Silly Goose Cross Stitch Patterns

At the end of last year I sat in on a crafting trends webinar and one of the things that was mentioned that was going to be trending this year was ducks and geese. I don’t know if I’m seeing it because they said it or if there really are more ducks and geese around this year, but let’s celebrate the goose with these cute goose cross stitch patterns.

A lot of goose cross stitch patterns have a vintage look that is very much and 1980s kitchen wallpaper throwback. Like this one, designed by Summer McDonald and sold by Mary Stitching. It uses 12 colors and measures 197 by 185 stitches, which on 14 count fabric comes out to 14.1 by 13.2 inches, or 35.7 by 33.6 cm.

Another classic look one is this goose with a checked border offered by luzatolye. At 40 by 38 stitches, this little goose cross stitch pattern measures 2.8 by 2.7 inches, or about 7 cm almost square. It looks like it uses 5 colors.

Or how about geese with kerchiefs? This trio from Callie’s Cozy Crafts is billed (hah!) as French, but they look like little grannies to me. Either way, the pattern is 168 by 70 stitches, uses 6 colors and comes out to 12 by 5 inches, or 30.7 by 12.7 cm, on 14 count fabric.

There’s also a goose in galoshes (and a little bow) from Nala and Stitch. This little cutie is dressed in blue, but the designer also has a goose in yellow accessories including a straw hat if you’d rather. This one is 51 by 80 stitches and uses 11 colors. On 14 counte fabric it will measure 3.5 by 5.9 inches (9 by 15 cm).

If you’d rather a shoeless goose, another variation on the theme has just the bow. This one is by Calm Stitch Studio, and I love the little stitched frame and stripes around the goose, almost like he’s already hanging on the wall. At 92 by 141 stitches, this one comes out to 6.57 by 10 inches or 16.69 by 25.58 cm and uses 17 colors.

For a goose with a more natural setting, try this one from Olha Craft, which also has flowers and a ladybug. This one is 46 by 46 stitches (that’s about 3.3 inches or 8.35 cm square) and uses 9 colors.

One of the easiest ways to make a cross stitch project more personal is to add text to it. Whether you’re adding the names of people getting married to a generic floral cross stitch design, birth information to a project on theme with the new baby’s room or just adding a word or phrase that’s meaningful to you, adding words to cross stitch projects make them that much more special.

But if you’re not working with a project that already has text built in, or you want to change the text that’s there, that can feel a little daunting.

Caterpillar Cross Stitch has a great guide to adding names and words (as well as numbers) to projects, which talks you through what to consider and how to actually go about adding text to a cross stitch project successfully.

You’ll need to think about what kind of font you want to use and if you’re using back stitched letters or larger filled letters, how much space you need and how the letters work together in the text you’re planning to make sure it’s readable.

Their post includes common pitfalls such as running out a space or ending up with text that’s off center and how to avoid them (spoiler: chart out your text before you stitch!).

The whole post is really helpful if you’ve never added lettering to a project before and don’t know where to start. I like to use block letters in back stitch when learning how to add text to cross stitch, but of course there are tons of lettering options. Check out this collection of cross stitch fonts if you want to see some different things you can try.

And head over to Caterpillar Cross Stitch to get more tips for how to successfully add lettering to your cross stitch projects. They also have their own alphabet and number charts you can buy to add text to your stitching.

Have you ever added text to a cross stitch project? I’d love to hear how it went!

[Photo: Caterpillar Cross Stitch]

Have you read?