Santa Cross Stitch Patterns

‘Tis the season for holiday crafting, and a classic Christmas cross stitch theme is cross stitched Santas. These sweet designs are great to use as home decor or give to a friend who collects Santa things.

The Enchanting Christmas design from Love Crafts is a fun take on a retro Santa decorating a funky Christmas tree. The pattern uses 13 colors and is rated easy. It’s a free download from Anchor.

Another version of Santa in a long cloak comes from Lucie Heaton. She has a set of four cards you can stitch with vintage Santas carrying gifts. Each is around 50 by 50 stitches and you can find them on Etsy.

Stitching Space has a sweet free Santa cross stitch pattern designed by Ksenia Voznesenskaya. Santa is holding a gift and there’s a lot of backstitching details to add depth. You could even use beads as the snowflakes falling around the scene. It uses 18 colors and three blends.

You can grab a cute Santa checking his list and/or a winking Santa from Craft and Fabric Links. These free patterns were originally published on ABC Cross Stitch Patterns.

Speaking of Santa checking his list, here’s another option in that style, where he’s getting expert advice from a reindeer. This one comes from Cross Stitching Goods on Etsy and measures 206 by 193 stitches. It uses 37 colors.

And if you envision Santa being busy in lots of different ways, you’ll love this design from Etsy seller Stitchrovia. Here Santa is busy decorating a tree, skiing, skating, wrapping presents, making a snowman and more. The full design is a lot of fun but you could also stitch individual Santas to use on greeting cards.

Gazette 94 has charts for six classic style Father Christmas cross stitch patterns. These would be great for making ornaments or cards, or you can stitch them and use them as gift tags that become part of the present.

I just can’t resist sharing a few more Halloween cross stitch patterns when they are as cute and quick to stitch as these!

This boo cross stitch from Luzatolye was the first little Halloween cross stitch pattern to catch my eye. I love the pumpkin Os! At just 23 by 8 stitches and using four colors, you can stitch it up in no time. On 14 count fabric it measures 1.6 by.5 inches, or about 4 by 1.27 cm.

Another cutie from the same designer is this jack o’lantern with a witch hat. Another four-color project, this one is 14 by 18 stitches, which is an inch by just a little more than an inch, or around 3 cm square, worked on 14 count fabric.

If you like your minis a little bit bigger, this jack o’lantern with leaves is from White Protea Art and measures 47 by 28 stitches. That comes out to 3.4 by 2 inches, or 8.5 by 5.1 cm, when stitches on 14 count fabric. It uses nine colors.

Or there’s also this little cutie from that same designer. I love the little leaf on top of the pumpkin. At 33 by 36 stitches, it comes out to 2.4 by 2.6 inches, or 6 by 6.5 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. I think it uses around eight colors.

Template Love Create also has two mini jack o’lantern cross stitch patterns that I like (I swear I didn’t plan to do two from each of the same designers, it’s just the whimsy of an Etsy search!). There’s one that is more round and one that’s oblong, which I like because it’s different from most of the pumpkin patterns you see. The pattern listings say both are six colors (though they look like four to me) and 28 by 28 stitches, but I don’t think that can be true. Either way they both fit in a 3 inch hoop and would be a super cute little addition to your Halloween decor.

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