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Stitch a Pretty Set of Fall Themed Bookmarks

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I’m a sucker for a good bookmark, especially a hand-crafted one, and cross-stitch bookmarks are some of my favorites to make (see my pencil cross stitch bookmark I made recently). 

This set of five fall bookmark cross stitch patterns would be fun to stitch up and have on hand if you host Thanksgiving and have readers in your family, or to give as gifts to teachers and others who you are grateful for in the fall and all the other times. Tuck into a card or give along with a gift card to your favorite local bookshop. 

The designs are by Author Embroide Design, and they are all pretty cute:

  • A scarecrow with the words “Fall is in the air” and leaves falling around him
  • “Happy pumpkin spice season” decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers and other symbols of the season
  • A turkey and pumpkin with the words “Thankful & blessed”
  • A fall farm scene with the words “autumn time
  • A super cute fall gnome holding a pumpkin that includes the words “It’s fall y’all”

The designs call for 16 count fabric and are 29 by 112 stitches. That comes out to 1.18 by 7 inches or 4.6 by 17.78 cm. 

Different colors are needed for different designs, but they range from 14 colors (pumpkin spice) to 17 (for the fall gnome). That’s a lot for such a relatively small project, but the results are worth it because you can get a lot of detail in there by using different colors. 

Grab the pattern set from Author Embroide Design at Etsy. 

If you’re looking for more cross stitch bookmark patterns, check out my roundup of colorful bookmark cross stitch patterns, as well as some book-themed bookmarks made with cross stitch. Because if you ask me you can’t have too many bookmarks (and they make great gifts that you can start stitching now). 

[Photo: Author Embroide Design]

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Toy Story Cross Stitch Patterns

I’m going to go ahead and admit that I totally missed Toy Story 4, so it took my by surprise when Toy Story 5 came out, but let’s celebrate with some Toy Story cross stitch patterns. 

This sweet design including Woody, Buzz and Jessie is from The Xstitch Shop, and they actually have a few different Toy Story options. This one says it is for intermediate stitches, probably because of the size and number of colors, but the sales page doesn’t say how big it is or how many colors it uses. It’s still cute, though!

If you’ve got a fan of Jessie in your household, this collection of Jessie themed icons is super cute to stitch. The design is from Mercury Stitches and it measures 97 by 144 stitches. that comes out to 6.9 by 10.3 inches, or 17.6 by 26.1 cm, and uses 11 colors. It has full and half cross stitches, as well as back stitching and French knots. 

Share the love of friendship with this sweet Woody and Buzz heart hands cross stitch pattern from Pixell Patterns. This design uses eight colors and is shown worked on 14 count fabric, but the notes don’t indicate how bit is is (based on a finished project photo, though, it looks pretty big). 

And for the Buzz Lightyear fans, of course we have to have a “To infinity and beyond” pattern, so here’s one from Silver Lake Stitches. This design is super cute on blue fabric, but use whatever you have. It measures 78 by 92 stitches, which comes out to 5.6 by 6.6 inches, or 14.2 by 16.7 cm, on 14 count fabric. It calls for 14 colors. 

Or if you want to go beyond the core three main character toys, check out this project from ThreeOOne Patterns, which includes our main toys as well as Bo Peep and her sheep, Bullseye the horse, the Slinky dog, Rex, Ham, the Potato Heads and an alien. The design is 310 by 80 stitches, which comes out to 21.14 by 3.5 inches, or 53.7 by 8.9 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 65 colors. Or pick out your favorite characters to make a smaller project. 

All those characters and a few more are found on the mini Toy Story character sampler from Knotalot UK (only part of which is shown above). This one uses 31 colors and measures 134 by 108 stitches. It includes whole and fractional stitches, as well as back stitching. On 14 count fabric stitching the whole thing would make a project that’s 9.57 by 7.71 inches, or 24.31 by 19.59 cm.