, and if you or someone you know is into this game you’ll want to check them out.

Of course we all know the cake is a lie, but now we can warn others with this pattern from Cross Stitch Galleria on Etsy. This pattern uses three colors and measures 112 by 112 stitches, or 8 by 8 inches (20.32 cm) on 14 count fabric. The pattern only includes full stitches so it’s great for a beginner.

Sjcmadeau on Etsy has a collection of 14 warning signs from Portal worked in cross stitch (including the cake), as well as an Aperture Laboratories logo and a companion cube hug. The patterns are all just worked in black, and they look great worked and framed together, or you can choose your favorites to warn of danger in your house.

If you want a project that’s a bit more colorful, start thinking with portals with this design from The Legend of Stitches. This one includes blue and orange portals, and you can work the portals separately (if you do, please display them in different rooms!) or as part of a larger design. There’s also an option to color in the background of the portal or not depending on how much stitching you want to do.

Taylor and Cromwell has another set of companion cube cross stitch patterns with different phrases like “this is a bad plan you will fail” and “so you out having yourself a little adventure?” Each can be stitched separately or put them all together for a fun Portal themed wall hanging.

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Toy Story Cross Stitch Patterns

I’m going to go ahead and admit that I totally missed Toy Story 4, so it took my by surprise when Toy Story 5 came out, but let’s celebrate with some Toy Story cross stitch patterns. 

This sweet design including Woody, Buzz and Jessie is from The Xstitch Shop, and they actually have a few different Toy Story options. This one says it is for intermediate stitches, probably because of the size and number of colors, but the sales page doesn’t say how big it is or how many colors it uses. It’s still cute, though!

If you’ve got a fan of Jessie in your household, this collection of Jessie themed icons is super cute to stitch. The design is from Mercury Stitches and it measures 97 by 144 stitches. that comes out to 6.9 by 10.3 inches, or 17.6 by 26.1 cm, and uses 11 colors. It has full and half cross stitches, as well as back stitching and French knots. 

Share the love of friendship with this sweet Woody and Buzz heart hands cross stitch pattern from Pixell Patterns. This design uses eight colors and is shown worked on 14 count fabric, but the notes don’t indicate how bit is is (based on a finished project photo, though, it looks pretty big). 

And for the Buzz Lightyear fans, of course we have to have a “To infinity and beyond” pattern, so here’s one from Silver Lake Stitches. This design is super cute on blue fabric, but use whatever you have. It measures 78 by 92 stitches, which comes out to 5.6 by 6.6 inches, or 14.2 by 16.7 cm, on 14 count fabric. It calls for 14 colors. 

Or if you want to go beyond the core three main character toys, check out this project from ThreeOOne Patterns, which includes our main toys as well as Bo Peep and her sheep, Bullseye the horse, the Slinky dog, Rex, Ham, the Potato Heads and an alien. The design is 310 by 80 stitches, which comes out to 21.14 by 3.5 inches, or 53.7 by 8.9 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 65 colors. Or pick out your favorite characters to make a smaller project. 

All those characters and a few more are found on the mini Toy Story character sampler from Knotalot UK (only part of which is shown above). This one uses 31 colors and measures 134 by 108 stitches. It includes whole and fractional stitches, as well as back stitching. On 14 count fabric stitching the whole thing would make a project that’s 9.57 by 7.71 inches, or 24.31 by 19.59 cm.