Cross Stitch a Christmas Tree Made of Christmas Trees

It feels like it should be Christmas tree week, because everyone I know is trimming their tree and getting out their decorations (if they didn’t already do it before Thanksgiving!).

If you’d like to make some stitched trees, this week I’ll be sharing some patterns with you.

First up is this cute tree design made out of smaller trees, which comes to us via Climbing Goat Designs on Etsy.

The chart is 49 wide x 74 high or about 3.5 inches wide and 5.3 inches high (8.9cm wide x 13.4cm high) on 14 count. It uses only four colors of floss so it’s great for beginners or those who just don’t like to manage a ton of colors in a project.

The pattern runs $4.11 and is perfect for gifting (or stitching onto a gift tag).

[Photo via Climbing Goat Designs.]

Looking for more Christmas Cross Stitch patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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Christmas Tree Cross Stitch Patterns

I think most of the time when we make cross stitch projects, we are pretty conventional in how we choose to display them. We might mount them on a board of some sort, or show them in a frame.

Sometimes we might make special kinds of projects that are displayed or used in different ways, such as making cross stitch bookmarks, holiday ornaments or badges.

Or we might stitch onto fabric that isn’t meant to be for cross stitch at all, such as adding a monogram to a set of napkins or stitching a design or some words on an apron or something cute on a tea towel.

But there are more things you can do with cross stitch beyond this handful of options.

Craft with Cartwright has a list of 26 different ways you can display finished cross stitch projects, which are sure to get your imagination going.

I love this list as a way to think about making cross stitch gifts for people for the holidays or other occasions. It’s a reminder that we don’t have to make a big thing and frame it (though the one Christmas gift I’m working on is going to be framed).

We can make magnets or iron on patches for clothes (that’s one I hadn’t thought of before!). There are lots of different ways to make ornaments, from tiny frames to making a little stuffed pillow or pincushion style ornament.

You can make wall hangings, or gift tags, or even make your own frames if you want to frame your pieces for display.

There are so many great ideas in this list and I don’t want to give them all away, so head to Craft with Cartwright to check them all out. There are tutorials to all of the different projects and presentation ideas, so you’re sure to find something to spark a new project idea for you.

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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