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Seven Species Challah Cover Cross Stitch Pattern

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This stunning cross stitch pattern from Sew Marie Studio is definitely an advanced project that will take a lot of time, but it’s also one of those keepsake projects that will probably get passed on in generations to come.

The Seven Speices challah cover has a visual representation of the special products of Israel mentioned in Deuteronomy. (That’s wheat, grapes, olives, figs, dates, pomegranates and barley by the way.)

It’s 180 by 250 stitches and uses a whopping 63 colors. It comes out to about 23 by 14 inches on 14 count fabric. Use it as a cover for your challah, a pillow or wall hanging.

The pattern is available on Etsy and costs $8.

[Photo: Sew Marie Studio.]

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  1. hi, this pattern is gorgeous. for some reason i’m not seeing this on etsy anymore. can you please let me know how/where i can buy it? thanks!

  3. I downloaded this pattern last year, but my computer crashed and I cannot get it off my hard drive. I would like to buy it again, but did not find it on Etsy.

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Cross Stitch Cards for All Occasions

I have never stitched a greeting card, but I kind of like the idea of it. It’s a card and a gift all in one, and hopefully one the recipient will hang onto for years to come. 

This collection of easy and colorful greeting card cross stitch patterns from Susan Bates (via Gathered) are a great place to start if you want to stitch your own greeting cards. 

These text-based designs cover a lot of card-sending events, such as:

  • get well soon
  • happy birthday
  • thank you
  • thinking of you
  • congratulations
  • anniversary
  • new home
  • good luck

The lettering is done in gradients and there are other details like hearts and stars, a house key and a gift, depending on the text. There are full cross stitches and back stitch on all of the cards, and they use 15 colors for the cross stitching and six for the back stitching (and just two colors are used for both, so it’s 19 colors total). 

The designs vary a bit in size but the biggest one is 52 by 67 stitches, which comes out to 3.75 by 4.75 inches or 9.5 by 12 cm when worked on 14 count fabric or 28 count evenweave. The text suggests beads are also used in the patterns but there’s no note of them in the key, so go wild and add some beads if you like. 

Designs are worked on a price of 6 by 8 inch/15 by 20 cm fabric and then mounted to a card with a colorful baking piece of card stock behind it. This is easy to assemble with whatever cardstock greeting cards you have on hand.

You can get the free charts as a PDF from Gathered. 

Have you ever stitched your own greeting cards? I’d love to hear about it, or let me know if these inspire you to try. 

[Photo: Susan Bates via Gathered]