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.

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]

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