Pumpkin Cross Stitch Patterns

I feel the urge to rush fall along this year and kind of want to head right into spooky season (thus the posts about haunted houses and ghosts!) but I know we should also take a moment to give fall its due. And I do love fall, which is why I shared some fall leaf cross stitch patterns, too.

I thought one way to celebrate fall without getting too Halloween would be to look for some pumpkin cross stitch patterns that aren’t jack o’lanterns. These can be used to decorate all the way through Thanksgiving, and some of the little ones you could even stitch on cloth napkins for your holiday table, like the mini pumpkin pattern from Craft with Cartwright.

This one is just 39 by 36 stitches, or less than 3 inches around, and it uses three colors.

The individual pumpkins in this pumpkin sampler could be stitched individually on smaller projects if you wanted. It’s from Cross with Me on Etsy and features plain pumpkins in different colors and plaid pumpkins. As shown it measures 7.5 by 7.36 inches and is 105 by 103 stitches. It uses five colors.

One cool thing about cross stitch is that you can use designs made for other crafts to make cross stitch projects. For example, beading charts also use squares and you can stitch the same pattern just fine. This pumpkin stack from Bracelet Book includes the word Boo but you could just stitch those areas in the same color as the pumpkin if you want to keep it plain.

Demented Stitchers on Etsy has a pretty pumpkin cross stitch pattern that looks like it was stenciled. This is a great one for beginners to try as it’s only 71 by 76 stitches, or about 4.4 by 4.7 inches on 14 count fabric, and it uses three colors.

For a bit of a fancier look, try this scroll pumpkin pattern from Annie’s. It’s rated easy and it looks like it uses about five colors.

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35+ Sunflower Cross Stitch Patterns

Through the years I have shared a lot of cross stitch patterns for a lot of different occasions, but one thing I haven’t shared a lot of is cross stitch patterns related to graduation. Which is weird, because it’s a big deal, just the kind of thing you might want to commemorate in stitching.

While I’m on the hunt for some more graduation cross stitch patterns to share, check out Cross Stitch Celebrations: Graduation by Mollie Johanson. This book includes more than 35 project with a learning or graduation theme, perfect for making gifts for a graduate or a favorite teacher.

The book includes a quick overview of supplies and instructions for getting started cross stitching, how to read a pattern and how to finish a project. Since there’s a lot that’s customizable in these designs, there are also notes about planning your design and choosing the best fabric for your project. It also includes ideas for how to make the projects extra special for the graduate, from simple things like changing the graduate’s skin and hair color or the color of the gown to adding their name and class of year, using school colors or adding the school name or area of study.

It’s organized into sections with main design elements, borders and mini motifs you can mix and match to make your project. The main elements include a graduation cap and scroll, a graduate in cap and gown (with options for standing, sitting in a wheelchair or tossing their hat), a stack of books, an open laptop and a medal.

Border options are sparkle confetti, ribbons, scrollwork, books, tassels and a ribbon. The mini motifs are things like apples, music notes, a globe, a plant, a painter’s palette and a stethoscope, to name a few, that can be added in based on the graduate’s interests or major. There are also three alphabets with letters and numbers and a set of extra large numbers you can use to add personalization to your designs.

If you need a little more guidance when it comes to what kind of project you want to make, there are also projects in the back of the book including a scroll wall hanging, a mortarboard decoration, a pennant and a greeting card. There are other ideas for gifting cross stitch that aren’t shown as full tutorials but give you ideas including a framed piece of art, a piece to decorate a journal and a bookmark.

If you want to make something special for a graduate in your life, this book has a lot of options and includes encouragement for making the designs your own and altering the person to make it look more like your graduate. This is a fun book that will get a lot of use if you’re in that stage of life where people are graduating around you.

About the book: 96 pages, paperback, 35+ patterns. Published 2023 by Walter Foster Publishing. Suggested retail price $19.99.

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