Spring Flower Cross Stitch Patterns

I know it’s not until April we talk about showers bringing flowers, but if you need to see some blooms in the meantime, why not stitch yourself a bunch of spring flowers with these cross stitch patterns?

Crafting is My Hobby has a bunch of cute and easy flower cross stitch patterns that look in the photos to be stitched onto crochet, but of course you can use them on regular cross stitch fabric or whatever other fabric you like. Each one is an individual download.

The spring floral hoop art from Amanda G Cross Stitch on Etsy is so cheerful and pretty it can make any cold, snowy day feel a little brighter as you stitch it. It features daffodils, crocuses and other spring flowers, and the design is 130 by 139 stitches. If you work it on 14 count fabric it will fit in a 12-inch hoop. It uses 29 colors.

If you’re looking for something a little simpler, Stitching Space has a free daffodil/narcissus cross stitch pattern designed by Filippova Tatiana that uses eight colors and two blends. (The notes are in Russian but you can figure it out without words.)

I’m not sure these yellow flowers from Box and Fox are meant to be any particular kind of flower from nature, but they sure are cheerful, and you could make them in any colors you like. This little pattern is only 26 by 40 stitches so you could stitch up a whole field of them in lots of different colors in no time.

I also love this little sampler of lots of different flowers and bugs from Etsy seller Cross Stitch Paterns. It has a very folk art feel, and while it’s cute all stitched together you could also break out individual designs to stitch on cards, cloth napkins, or anywhere else that needs a floral touch. The full pattern is 170 by 202 stitches and uses 12 colors in cross stitch and back stitch.

Check out these flower Embroidery kits we found on Amazon.

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35+ Sunflower Cross Stitch Patterns

One of the fun things about cross stitch is all the different surfaces you can stitch on. Of course regular cross stitch fabric is the most common, you can stitch on anything with holes (and even sometimes on things without holes, if you use water soluble cross stitch fabric.

An option that has become more popular with the widespread availability of laser cutting machines is wooden blanks, which are often cut in shape to be bookmarks, holiday ornaments or other simple shapes. They can be keychains, picture frames or necklaces.

(While not wooden I even have a stitchable journal that I cross-stitched on.)

Stitching on wood or heavy card stock isn’t the same as stitching with regular cross stitch fabric, so Craft with Cartwright wrote a post about how best to work with these wooden blanks.

The main thing to know is that you don’t need a sharp needle because the holes are drilled. She also has tips on how to manage your thread (she recommends one strand of embroidery floss folded in half) and finish your project if you need help with that.

Check out the post at Craft with Cartwright for tons of tips and ideas for working with wooden blanks.

Ready to try it out for yourself? You can get rectangular pieces your could mount to a journal yourself from Toms New Old Things.

Fiore Designs has square blanks that come in different sizes and colors for your crafting needs. I am putting some stamp shaped blanks from Lunari Woods on my wish list (they also have gift tags in different sizes and colors).

You can get stitchable keychains from Millions of Stitches, circles from Geniuses of Wood, baubles from Pip and Chip and Christmas ornament shapes from Happy Stitching Time to name just a few.

Have you ever stitched on a wooden blank? I’d love to hear any tips you have!

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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