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Spring Word Art Cross Stitch Patterns

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Last year I shared some fun Easter word art cross stitch patterns with you, but if you don’t want to be quite that specific so you can leave your stitching on display longer, here are some options for spring word art cross stitch patterns.

I love everything Tiny Modernist does, and this sweet spring stitchalong is no exception. It was done in 2022 so all the parts are ready for you to download. While the photo shows a line about Easter, there’s also an option in the chart to change it to bird nests if you don’t celebrate Easter or live in the part of the world where Easter happens in the fall.

The full design includes 11 colors and has three charts to stitch from. It is 143 by 190 stitches and comes out to 10.5 by 14 inches (or 26.6 by 35.5 cm) on 14 count fabric.

If you want more of an Easter feeling without the design totally being about Easter, check out this egg-shaped, pastel design from Teajeigh Designs on Etsy. This is a pretty easy design, but it is large, measuring 199 by 243 stitches, which is 14.25 by 17.5 inches/36 by 44.5 centimeters on 14 count fabric. If you use 24 count it gets it down to 8.25 by 10.25 inches (21 by 25.5 cm), which is still pretty good sized.

Or if you like your word art a little more straightforward, perhaps I can interest you in the spring design from Amanda G Cross Stitch. This one only has the word spring surrounded by a bunch of beautiful and colorful spring flowers, which looks like it would be a lot of fun to stitch. It measures 196 by 98 stitches, or 14 by 7 inches/35.5 by 17.78 cm on 14 count fabric. It uses 36 colors, which is a lot but the effect is so pretty I think it’s probably worth it.

Looking for more flowers to stitch? Check out my roundup of spring flower cross stitch patterns.

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Do You Park Your Cross Stitch Thread? Try The Royal Roads Method

I have not done a lot of big cross stitch projects, but sometimes even with small projects it can be hard to decide exactly where to begin and how to work through the chart if you’re working with multiple colors. The general categories for the possible methods are known as cross country and parking. 

Cross country means that you’re working one color at a time, moving around the chart (or the section of the chart you’re working on) until you’re done with that color. Parking means you’re working in a smaller section and doing all the colors in that area, “parking” the threads by leaving them attached to the canvas but out of the way while you finish each section. 

Royal Rows is a specific way of parking named by Alison Royal, which is explored in detail on a post on Stitching Daily. 

The idea is that you’re working one “tower” of stitches at a time (she uses a section of 10 stitches across by 20 down, but you can do whatever makes sense to you). You work all the stitches of a color at a time, starting at the top left and working your way down. When you’re done with a color you can park it where needed in the section below your current tower (known as the dungeon) or in the “east tower,” which is the section to the right. 

There’s also a specific way of dealing with thread ends when you’re done with a color. This is a super simplified version (head to the blog post at Stitching Daily to get all the details) but the basic idea is that you’re working from left to right and top to bottom across the work, parking the threads in the next section when you’re done with them and systematically choosing which color to work with next. 

The whole idea of parking is kind of overwhelming to me though I will admit that it makes a lot of sense. I guess I need to try it on a smallish big project and see how it goes. Do you use the parking method of cross stitch? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Stitching Daily]