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Snow Globe Cross Stitch Patterns

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While some of these snow globe cross stitch designs have a bit of a Christmas feel to them, others could definitely get you through the rest of winter with time to still display them before spring comes along. 

On the more Christmasy side is this free pattern from DMC of a Christmas tree in a snow globe (you could always leave off the ornaments if you don’t want it to look so holiday). This one is designed to have lots of sparkle, worked on metallic fabric with some Light Effects thread, but you can keep it all standard thread and fabric and it would still be pretty. 

Santa and a snowman with Christmas trees are a few of the projects in this 11 pattern bundle of snow globe cross stitch patterns, but there are also plain trees, a cabin in the woods, a deer and a large snowflake that aren’t Christmas coded. This set of designs is from Cross Pattern Boutique, and they range a little in size but are so pretty you’ll want to stitch a few of them. 

The Christmas village snow globe pattern from Stitch Haus Studio Shop has a folk are feel and is a little Christmas but not so much that you couldn’t keep it on display after the holiday. The design uses 10 colors and comes out to 8.6 inches on each side (or 21.8 cm) on 14 count fabric. 

Stitch a peaceful cabin in the woods in a snow globe with this pretty pattern from The Merry Stitcher. This pattern is 56 by 52 stitches and comes out to 4 inches/10 cm across on 14 count fabric — perfect for a 5-inch hoop. 

Another pretty house in the woods pattern comes from Pin Inn Cross Stitch. While this one looks plenty cold and not that colorful, it still uses 38 colors in a stitch count of 218 by 243 stitches. That comes out to 15.6 by 17.4 inches, or 39.6 by 44.1 cm. Maybe you can finish it by next Christmas?

If you’re a fan of adorable animals in your cross stitch projects, check out this set of 20 patterns of cute animals in snow globes from Cute Patterns by Maria. They each have a little piece of holly on them but you could leave that off if you don’t want any Christmas feel (a couple of the animals are also wearing Santa hats). Each design is 40 by 45 stitches, and if you want to stitch all of them you’ll need 50 colors total. 

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Designer Spotlight: Inkspire Studio Shops

Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools. 

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there. 

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few. 

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital. 

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric. 

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well. 

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders. 

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions. 

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops. 

[Photo: Inkspire Studio Shops]